Collegiate Track & Field Weekend Review: February 14, 2011; Kynard With Huge Jump

SOPHOMORE KYNARD WITH BIG JUMP

The weekend’s most-historically significant performance came from Kansas State sophomore Erik Kynard. For his fourth win of the season in the men’s high jump, Kynard took the Tyson Invitational with a collegiate-leading clearance of 7-7¾ (2.33m). Only two other collegians all-time have jumped higher in the indoor season – Hollis Conway, UL-Lafayette, 2.37m, 7-9¼, 1989 and Brian Brown, Northwestern Louisiana, 2.34m, 7-8, 1990.

In the competition, Kynard would clear eight heights, seven of which on first attempts, including 7-5¼, 7-6½, and 7-7¾. Kynard stopped jumping after he cleared 7-7¾ — not advancing to the next height. Indiana’s Derek Drouin, who came into the competition with ten straight wins in the event would clear a season-best 7-5¼ (2.27m) on his first attempt, but couldn’t keep up with Kynard when the bar went to 7-6½. Mississippi sophomore Ricky Robertson, who finished third, also cleared an impressive season-best of 7-5¼ (2.27m) on his first attempt.

THE WEEKEND TO GO THE DISTANCE

Both literally and figuratively, the second weekend of February becomes a pilgrimage for some teams to “go the distance” and take attempts at securing NCAA-qualifying marks in distance events.

BYU’s Miles Batty clocked 3:55.79 in the mile at the Flotrack Husky Classic to become the new collegiate leader in the event. Batty trailed only professional Chris Solinsky for the race title. Overall, four more collegians would go sub-four in the race, including Florida newcomer  Dumisane Hlaselo (3:56.84), Matthew Gibney of Villanova (3:58.12), and Duncan Phillips of Arkansas (3:58.82).

Tulsa’s Chris O’Hare won the Tyson Invitational mile in 3:56.48 and was closely trailed by Oklahoma Christian’s Silas Kisorio (3:56.64) out of the NAIA. In addition, four more collegians went sub-four at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational including Binghamton’s Erik van Ingen (3:57.11), Riley Masters of Maine (3:58.17), freshman Rich Peters of Boston U. (3:58.26), and Julian Matthews of Providence (3:58.87).

Overall, the count of collegians that have went sub-four in the mile so far in 2011 stands at 17.

Matthew Centrowitz (7:50.59) of Oregon was the top  collegian in the men’s 3000 this weekend at the Husky Classic – his time stands two seconds off the collegiate-leading time of 7:48.35 set by Indiana’s Andrew Bayer a month ago. Stanford’s Elliot Heath took over the collegiate lead in the 5000 meters with a near three-second win in 13:37.77 at the Husky.

New collegiate leaders were also set in the women’s mile, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters this weekend. At the Husky Classic, Oregon’s Jordan Hasay clocked 4:34.75 as the top collegian in the women’s mile. Also at the Husky, Tennessee’s Jackie Areson drew nearly a five-second victory in the women’s 5000 over Oregon’s Alex Kosinski with a 15:39.81 NCAA leader. Stony Brook’s Lucy Van Dalen didn’t need an oversized track to run 8:56.77 for the collegiate lead in the women’s 3000. The junior won the Valentine Invite at Boston U., by nearly 18 seconds.

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END

Some of the longest active collegiate winning streaks fell by the wayside this weekend.

The aforementioned Drouin lost his first collegiate high jump competition in 11 tries on Saturday to Kynard. The winning streak spanned just one day short of a calendar year as Drouin took sixth at the 2010 Tyson Invitational, marking his previous loss preceding the streak.

Washington’s Scott Roth snapped a seven-competition indoor collegiate winning streak in the pole vault this weekend. The 2010 NCAA Indoor Champion no-heighted this weekend at his home meet after opening competition at 17-5¼ (5.31m).

