Falcons Conclude First Day of Regional Action
5/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
NORMAN, Okla. -- Junior Mark Walter (League City, Texas) and freshman Travis Picou (Spring Valley, Calif.) qualified for the regional finals of their respective events, as members of the Air Force track and field team competed during the first day of competition at the 2005 NCAA Midwest Championships in Norman, Okla., on Friday, May 27.
Walter qualified for tomorrow's 1500-meter run finals after clocking a time of 3:46.98 to finish seventh in the preliminaries. Picou clocked a time of 21.35 to qualify for the finals of the 200-meter dash, finishing eighth in the race.
Sophomore Marcus Wells (Joseph, Ore.) won his flight in the javelin throw with a toss of 199'5". The mark was sixth overall and put Wells into an at-large consideration for the national championships. While the top five finishers automatically qualify for the NCAA meet, the distances from the sixth through eighth-place finishers at each regional are open for an at-large bid.
Classmate Matt Schwandt (Manhattan, Kan.) finished ninth in the finals with a throw of 193'6", while fellow sophomore Brandon Murphy (Leawood, Kan.) placed 15th behind a distance of 184'7".
Picou also competed in the 100-meter dash trials, but just missed the qualifying time, clocking a 10th-place time of 10.69.
Junior Nick Wilson (Jacksonville, Fla.) competed in the finals of the 5000-meter run; picking up a time of 14:33.39, while Dan St. Clair (Novi, Mich.) threw a 162'6" in the discus to place 18th.
NOTE: Results from the women's 1500-meter run were not released at this time.
Action at the regional meet concludes tomorrow (May 28) at the John Jacobs Track complex on the campus of OU. Today's qualifiers, as well as the finals for the men's pole vault, women's discus, javelin, shot and 3000-meter steeplechase.
Walter qualified for tomorrow's 1500-meter run finals after clocking a time of 3:46.98 to finish seventh in the preliminaries. Picou clocked a time of 21.35 to qualify for the finals of the 200-meter dash, finishing eighth in the race.
Sophomore Marcus Wells (Joseph, Ore.) won his flight in the javelin throw with a toss of 199'5". The mark was sixth overall and put Wells into an at-large consideration for the national championships. While the top five finishers automatically qualify for the NCAA meet, the distances from the sixth through eighth-place finishers at each regional are open for an at-large bid.
Classmate Matt Schwandt (Manhattan, Kan.) finished ninth in the finals with a throw of 193'6", while fellow sophomore Brandon Murphy (Leawood, Kan.) placed 15th behind a distance of 184'7".
Picou also competed in the 100-meter dash trials, but just missed the qualifying time, clocking a 10th-place time of 10.69.
Junior Nick Wilson (Jacksonville, Fla.) competed in the finals of the 5000-meter run; picking up a time of 14:33.39, while Dan St. Clair (Novi, Mich.) threw a 162'6" in the discus to place 18th.
NOTE: Results from the women's 1500-meter run were not released at this time.
Action at the regional meet concludes tomorrow (May 28) at the John Jacobs Track complex on the campus of OU. Today's qualifiers, as well as the finals for the men's pole vault, women's discus, javelin, shot and 3000-meter steeplechase.
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