Three Tigers Named To NCAA Championship Contingent
3/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
March 8, 2004
Complete Coverage from Trackshark.com
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Last night the NCAA Track and Field committee announced the field for the 2004 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships to be held Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, in Fayetteville, Ark. Three Tigers-Ashley Patten, Jennifer Bennett, and Conrad Woolsey-were named to the field of 270 men and 270 women.
Sophomore Ashley Patten (Clarkston, Mich.) will be part of a 14 person field in the 800-meter dash, in which, she ranks 10th. Patten won the Big 12 title in the event this season in Lincoln, Neb. Qualifying for the national meet with a time of 2:05.97, Patten became the second-fastest 800-meter runner in Missouri history.
Senior Jennifer Bennett (Ashland, Mo.) will be making her third consecutive NCAA appearance in the women's pole vault event. Bennett is tied for 14th in the seeding of the 17 contender field. Bennett met the mark of 13 feet, 3? inches (4.05m) on her final attempt, also last weekend in Ames, Iowa.
Junior transfer Conrad Woolsey (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) will be part of a field of 14 in the men's shot put event in which he is seeded No. 10. His throw of 62 feet, ? inch (18.90m), occurred at last weekend's Cyclone Last Chance Meet and places him third all-time in Missouri history in the event. Woolsey won the 2001 NCAA Division II Indoor Men's Shot Put title as a member of Northwest Missouri State's track team. This season, Woolsey finished third in the Big 12 Championships.
Competition will begin Friday, March 12. Television coverage can be seen on ESPN2 on Wednesday, March 17, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m., central time.
A more in-depth look at the championship meet will be released later this week.
For more information and a complete list of qualifiers from the three events, visit ncaasports.com and mutigers.com.
Final Men's Qualfiers
Final Women's Qualfiers
Missouri Events...
Event 15 Men Shot Put ** Auto: 19.50 **
RANK ATHLETE YR SCHOOL SEED MARK DATE
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1 Carl Myerscough SR Nebraska 20.91m 02-28
2 Dan Taylor SR Ohio State 20.45m 02-21
3 Niklas Arrhenius FR BYU 19.91m 02-28
4 Nedzad Mulabegovic JR Purdue 19.64m 01-30
5 Hannes Hopley JR SMU 19.60m 01-24
6 Dan Ames SR UCLA 19.58m 02-27
7 Ronnie Jimenez SR Texas A&M 19.56m 02-28
8 Jeffery Chakouian SR Kentucky 19.48m 01-17
9 Magnus Lohse FR Colorado St. 19.25m 01-31
10 Steve Manz SR Michigan St. 19.12m 03-06
11 Vikas Gowda SO North Carolina 19.10m 01-31
12 Conrad Woolsey JR Missouri 18.90m 03-06
13 Scott Hecht SR Purdue 18.83m 02-28
14 Tim Gehring SR Washington St. 18.74m 01-24
Event 20 Women 800 Meter Run ** Auto: 02:05.60 **
RANK ATHLETE YR SCHOOL SEED TIME DATE
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1 Beata Rudzinska JR Akron 2:03.79 03-06
2 Neisha Bernard-Thomas JR LSU 2:04.97 02-14
3 Nicole Cook JR Tennessee * 2:05.20 01-25
4 Nikeya Green SR Wake Forest 2:05.31 03-06
5 Kameisha Bennett SR Tennessee 2:05.32 02-28
6 Alice Schmidt SR North Carolina 2:05.33 02-07
7 Katie Erdman SO Michigan 2:05.38 02-07
8 Kamille Bratton SR Florida 2:05.44 02-28
9 Beth Heimann JR Kentucky 2:05.93 02-29
10 Ashley Patten SO Missouri 2:05.97 03-06
11 Ada Anderson SO Iowa St. 2:06.07 02-14
12 Nellie Hammons SR Utah 2:06.29 03-06
13 Caitlin Reese SR Auburn 2:06.69 03-06
14 Eri Macdonald SR Oregon 2:06.75 03-06
15 Michelle Lahann SR Iowa 2:06.83 03-06
16 Leslie Treherne FR Tennessee 2:06.86 02-29
Event 28 Women Pole Vault ** Auto: 4.20 **
RANK ATHLETE YR SCHOOL SEED MARK DATE
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1 Chelsea Johnson SO UCLA 4.47m 02-14
2 Kira Sims SR Akron 4.27m 02-27
3 Fanni Juhasz SR Georgia 4.23m 02-29
4 Connie Jerz JR Arizona 4.20m 03-06
5 Jenny Green FR Nebraska 4.20m 02-27
6 Jessi Graff SO Nebraska 4.20m 02-21
7 Kate Soma JR Washington 4.11m 02-14
8 Sara Dougherty SR Penn St. 4.11m 01-31
9 Christi Lehman JR Nebraska 4.10m 02-21
10 Hannah Moore JR Oregon 4.09m 03-06
11 Jackie Rodgers SO Kent State 4.08m 03-05
12 Laura Olson SR Buffalo 4.07m 02-13
13 Suzanne Makinson SR App. State 4.06m 03-06
14 Jennifer Bennett SR Missouri 4.05m 03-06
15 Ally Daum SR Rice 4.05m 01-23
16 Beth Hinshaw SR Rice 4.05m 01-23
17 Jennifer Lincoln SR Arkansas 4.05m 02-29