Florida’s Christian Taylor had a six-meet overall winning streak in the triple jump. Teammate Will Claye topped Taylor at the Tyson Invitational by 10 inches in claiming a collegiate-leading mark of 55-10¼ (17.02m).

STREAK MILESTONES

One streak just turned to the number 10. Georgia’s Torrin Lawrence has now won 10 straight races – indoors – in the men’s 400 meters. Lawrence was the overall winner of the Tyson Invitational 400 this past weekend with a season-best time of 45.82. The prior weekend, at the Virginia Tech Elite meet, Lawrence was second overall versus times in the 400, but won his section. So, in 10 indoor tries, Lawrence has been the first to the finish line. The SEC Indoor Championships should make for some interesting headlines as Lawrence could be matched with Alabama sophomore Kirani James, the collegiate leader in the 400, and six-win outdoor streak holder.

INCHING CLOSER

Arkansas junior Tina Sutej, for the third weekend in a row, cleared a new collegiate-leading height in the women’s pole vault. And, for the third-straight weekend, Sutej attempted and came close to clearing the collegiate-record height. This weekend at the Tyson Invitational, Sutej cleared 14-8 (4.47m) to win her fifth-straight competition. The previous weekend, Sutej cleared 14-7¼ (4.45m) at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, and in the weekend prior to that one, she cleared 14-6 (4.42m) to win the Razorback Invitational.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGINNING

The first NCAA Division I conference champions of the indoor track & field season were crowned this weekend. Out of the Northeast Conference (NEC), Central Connecticut’s men (114) claimed a slim, five-point margin over Sacred Heart (109) for their first crown in the league’s history. The top four teams were separated by only 11½ points with Long Island (108) taking third and Monmouth (102½) fourth.

On the women’s side, Long Island topped Monmouth, 138-136, after finishing third in the final-event 4×400 relay to Monmouth’s second. It was Long Island’s first conference win since 2007.

This upcoming weekend will have seven conference championships in Division I including the America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Metro Atlantic (MAAC), MEAC, and Patriot League.

Week’s Best Marks

(week ending February 13, 2011)

