DeWolf & Santana Compete in USA Junior Track Champs First Day
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The University of Oregon men’s and women’s teams opened action in the USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships with a pair of individuals competing at the Frank G. Anderson Track and Field Complex at Texas A&M University.
Freshman Amanda Santana finished fifth in her second of four heats of the women’s 400 hurdles prelims (66.15) and ranked 21st of the 24 entries. The North Eugene High School product entered the meet with a hand-timed season best of 61.3 from May’s Oregon Twilight, and had run a fully-automatic timed best of 62.46 that placed her 12th mid-May’s Pac-10 Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
Unattached entrant Nicole Leach led the field (59.37) that will return for Saturday’s final.
On the men’s side, freshman redshirt Jeff DeWolf ended seventh in the third of four heats of the 800 prelims (1:54.40) and ranked 19th of the meet’s 29th finishers. The Bend, Ore., native and Mountain View High School product redshirted the outdoor and indoor seasons in 2004, and competed in three meets locally outdoors unattached - the Oregon Twilight (fifth, 1:53.55), Oregon Preview (seventh, 1:53.39) and Pepsi Mini-Meet (fourth, 1:53.9). Indoors in 2004, he ran three 800 races unattached, and all were sub-1:53. He logged his 800 indoor best in Seattle’s Last Chance Qualifier in early March (sixth, 1:52.39), and his indoor 400 season best came in the Mountain Pacific Champs (22nd-prelim, 49.38) in late February.
Unattached entrant Timothy Harris led the men’s 800 field (1:50.94) by almost a complete second, and the final is slated for Saturday evening.
Looking ahead to Saturday’s second day action, no Ducks are slated to compete, while Sunday, freshmen Kyle Alcorn (Buchanan, Calif.) and Brandon Tower (Beaverton, Ore.) will see duty in the men’s steeplechase and discus, respectively.
Alcorn owns a season and personal best of 8:54.97 that won the ?B’ section of the West Regional in late May, and overall ranked second nationally among collegiate freshmen at the end of the collegiate regular season. Tower led the Ducks in the platter toss in 2004 with a seven-foot personal best of 166-1 in the Oregon Twilight. He also led UO in the shot put outdoors (48-6 3/4) and indoors (51-3 3/4), and threw a hammer best of 151-5 in the Oregon Twilight in early May.
This weekend’s competitors must be at least 14 years old when they compete and remain 19 years or younger through the end of the 2004 calendar year. Athletes must also meet qualifying standards, and a link to USA Junior qualifying standards is available at the
www.GoDucks.com website at the following URL address http://www.goducks.com/pdf2/4912.pdf?ATCLID=30925&SPSID=4366&SPID=243&DB_OEM_ID=500
More meet info is available at the http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships website and a live link to results is at the
http://www.flashresults.com/flashtexas/usaj04 website.
The top two finishers from each event final will receive invites to the World Junior Championships in Grosetto, Italy, July 13-18, 2004, as long as they have also met additional event qualifying standards by Mon., June 28.
FINAL RESULTS
USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Friday, June 25, 2004
Event 30 Women 400 Meter Hurdles
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World Junior: ! 54.70 7/19/2002 Lashinda Demus, USA
US Junior: % 54.70 6/19/2002 Lashinda Demus, USA
WJC Qual.: 1:00.04
Name Year Team Prelims
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Heat 1
1 Chiquita Martin South Carolina 1:00.68Q
2 Talia Stewart Unattached 1:01.45q
3 Loreal Smith Unattached 1:02.07q
4 Meaghan Peoples unattached 1:03.79
5 Leslie Murillo Unattached 1:04.75
6 Tiffany Nesfield Unattached 1:05.19
7 Jerae Protho Western Michigan 1:06.12
Heat 2
1 MacKenzie Hill Unattached 1:00.34Q
2 Chandra Pulliam Unattached 1:03.36
3 Lizzie Harris Unattached 1:04.25
4 Arlene Zelinskas Liberty U. 1:04.60
5 Amanda Santana Oregon 1:06.15
-- Salena Sappleton unattached DNS
-- Nyoka Norman Quick Stride DNS
Heat 3
1 Christina Smith Salem Track Club 1:01.58Q
2 Leah Kincaid Unattached 1:02.15q
3 Alpha Davis Western Carolina 1:02.59q
4 Christa Sawko Bucknell 1:05.17
5 Myra Bess Indiana State 1:06.82
