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UNC Last Chance
NC State Gears Up For Upcoming NCAA Championships
3/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Track
February 28, 2002
Chapel Hill, N.C. - In an effort to gain more automatic and provisional marks for the upcoming NCAA Indoor Championships, the NC State track team competed at the Carolina Last Chance Meet Wednesday night. The Pack came away with two NCAA Automatic times in the women's 3,000 meters, and also added two NCAA provisional marks in two different field events.
For the second straight meet, sophomore James Rowell notched a NCAA provisional mark in the weight throw. Rowell took second in the weight throw with a season-best throw of 63'08.75". In the pole vault, Eric Hoverstad was third with a mark of 15'01", and David Kessler took fifth (14'07"). Also in the field events, Derrick Harris was seventh in the long jump (20'06.25") and Jason Vieira was eight in the triple jump (46'04.75").
In the 60 meters, Joseph Brent took fifth in the finals running a 6.91, and Troy Graham was ninth (7.11). The men placed three runners in the top-10 in the 800 meters. Adam McGugan was fifth (2:00.08), Andrew Kerins was eighth (2:02.36), and Jonathan Willis was 10th (2:03.60). Neil Pettijohn was the only runner in the 3,000 meters, running a time of 9:12.85.
Senior Katie Sabino and junior Megan Coombs will each be going to the NCAA Championships when they both ran a NCAA Automatic time in the 3,000 meters. Sabino placed second with a time of 9:23.00 and Coombs was third with a time of 9:23.78. Also in that race, freshman Abigail Nelkie took fifth running a 10:28.01.
Kristen Pace recorded her first NCAA provisional mark in the high jump this season, an event she was an All-American in 2000. Pace was first in the event with a season-best mark of 5'10.75".
Other events for the women saw Renae Robinson won the 400 meters running a time of 56.87, and Ebony Foster took third in the 60 meters (7.72). Shannon Alston was sixth in the 200 meters (27.06) and ninth in the 60 meters (8.23). Janelle Vadnais was second in the mile running a 5:10.29 and Leslie Jimison was seventh (5:19.46). In the 800 meters, Karen Medlin was seventh (2:20.88), and Karen Sykes was ninth (2:24.72). In other field events, Teresa Reed was fifth with a height of 10'10", and Desiree Mittman was sixth with a mark of 37'01".
NC State will be sending athletes to both Nebraska and Notre Dame this weekend to try to earn more qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships March 8-9.