MEN
55m	Derek Bredy	SO	Minnesota State*	6.31
60m	Mookie Salaam	JR	Oklahoma	6.54q		CL
200m	Maurice Mitchell	JR	Florida State	20.70
300m	Jarrell Elliott	JR	North Carolina A&T	34.32
400m	Torrin Lawrence	JR	Georgia	45.82
500m	Michael Rutt	SR	Connecticut	1:03.62
600yd	Michael Preble	JR	Texas A&M	1:08.50		CL
600m	Charles Cox	SR	North Carolina	1:19.37
800m	Elijah Greer	SO	Oregon	1:47.02	OT	ac-AmL, ac-CL
1000m	Alexis Torre-Santiago	SR	Army	2:25.04
Mile	Miles Batty	JR	BYU	3:55.79	OT	ac-CL
3000m	Matthew Centrowitz	JR	Oregon	7:50.59	OT
5000m	Elliott Heath	JR	Stanford	13:37.77	OT	ac-CL
55mH	Andre Townsend	JR	Hannibal-LaGrange~	7.36
60mH	Andrew Riley	JR	Illinois	7.69
4x400m	South Plains #			3:05.14		WL
	Anton Kokorin (47.22), Isaiah Gill (46.75), Bralon Taplin (46.64), Rondell Bartholomew (44.54)
	Texas A&M			3:05.48		CL, 3x
	Tran Howell (46.93), Demetrius Pinder (46.20), Tabarie Henry (46.10), Michael Preble (46.27)
4x800m	Virginia			7:42.41
	TJ Hobart, Andrew Mearns, Colin Mearns, Drew Paisley
DMR	Indiana			9:30.78
	Daniel Stockberger (2:54.3), Chris Vaughn (47.6), Joseph Holahan (1:51.2), Andrew Bayer (3:57.5)
HJ	Erik Kynard	SO	Kansas State	2.33m	7-7¾	CL
PV	Chris Little	SR	BYU	5.50m	18-½	A
LJ	Zedric Thomas	SR	LSU	8.08m	26-6¼
TJ	Will Claye	JR	Florida	17.02m	55-10¼	CL
SP	Mason Finley	SO	Kansas	19.89m^	65-3¼	A, 2x
WT	Ben Bishop	SR	SIU Edwardsville	21.97m	72-1
PENT	Ethan Miller		Central (Iowa)**	3,876		D3L
HEPT	Romain Martin	FR	UT Arlington	5,647
WOMEN
55m	Kiara Henry	JR	Middle Tenn. St.	7.07q^
60m	LaKya Brookins	SR	South Carolina	7.18		=CL, 3x
	Jessica Young	SR	TCU	7.18q		=CL
200m	Kimberlyn Duncan	SO	LSU	23.01
300m	Brianna Frazier	FR	North Florida	39.04
400m	Shelise Williams	SR	Arkansas	52.47
500m	Taylor Wheaton	FR	George Mason	1:14.45
600yd	Kianna Elahi	JR	Iowa State	1:19.91	OT	ac-CL
600m	Amelia Bannister	FR	Michigan State	1:30.68	OT
800m	Rebecca Addison	SO	Michigan	2:03.79	OT	ac-CL
1000m	Monica Adler	FR	Dartmouth	2:49.41
Mile	Jordan Hasay	SO	Oregon	4:34.75	OT	ac-CL
3000m	Lucy Van Dalen	JR	Stony Brook	8:56.77		CL
5000m	Jackie Areson	SR	Tennessee	15:39.81	OT	ac-CL
55mH	Rosina Amenebede	JR	Middle Tenn. St.	7.85
60mH	Jackie Coward	JR	UCF	8.06		=CL
4×400	LSU			3:34.54
	Rebecca Alexander (52.96), Latoya McDermott (53.92), Brittany Hall (54.97), Jonique Day (52.70)
4×800	Yale			8:49.68
	Nihal Kayali, Annalies Gamble, Sarah Barry, Kate Grace
DMR	Texas Tech			11:12.72
	Purity Biwott (3:28.86), Kelsey Lloyd (54.78), Caroline Jepleting (2:07.93), Caroline Karunde (4:41.17)
HJ	Brigetta Barrett	SO	Arizona	1.88m^	6-2
PV	Tina Sutej	JR	Arkansas	4.47m	14-8	CL, 3x
LJ	Nina Kokot	JR	Kansas State	6.43m	21-1¼
TJ	Kim Williams	SR	Florida State	13.86m	45-5¾	CL
SP	Simone du Toit	JR	SMU	17.41m^	57-1½
WT	Jeneva McCall	JR	Southern Illinois	22.54m	73-11½
PENT	Diana Dumitrescu	JR	Kent State	3,987

FRESH FACES: Week’s Best Marks from Freshmen

(week ending February 13, 2011)

