June 13, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa (SMU) - SMU freshman Silje Fjortoft finished second in the women's 3,000m steeplechase on Friday, June 13, at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium. Fjortoft's time of 9:55.54 was a personal best and earned the Norwegian All-America honors. Colorado's Jenny Barringer won the race and set new American and NCAA records with a time of 9:29.20.
Also on Friday, Mustang Christina Mueller finished 11th in the discus, posting a throw of 48.20m.
On Saturday, SMU's Andrea Kvetova will compete in the javelin final.
Live updates can be found here.
NCAA Division I 2008 Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Event 26 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points=======================================================================Finals 1 Jenny Barringer JR Colorado 9:29.20 10 2 Silje Fjortoft FR Southern Methodist 9:55.54 8 3 Bridget Franek SO Penn State 9:58.74 6 4 Lindsay Allen SR Stanford 10:05.26 5 5 Irene Kimaiyo SR Texas Tech 10:05.29 4 6 Angela Wagner SO Brigham Young 10:06.05 3 7 Sarah Madebach JR Georgia 10:07.16 2 8 Sariah Long SR Weber State 10:07.77 1 9 Zsofia Erdelyi FR Southern California 10:10.71 10 Mica Land SR Wichita State 10:12.28 11 Jamie Cheever JR Minnesota 10:15.31 12 Beverly Ramos SO Kansas State 10:24.81 13 Kristen Hemphill JR Colorado State 10:30.78 14 Liz Haglund SR Villanova 10:39.46
Event 38 Women Discus Throw================================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points=================================================================================Finals 1 Sarah Stevens JR Arizona State 56.14m 184-02 10 50.67m 53.44m 50.55m 56.14m 52.52m 53.61m 2 Tai Battle SR Arizona State 55.69m 182-08 8 53.51m 54.26m 55.69m 55.41m 52.17m 50.94m 3 D'Andra Carter JR Texas Tech 55.34m 181-07 6 FOUL 51.91m 55.34m 54.09m 53.14m 55.04m 4 Khadija Talley SR Miami 54.73m 179-07 5 44.35m 46.00m 51.09m FOUL 54.73m FOUL 5 McKenzie Garberg SR Washington State 53.30m 174-10 4 FOUL 51.68m FOUL 49.29m 50.79m 53.30m 6 Rachel Talbert JR Oral Roberts 50.46m 165-07 3 50.46m 49.76m 49.60m 49.33m 50.26m 46.56m 7 Jessica Pressley SR Arizona State 50.27m 164-11 2 FOUL FOUL 49.48m FOUL FOUL 50.27m 8 Billie-Jo Grant JR Virginia 50.26m 164-11 1 49.40m 50.26m FOUL 49.30m FOUL 48.85m 9 Loren Groves JR Kansas State 49.24m 161-06 FOUL FOUL 49.24m 48.94m FOUL FOUL 10 Emma Schmelzer JR Penn State 48.80m 160-01 48.80m 47.20m 48.44m 11 Christina Mueller JR Southern Methodist 48.20m 158-02 45.40m 48.20m 47.85m 12 Rachel Jansen SR Northern Iowa 47.71m 156-06 FOUL 47.71m 46.92m
