The 2010 NCAA Regional Track & Field meets will probably be the weirdest track meets ever – no individual champion in any event, no team championships.

The top 12 in each regional event earn a free ticket to the Nationals in Oregon. The Nationals will consist of 24 individuals in each event and 24 teams in each relay.

Current NCAA Championship favorites are Florida, Oregon, and A&M in the MEN and Oregon and A&M in the WOMEN. We need as many people as possible to earn a trip to Nationals.

A&M participants who will be at the West Regional and their regional ranking.
WOMEN:
1 – 4x100, Jeneba Tarmoh (200m), Natasha Ruddock (100H)
2 – 4x400, Porscha Lucas (200m), Jessica Beard (400m), Gabby Mayo (100m)
3 – Jeneba Tarmoh (100m), Vashti Thomas (100H), Andrea Sutherland (400H)
4 – Gabby Mayo (100H)
7 – Porscha Lucas (100m)
9 – Ashika Charan (TJ), Tiffany Peters ((TJ), Dominique Duncan (200m)
11 – Vashti Thomas (TJ)
12 – Vashti Thomas (LJ), Emalie Humphreys (Jav)
13 – Sasha-Kay Matthias (LJ & TJ)
14 – Dominique Duncan (100m)
18 – Donique Flemings (400H)
20 – Hillary Pustka (Jav)
27 – Daphne Fitzpatrick (HJ)
33 – Katherine Devlin (10K)
34 – Taylor Rosser (SP)
36 – Ashika Charan (LJ)
41 – Christina Munoz (10K)
46 – Deidre Tarver (HT)
47 – Elizabeth Adeoti (100m)

MEN:
1 – 4x100, 4x400, Zuheir Sharif (TJ), Curtis Mitchell (200m)
2 – Tabarie Henry (400m)
3 – Sam Humphreys (Jav), Gerald Phiri (100m & 200m)
4 – Melvin Echard (LJ), Tyron Stewart (TJ)
6 – Tyron Stewart (LJ)
7 – Demetrius Pinder (400m)
9 – Bryan Miller (400m)
10 – Tran Howell (400m)
13 – Melvin Echard (TJ)
14 – Curtis Mitchell (100m)
21 – Julian Reid (LJ)
26 – Joey Roberts (800m)
27 – Michael Preble (800m)
28 – Jon Gomez (Jav)
30 – Oscar Ramirez (800m)
31 – De’Lon Isom (110H)
35 – Kevin Burnett (10K)
37 – Kyle Dykhuizen (400m)
45 – Trinity Otto (LJ)

Oregon participants at Regionals who have a good chance to place at Nationals are:
Men:
superstar Ashton Eaton (Dec & LJ), Cyrus Hostetler (Jav), Matthew Centrowitz (1500), Andrew Wheating (800m & 1500), AJ Acosta (1500 & 5000), Alex Wolff (Jav), Mac Fleet (1500), Luke Puskedra (10K), Jordan McNamara (5000)

WOMEN:
4x100, 4x400, Brianne Theisen (HEP), Keshia Baker (400m), Zoe Buckman (1500), Jamesha Youngblood (LJ & TJ), Nicole Blood (5000 & 10K)), Amber Purvis (200m), Alex Kosinski (5000), Melissa Gergel (PV), Jordan Hasay (1500), Anne Kesselring (800m), Mattie Bridgmon (10K), Claire Michel (Steeple)

Oregon women recently scored an incredible 215 points at the PAC-10 Championships.

From twitter...

Sam Humphreys (222-11) finished 8th in the javelin and will advance to Eugene. A 236-5 led the event. USC's Cooper Thompson (206-11) 21st.

Women's 400 hurdles:

Sutherland won her heat in 58.47 while Flemings placed third in her heat with a 59.34, both advance to the quarterfinals.

Men's 100:

Mitchell runs 10.33 to place 2nd in the heat. Gerald Phiri up next.

Gerald Phiri wins heat two of the 100 in 10.30 and advances to the next round.

Women's 100:

Mayo cruises to win heat 3 in 11.43, Duncan second in 11.60.

Lucas wins heat two in 11.30.

Adeoti places sixth in heat five with a 11.95.

Tarmoh wins heat six in 11.48.

[This message has been edited by S.S.Aggie (edited 5/27/2010 6:16p).]

A&M men advance four of six to the quarterfinals as Pinder and Henry clock the two fastest times from round o

Pinder leads heat 1 from start and cruises to a 45.39 PR, bettering his 45.89 from Arizona State Inv. back in March.

Tran Howell third in heat two (46.56) while Michael Preble (47.28) was fifth.

Tabarie Henry wins heat three in 45.74.

Kyle Dykhuizen runs 47.10 to place fifth in heat 5.

