June 12, 2008

Des Moines, Iowa (SMU) - SMU's Andrea Kvetova finished first in the women's javelin preliminaries on Thursday, June 12, at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium. Kevtova's heave of 54.85m was the best of the day and qualified the senior for Saturday's final.

On Friday, SMU's Silje Fjortoft and Christina Mueller will compete in the steeplechase and discus finals, respectively.

Live updates can be found here.

NCAA Division I 2008 Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Event 40  Women Javelin Throw==========================================================================    Name                    Year School                 Prelims==========================================================================Preliminaries  1 Andrea Kvetova            SR Southern Methodist      54.85mq    179-11      54.85m x  x  2 Ruby Radocaj              SR Minnesota               54.72mq    179-06      54.72m x  x  3 Katie Coronado            JR New Mexico              54.53mq    178-11      54.53m x  x  4 Karlee McQuillen          FR Penn State              53.70mq    176-02      FOUL  48.72m  53.70m  5 Kayla Wilkinson           SR Nebraska                52.32mq    171-08      52.32m x  x  6 Amy Backel                SO Oklahoma                51.17mq    167-10      46.29m  46.76m  51.17m  7 Rachel Yurkovich          JR Oregon                  50.92mq    167-01      50.11m  50.92m  49.21m  8 Danielle Maier            SR Stanford                50.54mq    165-10      41.31m  46.94m  50.54m  9 Tammilee Kerr             SR Iowa                    50.49mq    165-08      50.49m  44.91m  46.66m 10 Stephanie Ralls           SO Northridge              50.43mq    165-05      43.42m  50.43m  41.44m 11 Kara Patterson            JR Purdue                  50.26mq    164-11      FOUL  47.11m  50.26m 12 Evelien Dekkers           SO Florida                 49.03mq    160-10      45.14m  48.25m  49.03m 13 Inger Appanaitis          SR Nevada-Reno             48.99m     160-09      47.11m  48.99m  FOUL 14 Sigrun Sviensdottir       SR Georgia                 48.85m     160-03      48.20m  48.85m  45.77m 15 Jessica Wingfield         SR Texas A&M               48.62m     159-06      47.19m  48.16m  48.62m 16 Emalie Humphreys          FR Texas A&M               48.27m     158-04      48.27m  44.97m  47.22m 17 Bekah Stoltz              SO Kent State              47.91m     157-02      47.91m  45.22m  43.63m 18 Marissa Tschida           FR Washington State        47.73m     156-07      47.12m  45.63m  47.73m 19 Zoe Pelbart               SO Michigan State          47.61m     156-02      43.16m  47.61m  FOUL 20 Hillary Pustka            SO Texas A&M               47.37m     155-05      46.43m  47.37m  40.61m 21 Laura Asimakis            FR Texas A&M               47.26m     155-01      FOUL  47.26m  43.45m 22 Heidi Nadeau              SR Penn State              46.65m     153-01      46.65m  42.31m  45.72m 23 Kristine Busa             FR Southern California     45.99m     150-11      44.08m  45.99m  FOUL 24 Kelly Robinson            SR Towson                  45.03m     147-09      45.03m  FOUL  44.72m 25 Meghan Briggs             SO Virginia                44.64m     146-05      43.16m  FOUL  44.64m 26 Hana Prudilova            SR S. Mississippi          44.38m     145-07      42.93m  42.83m  44.38m 27 Vanessa Roelofsen         SR Buffalo-SUNY            38.57m     126-06      38.57m  FOUL  FOUL -- Melissa Fraser            FR DePaul                    FOUL      FOUL  FOUL  FOUL