MEN
55m	Kenneth Gilstrap	Middle Tenn. St.	6.37^
60m	Prezel Hardy, Jr.	Texas A&M	6.63^
200m	Waymon Storey	Georgia	21.13
300m	Trip Foreman	UNC-Wilmington	35.80
400m	Brady Gehret	Penn State	46.25		FRL
500m	David Brown	UMass Lowell*	1:04.49
600yd	Gabriel El Hanbli	Baylor	1:11.45		FRL
600m	Ali Arastu	Michigan	1:20.96	OT
800m	Anthony Kostelac	Virginia	1:49.47		FRL
1000m	James Shirvell	Yale	2:25.50
Mile	Rich Peters	Boston University	3:58.26		FRL
3000m	Trevor Dunbar	Portland	8:00.10	OT	FRL
5000m	Jared Ward	BYU	14:04.28	OT	FRL
55mH	Ralph Watson	Central Missouri*	7.79
60mH	Eddie Lovett	Florida	7.85		FRL, 2x
HJ	DJ Smith	Auburn	2.16m	7-1
PV	Logan Pfilbsen	New Mexico	5.22m	17-1½	A, FRL
LJ	Raymond Higgs	Arkansas	7.77m	25-6
TJ	Mark Jackson	Texas	15.98m	52-5¼	A, FRL
SP	Stephen Saenz	Auburn	19.51m	64-¼	FRL, 2x
WT	Alec Faldermeyer	UCLA	20.07m^	65-10¼	2x
PENT	JB Tut	St. Olaf**	3,075
HEPT	Romain Martin	UT Arlington	5,647		CWB, FRL
WOMEN
55m	Amanda Alston	Weber State	7.33
	Brittny Campbell	Truman State*	7.33
60m	Dominique Booker	UCF	7.24		FRL
200m	Aurieyall Scott	UCF	23.22^
300m	Brianna Frazier	North Florida	39.04		CWB
400m	Briana Nelson	Texas	53.21	A	FRL
500m	Taylor Wheaton	George Mason	1:14.45
600yd	Katie Hill	Minnesota	1:22.94	OT
600m	Amelia Bannister	Michigan State	1:30.68	OT	CWB
800m	Laura Roesler	Oregon	2:06.64
1000m	Monica Adler	Dartmouth	2:49.41		CWB
Mile	Cory McGee	Florida	4:36.53	OT	FRL
3000m	Jessica Tonn	Stanford	9:20.10	OT
5000m	Annie Keown	Stony Brook	16:10.52		FRL
55mH	Jamie Thompson	Rowan**	8.40
60mH	Jasmin Stowers	LSU	8.24q^		2x
HJ	Shanay Briscoe	Texas	1.82m	5-11½	=FRL
	Hannah Willms	Iowa State	1.82m	5-11½	=FRL
PV	Sandi Morris	North Carolina	4.22m	13-10	FRL, 2x
LJ	Mara Griva	Nebraska	6.26m^	20-6½	2x
TJ	Mara Griva	Nebraska	13.01m	42-8¼	FRL, 2x
SP	Anna Jelmini	Arizona State	16.68m	54-8¾	FRL
WT	Ida Storm	UCLA	19.93m	65-4¾	FRL
PENT	Chari Hawkins	Utah State	3,718

Active Collegiate Winning Streaks

(known winning streaks)

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MEN Individuals & Relays

ALL ROUNDS

7: Mookie Salaam, Oklahoma (6, 60m; 1, 200m)

RECENTLY ENDED

8: Kind Butler, Indiana (5, 60m; 3, 200m)

5: Jeshua Anderson, Washington State (4 60mH; 1 400m, ended 2/11/11)

ALL ROUNDS + RELAYS

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RECENTLY ENDED

9: Kind Butler, Indiana (loss 2/5/11, 60m)

6: Jeshua Anderson, Washington State (4 60mH; 1 400m, ended 2/11/11)

ALL ROUNDS

8: Mookie Salaam, Oklahoma

RECENTLY ENDED

5: Kind Butler, Indiana (loss 2/5/11)

FINALS

4: Jeff Demps, Florida (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Championships [9th place])

???

RECENTLY ENDED

4: Zye Boey, Eastern Illinois (ended, 2/12/11)

INDOOR FINALS

???

RECENTLY ENDED

6: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF], ended: 2/5/11, 2nd overall, first in section two at the VT Elite meet)

INDOOR RACES

10: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])

Win streak in races finished: (12) does not include DNF at 2009 SEC Indoor (has yet not lost a collegiate race in which he finished)

OUTDOOR RACES

6: Kirani James, Alabama

All competitions: (9) includes three rounds of the IAAF World Junior Championships

INDOOR FINALS

3: Robby Andrews, Virginia

INDOOR RACES

5: Robby Andrews, Virginia

???

3: Miles Batty, BYU

(2/12 Husky Classic [first coll.], 1/22 New Mexico, 1/6 home meet]

???

RECENTLY ENDED

4: Sam Chelanga, Liberty (ended: 2/12/11, Husky)

???

