Clemson distance star Kim Ruck blogs about her first nationals experience.
By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com March 13, 2010 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University track and field team completed the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., this evening with a 10th-place finish, as all seven student-athletes earned All-America honors. West Virginia finished a school-best 10th at this year's indoor nationals in Fayetteville, Ark. Ilora Cipolat photo “Track and field, like all sports is about rolling at the right time,” coach Sean Cleary says. “2010 brought with it a 10th-place national finish and 10 All-America awards. This is the greatest moment collectively in WVU track and field history. To have our cross country team finish sixth in the nationals this fall and now to see this group emulate a top 10 finish themselves is historic. The efforts of this very special group of student-athletes, our coaching staff, combined with the fan support that we have developed over the years, surely makes this a very special moment.” WVU earned the highest ranking of any BIG EAST team as it scored 18 points for 10th place. Oregon finished in the top spot with 61 points, while Tennessee finished second (36), LSU in third (35), Florida in fourth (33) and Texas A&M in fifth (31). Continued
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Senior Jernail Hayes (Newark, Del.) finished in sixth place in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor Track Field Championships on Saturday to conclude the indoor season. Hayes ran a time of 53.02 in the preliminary heat of the competition on Friday, and improved her time to 52.66 in the finals. The men's 4x400-meter relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries.
The No. 1 University of Florida men’s track and field team captured the first NCAA Indoor Championship in program history on Saturday night, scoring 57 total team points and the Gator women placed fourth to cap off one of the most successful national meets in program history at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
The Women of Oregon won their first NCAA Indoor Track and Field national title, while Ashton Eaton set the world record in the heptathlon, Saturday at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Senior finishes sixth in the mile, earns fourth track and field AA award
Sophomore finishes seventh overall in 60m hurdles
Western Kentucky University senior distance runner Janet Jesang concluded an elustrious indoor career Saturday at the NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
North Dakota State sophomore Leslie Brost finished 17th in the pole vault at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.
Minnesota scored an eighth-place finish in the NCAA Indoor Championships, the Gophers best finish since 2003.
Bronco senior jumper give career-best effort to place eighth
Ole Miss freshman jumper Ricky Robertson set a new school record in the high jump with a height of 7-04.50 on his way to a second place finish Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships from the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Samantha Sonnenberg cleared a personal-best in the pole vault to finish seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Georgia sophomore Torrin Lawrence won the Bulldogs' first NCAA indoor title on the track finishing first in the 400-meter dash during the final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday.
Seniors Fawn Dorr (Akron, N.Y.), and Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio) added two more All-America finishes to the weekend count, Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. In front of a crowd of well over 5,000 spectators, the Nittany Lions picked up two more top eight efforts in the 800-meters, with juniors Ryan Foster (Tasmania, Australia), and Owen Dawson (Coatesville, Pa.) tallying third and eighth-place finishes, respectively - the second All-America finish for Foster, and the first for Dawson. All told, the Lions come away from the weekend with an outstanding total of four All-Americans, with four on the men's side, and four from the women's squad.
The University of Louisville's Tone Belt finished sixth in the men's high jump at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Arkansas's Randal Tyson Track Center, while the Cardinal women earned their highest team finish in school history.
Carrie Kayes broke her own school and Mid-American Conference record, clearing 14-3.25 in the pole vault, to place fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships Saturday.
Ashton Eaton set the world record in the heptathlon in winning the event Saturday at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships at the Randall Tyson Center.
North Carolina senior Mateo Sossah earned a personal best, shattered the school record he set at the ACC Indoor Championships and broke the French national record for athletes 23 and under with his second-place finish of 5,886 at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships which concluded Saturday.
Texas A&M men closed out the NCAA Indoor Championships with a 3:04.40 victory in the 4 x 400 and tied for second in team scoring while the Aggie women finished fifth.
Kyron Foster of the Michigan State track & field team capped out a stellar indoor triple jump season at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, March 13. Foster finished sixth with a school record jump of 16.21m. As a result of Foster's finish, he becomes the first Spartan in school history to receive All-America honors as a triple jumper, and the 50th indoor All-American all-time at MSU.
Kim Williams proved why she is one of the top triple jumpers in the country Saturday night as she became just the fifth woman in NCAA history to win back-to-back indoor triple jump crowns.
Clemson distance star Kim Ruck blogs about her first nationals experience.
The Golden Gopher distance medley relay placed third at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Megan Duwell smashed her own school record in finishing sixth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA indoor meet.
Freshman jumper Jelain McArthur set two school records at the Palmetto Invitational on Friday as the College of Charleston kicked off its outdoor season.
Akron junior Mike Uhle cleared 17-6.50 in the pole vault Friday evening to tie for fourth at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Sophomore takes seventh in preliminary round
The University of Louisville's D'Ana McCarty won the women's track and field program's second-ever NCAA championship. McCarty dominated her competition by almost four feet to repeat and defend her national title in the weight throw at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday at the University of Arkansas's Randal Tyson Track Center.
Ole Miss runners Mike Granger and Sofie Persson advanced to the finals in their respective events Friday on the first day of the NCAA Indoor Championships from the Randal Tyson Track Center.
We're up and running at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. We'll update the Pace all day, with the most recent posts at the top of the column.
Georgetown women's distance medley relay takes third at NCAAs and set a new school record! It was a historic day at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark., as the Hoyas set two new school records. The women's distance medley relay took third place at the NCAA Championships, besting last year's record-setting time by more than a second with a time of 11:01.40. Chris Kinney also recorded a new school record in the men's 60-meter hurdles in the preliminary round.
