Qualifiers for Des Moines
Womens Javelin - 2 qualifiers
Mens Long Jump - 3 qualifiers
Mens Javelin - 1 qualifier

Running Prelim Results - Top 12 go to the finals in Des Moines
W 400h - 2nd fastest time
W 100m - 7,8,9 fastest qualifiers
M 100m - 4,6,7,17 fastest qualifiers
W 400m - 5,8 fastest qualifiers
M 400m - 1,2,4 fastest qualifiers
M 800m - 2,12 fastest qualifiers

Tomorrows Events
Womens TJ (Top 12 Des Moines)
Mens HJ (Top 12 Des Moines)
W Pole Vault (Top 12 Des Moines)
100 hurdles Prelims (Top 24 QFinals)
400m QFinals (Top 12 Des Moines)
100m QFinals (Top 12 Des Moines)
800m QFinals (Top 12 Des Moines)
400 hurdles QFinals (Top 12 Des Moines)
200m Prelims (Top 24 QFinals)
3000 Steeple (Top 12 Des Moines)

I am really envious of the track/facilities they have at Oregon. The internet video/sound is high quality. The internet updates was excellent as well. They must love t/f up there.

Unless I heard it wrong, but the announcer kept saying Bryan Miller was a freshman.

Did everyone we expected to qualify after day 1 do so? Any surprises?

gamedrunk - they got Nike money! Yeah, I'd say Oregon Track is doing ok for itself....

http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/05-26-NCAAWest/Day2.htm

Looks like the team had an outstanding day.

Women lost points in the 400m. Latest form chart had Mayungbe in 7th.

Women's 4x100:

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A&M wins heat 2 in 43.60, USC 2nd in 44.07, OU 44.42 for 3rd

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Texas wins heat one in 44.00 over Baylor 44.23 with Illinois 3rd in 44.52

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Third heat won by Houston in 44.21, Oregon 2nd in 44.68, Texas Tech 3rd at 44.89.

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Men's 4x100:

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A&M wins heat in 39.52, the fastest of three heats, Arkansas 2nd in 39.65, Ks State 3rd in 39.93.

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First heat won in 39.74 by Illinois, with UCLA (40.25) and Wash. State (40.26) next. TCU 4th in 40.32.

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Texas wins 2nd heat in 39.59 ahead of Baylor's 39.61, Washington 3rd in 40.29

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W100H:

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Natasha Ruddock wins heat in 13.04 (1.4) over USC's Blackburn in 13.09.

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Gabby Mayo 2nd in heat with a 13.29, USC's Ali wins in 12.92

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Ruddock qualifies 2nd, Mayo 7th

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Aggies now 3-7-9 going into final 3 rounds of men's triple jump.

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PR for Davis at 13.58 and he advances on time to Des Moines

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W200:

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Jeneba Tarmoh wins heat of 200 in 22.62 with Dominique Ducan 3rd at 23.00. LaKeidra Stewart 8th in 24.27.

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Ashley Colliier 4th in 23.28 and currently has the top time among non auto qualifiers

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Tarmoh qualifies 1st, Duncan 4th, Collier 10th

Tarmoh and Collier qualified in both 100 and 200.

M200:

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Prezel Hardy, Jr. 3rd in second heat of 200 at 21.01.

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Tran Howell 3rd in 200 at 21.15 while Gerald Phiri 4th in 21.35.

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Hardy qualifies 6th, Howell 10th

Phiri misses out at 14th

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All three Aggie triple jumpers advance to Des Moines. Julian Reid, Melvin Echard and Tyron Stewart will compete in both LJ and TJ.

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Interested but I can't make sense of all this. How are we doing?

A&M held serve and did what they needed to do on both the womens and mens.

The only disappointment is probably Duncan not making it in the 100, but Collier did.

Florida men and FSU men both held serve and qualified their point winners to Des Moines.

LSU's woman hurdler who was picked 5th on the formchart did not qualify and will cost LSU somewhere around 3-4 points at the championships.

I was hoping Phiri would find his old 200 form just one last time...I guess it wasn't to be.

Other than that, it's been a pretty good showing.