6 Joi Smith Unattached 1:07.13
-- Siobahn Counts Akron DNS
Heat 4
1 Nicole Leach Unattached 59.37Q
2 Marquita Vines SIU-Carbondale 1:02.27q
3 Lauren Tillman Baylor 1:03.12
4 April Williams Unattached 1:05.09
5 Dashanta Harris Unattached 1:05.59
6 Janiece Gatson Unattached 1:07.97
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Name Year Team Prelims H#
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Preliminaries
1 Nicole Leach Unattached 59.37Q 4
2 MacKenzie Hill Unattached 1:00.34Q 2
3 Chiquita Martin South Carolina 1:00.68Q 1
4 Christina Smith Salem Track Club 1:01.58Q 3
5 Talia Stewart Unattached 1:01.45q 1
6 Loreal Smith Unattached 1:02.07q 1
7 Leah Kincaid Unattached 1:02.15q 3
8 Marquita Vines SIU-Carbondale 1:02.27q 4
9 Alpha Davis Western Carolina 1:02.59q 3
10 Lauren Tillman Baylor 1:03.12 4
11 Chandra Pulliam Unattached 1:03.36 2
12 Meaghan Peoples unattached 1:03.79 1
13 Lizzie Harris Unattached 1:04.25 2
14 Arlene Zelinskas Liberty U. 1:04.60 2
15 Leslie Murillo Unattached 1:04.75 1
16 April Williams Unattached 1:05.09 4
17 Christa Sawko Bucknell 1:05.17 3
18 Tiffany Nesfield Unattached 1:05.19 1
19 Dashanta Harris Unattached 1:05.59 4
20 Jerae Protho Western Michigan 1:06.12 1
21 Amanda Santana Oregon 1:06.15 2
22 Myra Bess Indiana State 1:06.82 3
23 Joi Smith Unattached 1:07.13 3
24 Janiece Gatson Unattached 1:07.97 4
-- Siobahn Counts Akron DNS 3
-- Nyoka Norman Quick Stride DNS 2
-- Salena Sappleton unattached DNS 2
Event 4 Men 800 Meter Run
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World Junior: ! 1:43.64 8/13/1997 Japheth Kimutai, Kenya
US Junior: % 1:44.9h 6/10/1966 Jim Ryan, Kansas
WJC Qual.: 1:50.00
Name Year Team Prelims
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Heat 1
1 Larry Brooks Texas-San Antonio 1:52.21Q
2 Jimmie Jones Missouri 1:53.04q
3 Sebastien Lounis Unattached 1:53.30
4 Emory Gibbs Unattached 1:55.60
5 Sean Tully Long Island 1:56.12
6 Paul Riley Buffalo 1:56.62
7 Mark Korich Unattached 1:57.29
-- Keith Hinnant Long Island DNS
Heat 2
1 Michael McGrath Unattached 1:51.87Q
2 Nicholas Lara Unattached 1:52.71q
3 Robert Miller Cinco Ranch 1:53.29
4 Michael Webley Unattached 1:54.05
5 John Reese Sam Houston State 1:54.07
6 Brayon Brown Track Housto 1:55.30
7 Andres Perezchica California 1:55.77
8 Edward Giles Unattached 1:56.27
Heat 3
1 Christopher Haag Unattached 1:51.90Q
2 Marcus Mayes Missouri 1:52.32q
3 Jason Zichterman Colorado 1:52.33q
4 Jeffrey Williams NC Greensboro 1:53.25
5 Adrian Ludwig Kansas 1:53.67
6 Michael Haddan Irvine Cougars 1:54.25
7 Jeff DeWolf Unattached 1:54.50
-- Andrew Martin Florida DNS
Heat 4
1 Timothy Harris Unattached 1:50.94Q
2 Michael Garcia Stanford 1:52.07q
3 James Butler Unattached 1:53.44
4 Cody Harper Albuquerque 1:54.23
5 Christopher Patrick Unattached 1:54.65
6 Ray Armstrong Kent State 1:55.30
7 Douglas Noreen Davidson 1:55.73
-- Christopher Woods Quicksilver DNF
-- Daunte Saloy Savannah State DNS
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Name Year Team Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Timothy Harris Unattached 1:50.94Q
2 Michael McGrath Unattached 1:51.87Q
3 Christopher Haag Unattached 1:51.90Q
4 Larry Brooks Texas-San Antonio 1:52.21Q
5 Michael Garcia Stanford 1:52.07q
6 Marcus Mayes Missouri 1:52.32q
7 Jason Zichterman Colorado 1:52.33q
8 Nicholas Lara Unattached 1:52.71q
9 Jimmie Jones Missouri 1:53.04q
10 Jeffrey Williams NC Greensboro 1:53.25
11 Robert Miller Cinco Ranch 1:53.29
12 Sebastien Lounis Unattached 1:53.30
13 James Butler Unattached 1:53.44
14 Adrian Ludwig Kansas 1:53.67
15 Michael Webley Unattached 1:54.05
16 John Reese Sam Houston State 1:54.07
17 Cody Harper Albuquerque 1:54.23
18 Michael Haddan Irvine Cougars 1:54.25
19 Jeff DeWolf Unattached 1:54.50
20 Christopher Patrick Unattached 1:54.65
21 Ray Armstrong Kent State 1:55.30
21 Brayon Brown Track Housto 1:55.30
23 Emory Gibbs Unattached 1:55.60
24 Douglas Noreen Davidson 1:55.73
25 Andres Perezchica California 1:55.77
26 Sean Tully Long Island 1:56.12
27 Edward Giles Unattached 1:56.27
28 Paul Riley Buffalo 1:56.62
29 Mark Korich Unattached 1:57.29
-- Christopher Woods Quicksilver DNF
-- Andrew Martin Florida DNS
-- Daunte Saloy Savannah State DNS
-- Keith Hinnant Long Island DNS
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