Sunday, March 15, 2009

NCAA Championships Day 2 Headlines ...

Here, very quickly, are the highlights from the final day at the NCAA Championship meets ...

Division I:

Gopher Alicia Rue finished the runner-up in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 14-1 1/4.

Teammate Heather Dorniden finished 3rd in the women's 800m, Burnsville alum Laura Hermanson of NDSU finished 7th.

Stanford's Elliott Heath finished 3rd in the men's 3000m, Gopher Hassan Mead was 4th and teammate Chris Rombough was 7th.

Full D1 results are HERE.

Division II:

Minnesota State - Mankato freshman Dan Novak finished runner-up in the men's pole vault with a clearance of 16-10 3/4. Moorhead's Derik Brugger was 5th at 16-6 3/4.

St. Cloud State's Heather Miller finished 2nd in the triple jump with a mark of 38-5 1/2.

UMD's Liz Palkie finished 4th in the women's 800m, while teammate Morgan Place was 4th in the 5000m.

Mankato women finish 10th in team standings; the UMD women were 11th.

Full D2 results are HERE.

Division III:

Bethel University's Marie Borner took second in the women's mile in 4:55.41.

Carleton freshman Simone Childs-Walker took 3rd in the women's 5000m.

St. Thomas' Patrick Jager finished 3rd in the 400m.

St. John's Eric Buss jumped to 3rd in the triple jump.

Gustavus Adolphus' Tyler Geyen was 4th in the 55m hurdles.

Hamline's Derall King threw for 5th in the shot put.

The St. Thomas women's 4 x 400m relay took 5th.

Full D3 results are HERE.

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