Curtis Mitchell blistered the field with a 20.38 second winning time in the 200 final Friday at the Tyson Center during the first day of the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Mookie Salaam earned All-America honors Friday as three Oklahoma Track and Field athletes advanced to individual event finals in the first of two days at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Both Salaam and Scottesha Miller broke OU records in the 200-meter dash while Miller also qualified for the Saturday finals of the 60-meter dash, joining Ronnie Ash (60-meter hurdles) and Eric Harasyn (mile) in advancing in their respective events. Ash also joined the two in breaking program records as he broke his own record in the 60-meter hurdles in front of 3,233 fans inside the Randal Tyson Track Complex.
Senior Steve Marcelle registered an impressive fourth place finish in the shot put on day one of the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Rice University pole vaulter Jason Colwick placed second at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship and earned All-America status. Washington?s Scott Roth won the competition by clearing 5.60m/18-4.5.
Sophomore Dina Nosenko ran a controlled smart race and qualified for the finals of the women's mile run at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships Friday evening at the University of Arkansas.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Oklahoma State's competitors at the NCAA Indoor Championships completed their first day of competition with two All-Americans and a spot in the women's mile finals in front of 3,233 fans at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Senior Jack Howard advanced to the finals of the men's 800-meter heat with a fifth-place finish in the preliminary heat Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships held at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
Blessing Okagbare reached the ultimate feat in college athletics claiming the long jump crown at the 2010 NCAA Championships.
UCF's Jackie Coward (Knoxville, Tenn.) got off to a good start Saturday evening in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., but unfortunately the sophomore was unable to advance to Saturday's final against an elite field.
Junior Joe Kovacs (Nazareth, Pa.) captured bronze-medal honors, while classmate Blake Eaton (Allegeny, N.Y.) posted an eighth-place effort - both earning All-America status - Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
Ranked 12th in the nation in the weight throw heading into the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championship, Victoria Flowers placed second in today's event final in Fayetteville, Ark.
Clemson distance star Kim Ruck blogs about her first nationals experience.
Clemson distance star Kim Ruck blogs about her first nationals experience.
Minnesota will be represented by three athletes at the weekend's NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Five additional Kentucky track and field athletes have earned berths at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Also, three wildcats named Indoor All-SEC; momen join men in Top 25
Arnos is one of 15 qualifiers in the men's triple jump
Eight members of the Ole Miss track and field team have been selected to compete in five different events at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 12-13 at Arkansas.
The first half of the track & field season comes to a close for Arizona State University this weekend as 11 Sun Devils will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., and the Randal Tyson Track Center to compete in the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The BasicsThe Oklahoma State men's and women's track teams send their national qualifiers to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday and Saturday.
Only Florida and Txas A&M have more participants at the upcoming NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships than Minnesota.
As announced by the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee, Kyron Foster will serve as Michigan State's lone representative at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend (March 12-13) in Fayetteville, Ark. Foster will compete in the triple jump. The championships will be contested at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Senior Jernail Hayes (Newark, Del.) and the men's 4x400-meter relay team have been selected to compete at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. this weekend. Hayes ran the ninth fastest time in the nation during the indoorseason in the women's 400-meter dash (53.08), while the men's quartet of Sean Morris (Burlington, N.J.), Kamar Ellis (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Antonio Reynolds (Orlando, Fla.), and Christopher Cox (Manahawkin, N.J.) earned the 11th and final spot in the preliminary heats with a season-best time of 3:08.12.
Kiani Profit will represent the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 2010 NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship this weekend.
Seven Jayhawks will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for the pinnacle event of the 2010 indoor track and field season. The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Representing the Jayhawk men will be senior Jordan Scott and freshman Mason Finley, while the women have in tow freshman Andrea Geubelle and the distance medley relay squad of Rebeka Stowe, Taylor Washington, Cori Christensen and Lauren Bonds.
A pair of high jumpers will represent Washington State track and field this weekend at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus, March 12-13, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This weekend is a busy one for the Bruin track and field teams as the men's DMR and five individuals will head to Arkansas for the NCAA Indoor Championships, while most of the teams head to Northridge for the CSUN Invitational.
Texas will send four individuals and the 4x400-meter relay to Fayetteville this Friday-Saturday, March 12-13.
Declared Men's NCAA FieldDeclared Women's NCAA FieldNCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Web siteSeniors Vanneisha Ivy and Mateo Sossah along with freshman Clayton Parros will compete for the North Carolina track and field programs at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday and Saturday.
Oregon will have 25 entries for the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships as the NCAA announced the field for this weekend's event in Fayetteville, Ark., Monday night.
Eight men, two women will represent Tech at national meet
The NCAA released the participants in the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Monday night a list that featured 11 Seminoles. Leading the way will be Charles Clark and Kim Williams who both will enter the two-day meet as the top athletes in their respective events.
Selections for the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships were released Monday night by the Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee with the South Carolina track and field programs earning 11 entries. The event takes place Friday-Saturday, March 12-13, in Fayetteville, Ark., at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
The NCAA announced the qualifiers for this weekend's NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Monday and the group included 12 athletes and one relay from the Oklahoma Track and Field program. The two-day event kicks off Friday at the Randal Tyson Center on the University of Arkansas.
The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced today the participants in the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, with four Huskies making the cut.
Texas A&M will have a squad of 21 athletes competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships during the March 12-13 weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The No. 7 Red Raiders and No. 23 Lady Raiders have a record 17 student-athletes scheduled to compete in 10 events at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships announced by the NCAA on Monday.
The NCAA released its list of accepted entries into the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships that will be held Friday and Saturday at the Randal Tyson Center in Fayetteville, Ark., with 11 members of the Arizona State University track and field program earning places in the meet.
Iowa will close out the indoor season, sending fourteenindividuals in nine events to the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, AK. Friday events at the Randal Tyson Track Center are set to begin at 10 a.m. CST, and Saturday events at 11:00 a.m.