2012 NCAA Championships: Day 1 Recap
2012 NCAA Championships: Day 1 Recap
NCAA’s: Recap of Day 1
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Men’s 100m
Possibly the meet’s most shocking performance was junior Harry Adams of Auburn running 9.96 in heat 2 to edge out Andrew Riley of Illinois. As if making it to the final on Friday wasn’t enough, that time puts him at #2 in the US behind Justin Gatlin (9.87), and 6th in the world. To top it off, his season’s best going into the meet was 10.27. Another surprise was Prezel Hardy of Texas A&M finishing 4th in heat 3. With the second fastest time coming out of Regionals and a season’s best of 10.03w, the fastest time of any of his competitors, the sophomore was favored to win the 100. Unfortunately he didn’t make the cut for the final on Friday, but he is also entered in the 200, which will take place tomorrow.
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Harry Adams |
JR |
Auburn |
9.96 |
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+1.4 |
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2 (1) |
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Andrew Riley |
SR |
Illinois |
10.02 |
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+1.4 |
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2 (2) |
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Maurice Mitchell |
SR |
Florida State |
10.03 |
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+1.3 |
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3 (1) |
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Kemar Hyman |
SR |
Florida State |
10.04 |
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+1.3 |
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3 (2) |
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Charles Silmon |
JR |
TCU |
10.05 |
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+1.4 |
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2 (3) |
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Marcus Rowland |
JR |
Auburn |
10.09 |
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+1.3 |
[10.082] |
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3 (3) |
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Isiah Young |
JR |
Mississippi |
10.09 |
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+1.4 |
[10.088] |
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2 (4) |
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Prezel Hardy Jr. |
SO |
Texas A&M |
10.11 |
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+1.3 |
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3 (4) |
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Darrell Wesh |
SO |
Virginia Tech |
10.15 |
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+1.2 |
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1 (1) |
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Aaron Ernest |
FR |
LSU |
10.17 |
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+1.2 |
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1 (2) |
Men’s 800m
This preliminary was one to watch considering heat 1 had favorites Charles Jock of UCI, Casimir Loxsom of Penn State, and Ryan Martin of UCSB, all top three picks for the final. Jock, 2011 runner up, edged his way into the final placing first in his heat ahead of Martin. Loxsom finished 3rd in the same heat with a 1:46.85, just missing the time to beat in order to make it into the final on Friday.
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Erik Sowinski |
SR |
Iowa |
1:46.09 |
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Edward Kemboi |
SO |
Iowa State |
1:46.20 |
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Elijah Greer |
JR |
Oregon |
1:46.22 |
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Charles Jock |
SR |
UC Irvine |
1:46.24 |
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Ricky West |
JR |
Missouri |
1:46.41 |
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Ryan Martin |
SR |
UC Santa Barbara |
1:46.44 |
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1 (2) |
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David Pachuta |
SR |
Minnesota |
1:46.62 |
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3 (5) |
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Harun Abda |
JR |
Minnesota |
1:46.65 |
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3 (6) |
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Casimir Loxsom |
JR |
Penn State |
1:46.85 |
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1 (3) |
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Lance Roller |
SR |
Virginia |
1:47.07 |
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1 (4) |
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Austin Mudd |
FR |
Wisconsin |
1:47.59 |
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1 (5) |
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Boru Guyota |
SO |
Oregon |
1:48.01 |
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3 (7) |
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Aaron Evans |
SR |
Georgia |
1:48.24 |
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2 (1) |
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Samuel Ellison |
SO |
Villanova |
1:48.40 |
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2 (2) |
Women’s 800m
You had to run out of your mind to make it into this final, with three heats of blazing fast women you had to run around low 2:04 to get in. The top two runners in each heat plus the two fastest times made the cut into the final so it was no surprise that Chanelle Price of Tennessee, ranked #2 in the NCAA, Nachelle Mackie of BYU, ranked number #1, and Anne Kesselring of Oregon, 2011 Outdoor NCAA champion, all made it happen. Price’s performance in the preliminary was actually a season’s best for the Tennessee senior who ran a 2:01 in heat 3 to edge out Laura Roesler of Oregon. This final will be an insane matchup come Friday with Price and Roesler having end of the season peaks along with powerhouses Mackie and Kesselring in the mix.
