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Day 2
Track Trio Fails To Qualify On Day Two At NCAAs
June 12, 2014 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – A trio of University of Colorado track athletes failed to qualify for their respective finals on day two of the 2014 NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon, Thursday evening.
Junior Blake Theroux ran to an eighth place finish (8:54.70) in the second heat of the men's 3000-meter steeplechase. Theroux's finished 17th overall. In the men's steeple, two heats with the top five from each heat advanced, plus the next two times to the final.
UTEP's Anthony Rotich recorded the overall top time of 8:39.76.
The Buffaloes also missed qualifying for the 1500-meter finals as freshman Ben Saarel finished seventh in heat one with a 3:47.19 time, and junior Jake Hurysz was 10th in heat two with a 3:48.16 run. Overall, Saarel and Hurysz finished 16th and 20th, respectively.
Oregon's Mac Fleet won heat one with a time of 3:45.90, however was 10th overall. The winner of both heats was Arizona's Lawi Lalang pulling-in a 3:41.03 result. Lalang led five other runners in heat two with sub 3:41 times.
Overall, the top 12 men qualified for Saturday's final.
“After a pretty good yesterday, little bit of a let-down today with nobody advancing through,” head coach Mark Wetmore said. “In the 1500, as they often can be predicted to, which means, the first of two heats, very slow and tactical, and a wild sprint at the end, in which Ben (Saarel) ended up seventh. Inevitably, the second heat goes fast and Ben did not advance. Jake (Hurysz) had an off day in the second heat of the 1500.
“Blake (Theroux) had a decent time in these conditions, little bit windy. We were hoping to get a couple people through, but we didn't, but Shalaya (Kipp) is tomorrow and Carrie (Verdon) on Saturday.”
Day three of the NCAA Track and Field Championships continues Friday with CU senior Shalaya Kipp competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase women's final (6:35 p.m., MDT). Kipp will be CU's lone competitor on the day, and sophomore Carrie Verdon will compete on Saturday in the 5,000-meter final (4:24 p.m. MDT).
NCAA Track and Field Championships
University of Oregon, Hayward Field
Thursday, June 12
Day Two
Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase (semifinal)
Top 12 Advance to Saturday Finals
1. Anthony Rotich (UTEP) 8:39.76; 2. Ole Hesselbjerg (Eastern Kentucky) 8:43.19; 3. Brandon Doughty (Oklahoma) 8:43.87; 4. Kyle King (Virginia) 8:43.99; 5. Alex Brill (Wisconsin) 8:44.01; 6. Caleb Hoover (Northern Arizona) 8:44.22; 7. Edwin Kibichiy (Louisville) 8:44.97; 8. Stanley Kebenei (Arkansas) 8:48.83; 9. John Prizzi (New Hampshire) 8:49.01; 10. Mason Ferlic (Michigan) 8:49.20; 11. Alex Deir (Oklahoma) 8:49.29; 12. Tanguy Pepiot (Oregon) 8:50.03; 17. Blake Theroux (Colorado) 8:54.70
Men's 1500 meters (semifinal): Heat 1
1. Mac Fleet (Oregon) 3:45.90; 2. Sam Prakel (Oregon) 3:46.06; 3. Michael Atchoo (Stanford) 3:46.23; 4. Brannon Kidder (Penn State) 3:46.32; 5. Sam Penzenstadler (Loyola [Ill.]) 3:46.74; 7. Ben Saarel (Colorado) 3:47.19
Men's 1500 meters (semifinal): Heat 2
1. Lawi Lalang (Arizona) 3:41.03; 2. Grant Pollock (Virginia Tech) 3:41.18; 3. Jordan Williamsz (Villanova) 3:41.23; 4. Peter Callahan (New Mexico) 3:41.52; 5. John Simons (Minnesota) 3:41.65; 10. Jake Hurysz (Colorado) 3:48.16
Team Scoring (Women) Thru Event 40
1) Oregon 19.0
2) Akron 10.0
Florida 10.0
Texas A&M 10.0
Princeton 10.0
6) Colorado 8.0
Kent State 8.0
Oklahoma 8.0
Nebraska 8.0
Kentucky 8.0
Team Scoring (Men) Thru Event 40
1) Oregon 20.0
2) Oklahoma State 16.0
3) Wisconsin 12.0
4) Texas 11.5
5) Kent State 10.0
Mississippi 10.0
7) Georgia 9.0
8) Akron 8.0
Cornell 8.0
10) Tennessee 6.0
20) Colorado 2.0