Phiri too was my only disappointment. Would love to see a revised form chart for the NCAA's.

Lsu lost points but we lost also in the 400.

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Would love to see a revised form chart for the NCAA's.

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T&F News will publish a final form chart before Des Moines. Take it with a grain of salt. Form charts are only as good as the research that goes into them, and particularly in the sprints, T&F News just doesn't get it done. But they seem to be the only game on the block unless you're willing to do the computer time yourself.

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The only disappointment is probably Duncan not making it in the 100...

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Duncan making it through in the 100 was a long shot - she didn't q last year either. She has improved this season but not enough - she had one teriffic performance - perhaps next season. Dominique, like Porscha Lucas, is much better at 200m - just watch her run the curve in the 4X100.

On the plus side, in spite of losing a qualifer in the women's 400, Mayo making it through in the 100H could be big. Gabby has not been her old self since her injury in last year's Big 12 meet. If she can get it back for just a few days of top performance, it's gold.

Oregon lost big when Amber Purvis pulled up lame in the 200m and didn't qualify again. Last year she was dq due to a false start at regionals. She's not much of a threat to score at 100m even if she's able to run in Des Moines. She is also a huge loss to both of the Ducks' relay teams.



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Duncan's run is dispointing in that she hadn't just beat the girl from Texas, who ran 8th today, but had crushed her at 2 or 3 different tracks this year.

After Anderson from OU beat her by a few 100ths at the MJ Classic (as she did today), Duncan came out and solidly beat her at the Big 12 meet. It gave further hope that she could run with these gals. She has been running alongside Collier most of the year.

She's definately better in the 200, and I wasn't expecting her to run wild on that track in that weather. However, imo, she had shown well against some of those qualifiers on a consistent basis.

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Maybe 'longshot' is a bit strong - but I gave her about a 50/50 shot.

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against is the key word there - she ran in a different heat. That matters.

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The 100m times are not all that great, but I was a little surprised the 200m times were as good as they were given the rain and cold. All qualifiers under 23.50 and top 4 23 flat or better.

Chalonda Goodman from Texas is a better sprinter than her times have shown. She's likely still not at 100% recovered from her foot injury last season. At any rate, she and Duncan ran in different heats, so it's hard to say Dominique should have beaten her. Shawna Anderson from Oklahoma is a surprise qualifier - I wouldn't have expected her to make it. Note that all 3 who qualified on time were in the same heat - the second IIRC, with significant helping wind. Maybe if they had gone head to head.

That's part of the problem with the regional formats, particularly for sprinters. All they have to do is be top 3 to advance. For those who end up qualifying on time it's almost luck of the draw as to which heat they draw. Hardly ever does anyone run their best times under those circumstances. Note Tiffany Townsend q'd fastest at 100m, again in the heat with the most significant helping wind. Yet IIRC, she's never beaten Jeneba at either 100m or 200m. Head to head is where the proof is.

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Florida men lost one of their TJ guys. The one who was projected 6th or so. Not big points, but it will be a close meet and all the points matter.

Does anyone have a good feel re how we are now positioned for the NCAA championship vs. the past two years? Both men and women? Better, worse or about the same?

Seems like both the men and women are in line for another top-3 finish. The championship will be determined by the favorites making unexpected point gains/losses.

I think Coach Henry has his deepest team. Hope we can hold on to the batons!

Alright, a little help here. So, only the individual qualifiers (not the entire team) make it to the National Championships? However, based on the points earned by these individuals (or team's if we're talking about relays), the points are then added up to determine total points by school and final rankings?

They can't allow the whole team to go. Too many athletes. They track meet would be unbearable with so many heats of the 100 meters (for example). So you have to qualify. I think scoring is 1st through 8th.

Points are given on 1 - 8, but there is a bonus for finishing 1st or 2nd in that there is a 2 point gap between those places:
1 - 10 points
2 - 8 points
3 - 6 points
4 - 5 points
5 - 4 points
6 - 3 points
7 - 2 points
8 - 1 point

Anybody know what happened to Bonnie Richardson?

Javelin over 160 in B12 - 98 in Oregon dead last!!!!!!!!!!!!!