Bryan Miller second in final heat of 400, running 46.47.

Thursday updates:

MEN:
Jav - Sam Humphreys (8) advanced to Oregon. Jon Gomez (45) did not advance.
100m – Gerald Phiri (=2) & Curtis Mitchell (4) advanced to next round (quarterfinals)
400m – Demetrius Pinder (1), Tabarie Henry (2), Bryan Miller (11), and Tran Howell (14) advanced to next round. Kyle Dykhuizen (27) & Michael Preble (30) did not advance.

WOMEN:
100m – Porscha Lucas (2), Gabby Mayo (3), Jeneba Tarmoh (5), and Dominique Duncan (9) advanced to next round. Elizabeth Adeoti (=32) did not advance.
400H – Andrea Sutherland (7) & Donique Flemings (16) advanced to next round.
SP - Taylor Rosser (41) did not advance

It’s great to see Gabby is ok.

Jessica Beard posted a 51.25 and won her heat by 20 meters. I believe that was the fastest time of the prelims. Oregon's K Baker was a second + slower.

Any othyer updates on how Oregon is doing?

I will give an update on Oregon later. And the Florida men much later.

MEN:
800m – Joey Roberts (30-slow heat) advanced to next round. Oscar Ramirez (47) did not advance.

WOMEN:
400m – Jessica Beard (1) advanced to next round.

Aggies are 3rd and 8th in women's javelin with two rounds left.

Aggies are 6-10-11 in long jump going into final three rounds.

Thursday summaries:

MEN:
Jav - Sam Humphreys (8) advanced to Oregon. Jon Gomez (45) did not qualify.
LJ - Melvin Echard (7) and Julian Reid (12) advanced to Oregon. Trinity Otto (14) and
Tyron Stewart (30) did not qualify.

100m – Gerald Phiri (=2) & Curtis Mitchell (4) advanced to next round (quarterfinals)
400m – Demetrius Pinder (1), Tabarie Henry (2), Bryan Miller (11), and Tran Howell (14) advanced to next round. Kyle Dykhuizen (27) & Michael Preble (30) did not advance.
800m – Joey Roberts (30-slow heat) advanced to next round. Oscar Ramirez (47) did not advance.

WOMEN:
Jav - Emalie Humphreys (4) and Hillary Pustka (12-an unexpected surprise) advanced to Oregon.
10K - Katherine Devlin (13-missed by 5 seconds, best time among the freshmen) and Christina Munoz (17) did not qualify for Oregon.
SP - Taylor Rosser (41) did not qualify for Oregon.

100m – Porscha Lucas (2), Gabby Mayo (3), Jeneba Tarmoh (5), and Dominique Duncan (9) advanced to next round. Elizabeth Adeoti (=32) did not advance.
400H – Andrea Sutherland (7) & Donique Flemings (16) advanced to next round.
400m – Jessica Beard (1) advanced to next round.

Julian Reid barely made it to Oregon. He apparently is still not over his injuries. Hope he gets much better over the next two weeks.

All potential point makers from A&M men & women, Oregon men & women, and Florida men who competed Thursday advanced. Thus, the NCAA favorites remain --
MEN: Florida, Oregon, and A&M
WOMEN: Oregon and A&M

FRIDAY's Schedule for Aggies
INITIAL Regional Ranking in Parentheses

Preliminaries - Top 12 advance to Quarterfinals
110H - Men -- De'Lon Isom (31)
100H - Women -- Natasha Ruddock (1), Vashti Thomas (3), Gabby Mayo (4)
200m - Men -- Curtis Mitchell (1), Gerald Phiri (3)
200m - Women -- Jeneba Tarmoh (1), Porscha Lucus (2), & Dominique Duncan (9)

Quarterfinals - Top 12 go to Oregon
LJ - Women -- Ashika Charan (36), Sasha-Kay Matthias (13), & Vashti Thomas (12)
400m - Men -- Tabarie Henry (2), Demetrius Pinder (7), Bryan Miller (9), and Tran Howell (10)
400m - Women -- Jessica Beard (2)
100m - Men -- Gerald Phiri (3) & Curtis Mitchell (14)
100m - Women -- Gabby Mayo (2), Jeneba Tarmoh (3), Porscha Lucas (7), and Dominique Duncan (14)
800m - Men -- Joey Roberts (26)
400H - Women -- Andrea Sutherland (3) & Donique Flemings (18)

Anybody know why Natasha Ruddock was a DNS? Her lane was empty in Heat 1.





[This message has been edited by JR69 (edited 5/28/2010 5:26p).]

Losing Natasha puts us significantly behind Oregon. Wonder what happened!!!

She was scratched so she was not expected to run -- why??