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FINALS

4: Andrew Riley, Illinois

3: Keiron Stewart, Texas

RECENTLY ENDED

3: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia (ended: 2/5/11, VT Elite, second place to Miami’s Devon Hill)

RACES

5: Keiron Stewart, Texas

RECENTLY ENDED

6: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia (ended: 2/4/11, VT Elite prelims, second place to Miami’s Devon Hill)

FINALS

5: Andrew Riley, Illinois (last loss: 6/13/09, 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships [5th place])

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FINALS

4: Matt Hughes, Louisville (last loss: 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships [DNQ])

???

OVERALL

8: Texas A&M (last loss: 2010 Penn Relays)

OVERALL RACES (all rounds)

8: Texas A&M

INDOOR FINALS

8: Texas A&M (last loss: 2/13/10, second to Texas Tech)

CONFERENCE TITLES

OVERALL

14: Central Missouri, MIAA (last loss: outdoor, May 2003)

INDOOR

8: Central Missouri, MIAA (last loss: February 2002)

OUTDOOR

7: Central Missouri, MIAA (last loss: May 2003)

???

OVERALL

4: Erik Kynard, Kansas State (last loss: 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 6th place)

RECENTLY ENDED

10: Derek Drouin, Indiana (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invitational, 6th place)

(ended: 2/12/11, Tyson Invite, 2nd with SB 7-5¼ (2.27m) to Kansas State’s Erik Kynard (2.33m, 7-7¾)

All competitions: (12) includes wins in summer 2010 (including Canadian national championships)

OUTDOOR

6: Derek Drouin, Indiana

(last loss: 6/10/09, DNQ at NCAA Outdoor Championships [15th place])

All competitions: (10) includes wins in summer 2010 (including Canadian national championship) and summer 2009 (Pan-Am Championships, Canadian National Junior Championships)

INDOOR

???

RECENTLY ENDED

7: Scott Roth, Washington

(last collegiate loss: 3/14/08, NCAA Indoor Championships [10th place])

(ended: 2/12/11, NH at Husky Classic)

All competitions: (8) won two meets in 2009 while redshirting (last loss: 1/31/09, UW Invitational)

5: Marquise Goodwin, Texas (3-0 in 2011, last loss: 5/1/10, Texas Invite [3rd place])

5: Eetu Viitala, Boise State (undefeated in 2011)

3: Justin Hunter, Tennessee (undefeated as a collegian)

OVERALL

4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)

Jones has won 12 of the last 13 competitions, beginning with the 2009 indoor season

RECENTLY ENDED

6: Christian Taylor, Florida (last collegiate loss: 6/13/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])

(ended: 2/12/11, Tyson Invite, lost to Florida’s Will Claye)

Taylor was second at the USATF Championships in 2010

INDOOR

6: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships)

RECENLY ENDED

6: Christian Taylor, Florida (lass loss: 2/14/09, Tyson Invitational [5th place])

(ended: 2/12/11, Tyson Invite, lost to Florida’s Will Claye)

OUTDOOR

4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)

2: Christian Taylor, Florida

INDOOR

5: Luke Pinkelman, Nebraska (undefeated in 2011)

RECENTLY ENDED

8: Kurt Roberts, Ashland  (last loss: 2/13/10, Akron Invitational … ended: 2/11/11, Akron Invite, 3rd place to two in Division I)

7: Vincent Elardo, Monmouth (last loss: 3/6/10, IC4A Indoor … ended: 2/5/11, NB Coll Inv, 5th place)

4: Bill Hardcastle, Purdue (ended: 2/12/11, GVSU Big Meet)

???

