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Collegiate Track & Field Weekend Review: February 28, 2011
Super conference weekend for indoor track & field in all three of the NCAA’s divisions left us with many, many headlines, many conference championships, and a few new collegiate-leading marks, and a world junior record.
Conference Championships in the Great West Conference, The Summit League, and the Sun Belt Conference conclude Monday.
For all the results visit our Weekly Results page or one of our conference championships central pages: Division I | Division II | Division III
Read some of the stories from the weekend in our “From the Wire” section.
Week’s Best Marks
(week ending February 27, 2011, marks are raw, unconverted)
| MEN | ||||||
| 60m | D’Angelo Cherry | JR | Mississippi State | 6.54 | A | =CL |
| 200m | Tony McQuay | SO | Florida | 20.61 | ||
| 400m | Kirani James | SO | Alabama | 44.80 | WJR, WL, CL | |
| 500m | Mike Eddy | SR | Princeton | 1:02.74 | ||
| 600yd | Tabarie Henry | SR | Texas A&M | 1:08.71 | ||
| 600m | Harun Abda | SO | Minnesota | 1:17.35 | CL | |
| 800m | Michael Rutt | SR | Connecticut | 1:47.41 | ||
| 1000m | Peter Callahan | SO | Princeton | 2:22.94 | ||
| Mile | Elliott Heath | JR | Stanford | 4:00.52 | OT | |
| 3000m | Lawi Lalang | FR | Arizona | 7:54.32 | OT | |
| 5000m | Miles Unterreiner | JR | Stanford | 13:48.13 | OT | |
| 60mH | Terence Somerville | JR | Cincinnati& | 7.63 | A | CL |
| Keiron Stewart | SO | Texas | 7.66 | D1L | ||
| 4x400m | Arkansas | 3:05.13 | CL | |||
| Ben Skidmore, Marek Nitt, Chris Bilbrew, Neill Braddy | ||||||
| 4x800m | Columbia | 7:28.64 | ||||
| Dylann Isaccson, Matt Stewart, Sam Miner, Jeff Moriarty | ||||||
| DMR | Oregon | 9:26.78 | CL | |||
| Mac Fleet, Mike Berry, Elijah Greer, Matthew Centrowitz | ||||||
| HJ | Derek Drouin | JR | Indiana | 2.26m^ | 7-5 | |
| PV | Stephan Munz | SO | Virginia Tech | 5.41m | 17-9 | |
| LJ | Ngoni Makusha | JR | Florida State | 8.15m | 26-9 | CL |
| TJ | Christian Taylor | JR | Florida | 17.36m | 56-11½ | CL |
| SP | Luke Pinkelman | JR | Nebraska | 20.07m | 65-10¼ | |
| WT | Walter Henning | SR | LSU | 22.45m^ | 73-8 | |
| PENT | Brian Thill | JR | UW Stevens Point** | 3592^ | ||
| HEPT | Miller Moss | SR | Clemson | 5,881^ | ||
| WOMEN | ||||||
| 60m | LaKya Brookins | SR | South Carolina | 7.14 | CL | |
| 200m | Kimberlyn Duncan | SO | LSU | 22.78 | CL | |
| 400m | Jessica Beard | SR | Texas A&M | 51.68 | CL | |
| 500m | Ana Groff | SO | Connecticut | 1:13.35 | ||
| 600yd | Kendra Chambers | SO | Texas | 1:19.16 | CL | |
| 600m | Bethany Praska | SR | Iowa | 1:28.99 | ||
| 800m | Christina Rodgers | SR | Arizona | 2:04.04 | OT | |
| 1000m | Marielle Hall | FR | Texas | 2:46.40 | ||
| Mile | Jordan Hasay | SO | Oregon | 4:35.28^ | ||
| 3000m | Jackie Areson | SR | Tennessee | 9:10.49 | ||
| 5000m | Anna Nosenko | SR | Wake Forest | 16:09.64 | ||
| 60mH | Christina Manning | JR | Ohio State | 8.01 | CL | |
| 4×400 | Arkansas | 3:31.01 | ||||
| Gwendolyn Flowers, Regina George, Shelise Williams, Whitney Jones | ||||||
| 4×800 | Princeton | 8:43.16 | ||||
| Greta Feldman, Molly Higgins, Kristin Smoot, Alexis Mikaelian | ||||||
| DMR | Tennessee | 11:05.37 | ||||
| Brittany Sheffey, Ashley Harris, Chanelle Price, Jackie Areson | ||||||
| HJ | Brigetta Barrett | SO | Arizona | 1.92m | 6-3½ | CL |