Wow! Curtis Mitchell lit up the afterburners at the 50m mark and took Heat 1 in 10.26. Is that a personal best? Top time in the meet so far.

Just as I finished that, Gerald Phiri runs a 10.17!

Jessica Beard under 52 sec - twice, Keisha Baker ran 51.60 for the third fastest time. Jessica won both of her heats by 1.5 sec or more. Never pushed.

Demitrius Pinder qualifies with a 44.93.

[This message has been edited by JR69 (edited 5/28/2010 6:14p).]

The men are looking good.

FRIDAY’s RESULTS

MEN:
Quarterfinals – Top 12 Advance to Oregon
100m – Gerald Phiri (1) and Curtis Mitchell (2) advanced to Oregon
400m – Demetrius Pinder (1), Tabarie Henry (5), and Bryan Miller (12) advanced to Oregon. Tran Howell (18) did not qualify
800m – Joey Roberts (24) did not advance

Prelims – Top 24 Advance to Quarterfinals
110H – Men -- De'Lon Isom (20) advanced to next round
200m - Curtis Mitchell (1) and Gerald Phiri (4) advanced to next round


WOMEN:
Quarterfinals – Top 12 Advance to Oregon
100m – Porscha Lucas (1), Jeneba Tarmoh (2), Gabby Mayo (5), and Dominique Duncan (9) advanced to Oregon
400m – Jessica Beard (1) advanced to Oregon
400H - Donique' Flemings (11) and Andrea Sutherland (12) barely qualified for Oregon (Andrea has to do much better at Nationals)
LJ - Vashti Thomas and Ashika Charan advanced to Oregon. Sasha-Kay Matthias did not qualify.

Prelims – Top 24 Advance to Quarterfinals
100H – Gabby Mayo (3) and Vashti Thomas (4) advanced to next round. Natasha Ruddock twisted knee and could not compete.
200m – Porscha Lucas (1), Jeneba Tarmoh (2), and Dominique Duncan (6) advanced to next round

So how are we looking? The men seem to be doing well and the women are down on point earner. How are we setting up for nationals?

Oregon women take a hit losing Purvis to a False Start in the 200.

Gabby's back!!!

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Oregon women take a hit losing Purvis to a False Start in the 200.

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Evens things out for the Aggies losing Ruddock to injury.

Mens TJ 1-2 going into finals.

When does this meet end? Midnight?

good job girls

Three Male TJ qualified for Eugene.

Men are really in nearly as good of a position as they could be leaving Austin.

SATURDAY's RESULTS
MEN:
Quarterfinals – Top 12 Advance to Oregon
TJ - Tyron Stewart (1), Zuheir Sharif (2), and Melvin Echard (6) advanced to Oregon
4x100 - best time, an all junior crew, advanced to Oregon
110H - De'Lon Isom (14) did not qualify
200m - Curtis Mitchell (1- bettered stadium record) and Gerald Phiri (4) advanced
10K - Kevin Burnett (20) did not qualify
4x400 - best time, an all junior crew, advanced to Oregon

WOMEN:
Quarterfinals – Top 12 Advance to Oregon
HT - Deidre Tarver (44) did not advance
HJ - Daphne Fitzpatrick (=28) did not qualify
TJ - Tiffany Peters (=6) and Ashika Charan (11) advanced to Oregon. Vashti Thomas (19) and Sasha-Kay Matthias (46) did not qualify
4x100 - best time, advanced to Oregon
100H - Gabby Mayo (1) and Vashti Thomas (4) advanced to Oregon
200m - Jeneba Tarmoh (1-bettered stadium record), Porscha Lucas (2-bettered stadium record), and Dominique Duncan (=5) advanced to Oregon
4x400 - forth best time, advanced to Oregon

Thanx for all the updates --

Look to be well positioned.

I wish Jessica had more help in the 4X4 - she always has to play catch up. I understand there is at least one freshman quarter miler coming in next season who is at least sub-54. In the greater scheme of things, Jess is absolutely incredible when she gets the baton.

After our ladies won the 4X4 going away at the Big 12 meet, the tea-sips actually beat them on time last night. The exchanges looked like a goat rope last night

I look for Jessica, Porscha, Jeneba, and Gabby to place well in their individual events and hopefully Dominique Duncan and Vashti Thomas will slip in there for some points in the sprints and hurdles. We will miss the points Natasha Ruddock would have likely brought in the hurdles. Not as optimistic about the jumping events. Last year it all came down to the triple jump for the women and we aren't as strong there this year. Hope for all the junk points we can scrounge up - both men and women.

[This message has been edited by JR69 (edited 5/30/2010 11:50a).]

I almost wouldn't be surprised to see one of the sprint studs (Mayo, Lucas, or Tarmoh) to run a leg on the 4x400 if they feel well going into the race and Henry wants to try it.