8: Walter Henning, LSU (last loss: 3/14/09, NCAA Indoor Championships [4th place])

6: Walter Henning, LSU

(last loss: 6/12/09, NCAA Outdoor Championships [2nd place to Marcel Lomnický)

FINALS

4: Craig Kinsley, Brown (last loss: 6/12/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])

ALL ROUNDS

6: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (1 Mile; 2 3000m; 3 5000m)

6: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (4 400m; 2 200m)

4: Shelise Williams, Arkansas (3, 400m; 1, 500m)

4: Jackie Areson, Tennessee (1, Mile; 2, 3000m; 1, 5000m)

ALL ROUNDS + RELAYS

7: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (1 Mile; 2 3000m; 3 5000m; 1 DMR)

7: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (4 400m; 2 200m; 1 4x400m)

INDOOR FINALS

4: Stormy Kendrick, Clemson (undefeated in finals in 2011)

INDOOR RACES

9: Stormy Kendrick, Clemson (undefeated in 2011)

7: LaKya Brookins, South Carolina (10-1 versus collegians in 2011)

???

INDOOR FINALS

3: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (undefeated in 2011)

INDOOR RACES

3: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (undefeated in 2011)

RECENTLY ENDED

4: Sheniqua Ferguson, Auburn (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invite [3rd place in heat/7th overall] … ended: 2/5/11, second to Auburn’s Nivea Smith at GaREAT Coll Inv)

INDOOR FINALS

3: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (undefeated in 2011)

INDOOR RACES

4: Jessica Beard, Texas A&M (undefeated in 2011)

3: Rebecca Addison, Michigan (undefeated in 2011)

???

4: Kate Grace, Yale

OVERALL

9: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)

INDOOR

5: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)

OUTDOOR

4: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)

3: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (includes two wins outdoors in 2010)

FINALS

7: Indira Spence, Adams State

ALL ROUNDS

13: Indira Spence, Adams State

5: Jackie Coward, UCF

4: Nia Ali, USC (undefeated in 2011, won two finals)\

ALL ROUNDS

4: Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M

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OUTDOOR FINALS

21: Texas A&M (last loss 2007 Penn Relays to LSU)

POST-SEASON FINALS (Conference, Regional, National Championships)

11: Texas A&M

ALL FINALS

4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii

4: Langley Iverson, Utah

3: Tynita Butts, East Carolina

3: Brigett Barrett, Arizona (undefeated in 2011)

RECENTLY ENDED

5: Priscilla Frederick, St. John’s (N.Y.) … ended 2/5/11, New Balance Coll Inv, fourth place

OUTDOOR

4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii (last loss: 2009 NCAA Championships)

All performances: (5) includes NACAC Championship (7/10/10)

5: Tina Sutej, Arkansas (last loss: 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships [2nd place])

3: Chantel Malone, Texas

RECENTLY ENDED

4: Ti’Anca Mock, Oklahoma (last loss: 1/7/11, Arkansas Invite)

(ended: 2/12/11, Tyson Invite)

INDOOR

7: Kim Williams, Florida State

(last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, 2nd place to Erica McLain)

5: Faith Sherrill, Indiana (last indoor loss: 2010 NCAA Indoor)

5: Christin Bridge, St. Francis (Pa.) (last indoor loss: 3/6/10, ECAC Indoor)

4: Khadija Abdullah, Louisville

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7: Mele Vaisima, Boise State (last loss: 2/12/10, Boise Team Invite)

5: Amanda Phelps, Navy (last loss: 3/7/10, ECAC Indoor)

5: Mallory Barnes, Dayton (undefeated in 2011)

4: Victoria Flowers, Connecticut (undefeated in 2011)

Recently Ended

9: D’Ana McCarty, Louisville (1/16/10 to 1/22/11)

5: Felisha Johnson, Indiana State (3/5/10, Alex Wilson … ended: 2/12/11, GVSU Big Meet, loss to Jeneva McCall)

9: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 6/14/08, NCAA Outdoor Championships, 4th place)

3: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 3/13/09, NCAA Indoor Championships, 3rd place)

6: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 6/14/08, NCAA Outdoor Championships, 4th place)

INDIVIDUAL RACES

6: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (last loss: 11/21/09, NCAA D-II Championships)