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Chanelle Price |
SR |
Tennessee |
2:01.66 |
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3 (1) |
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Laura Roesler |
SO |
Oregon |
2:02.09 |
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3 (2) |
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Nachelle Mackie |
JR |
BYU |
2:02.58 |
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2 (1) |
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Anne Kesselring |
JR |
Oregon |
2:02.66 |
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2 (2) |
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Caroline King |
SR |
Boston College |
2:03.03 |
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2 (3) |
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Kathy Klump |
SR |
Cincinnati |
2:03.35 |
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2 (4) |
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Justine Fedronic |
JR |
Stanford |
2:03.54 |
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2 (5) |
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Charlene Lipsey |
JR |
LSU |
2:03.76 |
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1 (1) |
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Kendra Chambers |
JR |
Texas |
2:03.91 |
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3 (3) |
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Megan Malasarte |
SO |
Georgia |
2:04.18 |
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1 (2) |
Women’s Steeplechase
It was no surprise that #1 ranked Shalaya Kipp of Colorado won heat 1 of the steeplechase. Kipp cruised the preliminary in a 9:59 surrounded by a pack of Melanie Thompson of Oregon, Alyssa Kulik of Clemson, Alexi Pappas of Dartmouth, and Rebecca Stowe of Kansas for the majority of the race. The second heat was a kickers race as Amber Henry of Weber State took the win in the last 20m of the race winning her heat in a 10:06. The surprise of this preliminary was Aisha Praught of Illinois State hitting a barrier and falling with two laps to go. Praught was ranked 2nd going into the meet, but ended up finishing 20th overall with a time of 10:35, which will take her out of the running for the final on Friday.
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Shalaya Kipp |
JR |
Colorado |
9:59.18 |
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Melanie Thompson |
SO |
Oregon |
9:59.90 |
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Alyssa Kulik |
SR |
Clemson |
10:00.27 |
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Alexi Pappas |
SR |
Dartmouth |
10:00.38 |
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Rebeka Stowe |
SR |
Kansas |
10:01.06 |
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Shelby Greany |
SO |
Providence |
10:05.35 |
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Amber Henry |
JR |
Weber State |
10:06.08 |
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2 (1) |
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Astrid Leutert |
SR |
Florida State |
10:06.22 |
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2 (2) |
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Genevieve LaCaze |
SR |
Florida |
10:06.78 |
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2 (3) |
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Colleen Quigley |
FR |
Florida State |
10:06.90 |
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2 (4) |
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Kimber Mattox |
SR |
Oregon |
10:08.39 |
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1 (7) |
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Leah O'Connor |
FR |
Michigan State |
10:08.97 |
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2 (5) |
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Nicole Peters |
SR |
Colorado St. |
10:12.61 |
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2 (6) |
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Genna Hartung |
JR |
Cornell |
10:12.69 |
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2 (7) |
Men’s 10k
The 10,000 is described as a race that takes a tremendous amount of guts and this performance was no exception. The favorites, Stephen Sambu of Arizona, Chris Derrick of Stanford, and Cam Levins of Southern Utah did not disappoint as all three battled until the final lap, which came down to an unbelievable kick by Levins who split a :58 in the last 400. For Derrick, this race will end his college career as a 14-time All American, but Levins and Sambu will compete again in the 5k on Saturday.
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Cameron Levins |
SR |
Southern Utah |
28:07.14 |
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Stephen Sambu |
SR |
Arizona |
28:09.52 |
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Chris Derrick |
SR |
Stanford |
28:17.28 |
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Luke Puskedra |
SR |
Oregon |
28:24.24 |
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Jared Ward |
JR |
BYU |
28:59.74 |
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Elliot Krause |
JR |
Wisconsin |
29:02.89 |
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Ryan Dohner |
SO |
Texas |
29:05.11 |
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Soufiane Bouchikhi |
JR |
Eastern Kentucky |
29:09.08 |
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Paul Katam |
SO |
UNC-Greensboro |
29:10.65 |
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Alden Bahr |
SR |
BYU |
29:21.64 |
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Scott Fauble |
FR |
Portland |
29:30.57 |
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Mark Dennin |
JR |
Georgetown |
29:30.97 |
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Miles Unterreiner |
SR |
Stanford |
29:41.22 |
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Zachary Mayhew |
JR |
Indiana |
29:43.79 |
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Michael Fout |
JR |
Florida State |
29:47.25 |
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Brian Leung |
SR |
Princeton |
29:58.45 |
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Brendan Gregg |
SR |
Stanford |
30:10.50 |
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Sean Keveren |
JR |
Virginia |
30:15.40 |
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Tito Medrano |
JR |
Syracuse |
30:23.59 |
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Martin Grady |
SO |
Notre Dame |
30:32.93 |
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Ben Cheruiyot |
SR |
Eastern Kentucky |
30:45.06 |
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Alexander Lundy |
SR |
Georgetown |
31:00.68 |
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DNF |
Girma Mecheso |
JR |
Oklahoma State |
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DNF |
Daniel Mutai |
JR |
UL-Monroe |
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