| PV | Tina Sutej | JR | Arkansas | 4.54m | 14-10¾ | CR, CL |
| LJ | Kim Williams | SR | Florida State | 6.55m | 21-6 | |
| TJ | Kim Williams | SR | Florida State | 13.96m | 45-9¾ | CL |
| SP | Faith Sherrill | SR | Indiana | 17.73m^ | 58-2 | |
| WT | Jeneva McCall | JR | Southern Illinois | 22.36m^ | 73-4½ | |
| PENT | Chantae McMillan | SR | Nebraska | 4,287^ | ||
Fresh Faces: A Look at the Week’s Top Marks Produced by Freshmen
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| 60m | Dentarius Locke | Tennessee | 6.67p^ | ||
| 200m | Dentarius Locke | Tennessee | 21.02 | FRL | |
| 400m | Neill Braddy | Arkansas | 46.03 | FRL | |
| 500m | Billy Kovelczyk | Columbia | 1:03.60 | ||
| 600yd | Dominque Manley | Kansas | 1:12.02 | ||
| 600m | Tyler Woloszyk | Wisconsin | 1:19.32 | ||
| 800m | Anthony Kostelac | Virginia | 1:49.24 | FRL | |
| 1000m | James Shirvell | Yale | 2:23.85 | ||
| Mile | Alexander Hatz | Wisconsin | 4:05:21p^ | ||
| 3000m | Lawi Lalang | Arizona | 7:54.32 | FRL, CWB | |
| 5000m | Erik Olson | Stanford | 13:59.87 | OT | FRL |
| 60mH | Eddie Lovett | Florida | 7.73 | FRL | |
| HJ | James Harris | Mississippi State | 2.25m | 7-4½ | FRL |
| PV | Kyal Meyers | Texas Tech | 5.30m | 17-4½ | FRL |
| LJ | Justin Hunter | Tennessee | 7.72m^ | 25-4 | |
| TJ | Mark Jackson | Texas | 15.68m^ | 51-5½ | |
| SP | Stephen Saenz | Auburn | 19.15m^ | 62-10 | |
| WT | Davis Fraker | Illinois | 20.59m^ | 67-6¾ | |
| PENT | Nick Geiger | UW Stevens Point** | 3,146 | ||
| HEPT | Japheth Cato | Wisconsin | 5,742 | ||
| WOMEN | |||||
| 60m | Aurieyall Scott | UCF | 7.24 | =FRL | |
| 200m | Ashley Collier | Texas A&M | 23.64 | ||
| 400m | Brianna Nelson | Texas | 52.18 | ||
| 500m | Ketsia Dornevil | Delaware State | 1:14.88 | ||
| 600yd | Ellie Grooters | Nebraska | 1:20.90 | FRL | |
| 600m | Amelia Bannister | Michigan State | 1:29.79 | ||
| 800m | Laura Roesler | Oregon | 2:04.93 | OT | FRL |
| 1000m | Marielle Hall | Texas | 2:46.40 | ||
| Mile | Cory McGee | Florida | 4:41.10 | ||
| 3000m | Megan Goethals | Washington | 9:18.28 | OT | |
| 5000m | Caitie Meyer | Dartmouth | 16:34.47 | ||
| 60mH | Tiffani McReynolds | Baylor | 8.11 | FRL | |
| HJ | Shanay Briscoe | Texas | 1.82m | 5-11½ | =FRL |
| PV | Sandi Morris | North Carolina | 4.05m^ | 13-3½ | |
| Ariane Beaumont-Courteau | Akron | 4.05m^ | 13-3½ | ||
| Petra Olsen | South Carolina | 4.05m | 13-3½ | ||
| Merritt Van Meter | North Carolina | 4.05m | 13-3½ | ||
| LJ | Mara Griva | Nebraska | 6.35m | 20-10 | FRL |
| TJ | Mara Griva | Nebraska | 13.20m | 43-3¾ | FRL |
| SP | Anna Jelmini | Arizona State | 16.40m^ | 53-9¾ | |
| WT | Ida Storm | UCLA | 20.70m | 67-11 | FRL |
| PENT | Fabia McDonald | Mississippi | 3,922 | FRL |
^ Athlete/relay has a better mark this season
* NCAA Division II Institution
** NCAA Division III Institution
~ NAIA Institution
# Junior College
& school does not sponsor indoor track & field as an NCAA sport, but does participate in competitions as a collegiate team and are subject to all eligibility requirements required by the NCAA
A – Performance occurred at altitude
OT – Performance occurred on an oversized track; not-eligible for WL/CLs
WL – World-leading mark
WJR – World-junior record
CL – Collegiate-leading mark
D2L – NCAA Division II-leading mark
CWB – Current Week’s Best all-around mark
FRL – National collegiate freshman-leading mark