One Automatic and Seven Provisional Qualifying Marks at Hamline Invitational

The temperature jumped into the 50s and the sun was out just in time for the Hamline Invitational on Satuday. One woman, UMD's Morgan Place, ran an automatic NCAA qualifying mark in winning the 5K in a time of 16:42.88. Her teammate, Bridget Himes, got a provisional qualifier(PQ) in second place in 17:34.15.

Augsburg's Shanek Telphia won the 100 and 200 meter dashes in 12.50 and 25.04, respectively. Her 200 time was a provisional qualifying mark. Team USA Minnesota women--Meghan Armstrong, Jamie Cheever, and Katie McGregor--went 1,2,3 in the 1,500 meters with times of 4:23.48, 4:26.40, and 4:37.97, respectively.

For the men, Augsburg's Nick Ward won the 100 and the long jump. His 100 time of 10.79 is a provisional qualifier. He jumped 22' 6.25" in the long jump. Domonique Glimer of Concordia St. Paul was also a double winner taking the 200 in 21.86(a PQ) and the 400 in 48.78. Hamline's Jack Diechert was the first collegian in the 1,500 with a provisional qualifying time of 3:52.57.

Team USA's Chris Rombough won the event in 3:50.17, and the University of Minnesota's Hassan Mead was third in 3:53.50. Hamline's Brennan McKeag got two provisional qualifers as he won the shot put with a toss of 51' 4.5", and was the first collegian in second place in the Hammer throw with a PQ of 175' 10".