AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Drake junior Ari Curtis (Fort Collins, Colo.) advanced into the quarterfinal round in the women's 400 intermediate hurdles at a hot and humid NCAA West Regional Track and Field Championship Thursday.
Curtis was clocked in 58.65 seconds recording the ninth fastest overall qualifying time, while just missing an opportunity to lower her existing school record of 58.27 in the race.
"Ari was able to overcome the heat and stay in control and race with the leader," said Drake head coach Natasha Brown. "She closed well."
Four other Drake performers weren't as fortunate in advancing.
Sophomore Jon DeGrave (Lake Villa, Ill.) placed fifth in the first heat of qualifying in the men's 400 hurdles in 52.15.
"Jon's first three hurdles were aggressive, but he needed another push through the sixth through ninth hurdles to close the gap," added Brown. "He was in a heat with the nation's best hurdlers."
Drake junior Casey McDermott (Newton, Iowa) was timed in 4:39.99 in the women's 1,500. Senior Nicole Braunsdorf (St. Francis, Wis.) was tripped from behind near the midway point and wasn't able to finish her qualifying heat in the women's 1,500.
"Although the times were not our best everyone competed hard today," added Brown. "The heat seemed to make everyone a little sluggish."
"It was an outstanding field in the 1,500, featuring some of the top runners in the nation," added assistant coach Dan Hostager, who oversees the distance runners.
Freshman Kevin Harp (Iowa City, Iowa) threw 159 feet two inches in the men's javelin but failed to advance.
2010 NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL
DRAKE RACE RESULTS
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
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6 Heats. Advance top 3 from each heat plus next 6 times to qtr.
Advance top 3 from each qtr. plus next best 3 times to Eugene.
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Preliminaries
1 Angele Cooper SO Texas 57.62Q 1
2 Dalilah Muhammad SO Southern California 57.81Q 2
3 Kianna Elahi SO Iowa State 57.99Q 3
4 Andrea Sutherland JR Texas A&M 58.47Q 5
5 Jasmine Chaney JR Arizona State 58.52Q 6
6 Turquoise Thompson FR UCLA 58.97Q 4
7 Georganne Moline FR Arizona 58.35Q 2
8 Latoya Griffith SO Illinois 58.39Q 3
9 Ari Curtis JR Drake 58.65Q 5
10 Christina Holland FR Baylor 58.86Q 6
11 Latrisha Jordan SO Fresno State 58.91Q 1
12 Leah Orley FR Arkansas 59.44Q 4
13 Brittany Hyter SO Arkansas 58.67Q 2
14 Keia Pinnick FR Arizona State 58.99Q 1
15 Leslie Farmer SO Missouri 59.02Q 5
16 Donique' Flemings FR Texas A&M 59.34Q 6
17 Sarah Frey SR Eastern Washington 59.65Q 3
18 Egle Staisiunaite JR Wisconsin 1:00.19Q 4
19 Veronica Elseroad-Wall JR Washington State 59.46q 1
20 Kendra Deck SR Southern Illinois 59.49q 2
21 Kelly Stalpes SO Minnesota 59.72q 6
22 Donnise Powell FR Iowa State 59.74q 2
23 Tredene Davis JR Southern Illinois 1:00.14q 6
24 Brittnay Crabb SO Washington State 1:00.30q 4
25 Cristina Hibbert SR Nevada-Reno 1:00.34 6
26 Alyssa Christensen JR Brigham Young 1:00.36 3
27 Lashandra Batiste SR Northridge 1:00.37 3
28 Natalya Beneby JR California 1:00.50 6
29 Shaquana Logan FR Washington State 1:00.76 5
30 Devon Wentz SR North Dakota State 1:00.86 5
31 Sandra Iwunze SR Texas Tech 1:01.02 1
32 Roshunda Pierson FR North Texas 1:01.15 2
33 Ally Dean SR Weber State 1:01.23 3
34 Jenna Severson SO Wisconsin 1:01.30 1
35 Lyndsay Pearson SO Oregon 1:01.42 4
36 Chelsey Kaplar SR Utah 1:01.46 1
37 Brianne Beemer SO Colorado 1:01.60 5
38 Kiersten Kirkland SO San Diego State 1:01.66 5
39 Jayla McArthur SO Illinois 1:02.06 2
40 Caitlin Winey SR Arkansas State 1:02.14 6
41 Angelica Weaver FR California 1:02.16 5
42 Taissa Makhamayva FR Kansas 1:02.72 4
43 Megan Turner SR Texas-Arlington 1:03.12 4
44 Florence Mafany FR Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1:03.16 4
45 Calanetta Burrows SO Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1:03.27 1
46 Thalia Amanakis SR Hawaii-Manoa 1:04.25 3
47 Taylor Gardner FR Wyoming 1:04.51 2
48 Samantha Hallman JR Wichita State 1:04.63 3
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
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6 Heats. Advance top 3 from each heat plus next 6 times to qtr.
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Preliminaries
1 Jeshua Anderson JR Washington State 49.47Q 5
2 Amaechi Morton SO Stanford 50.20Q 2
3 Jamele Mason SO Texas Tech 50.74Q 3
4 Bryce Brown JR Texas Tech 50.76Q 4
5 Reggie Wyatt FR Southern California 50.87Q 6
6 Eric Bailey JR Oklahoma 50.94Q 1
7 Cody Wisslead JR Illinois 50.91Q 3
8 Chance Casey FR Baylor 51.03Q 2
9 Durell Coleman SR Stanford 51.12Q 5
10 Ray Varner SR Iowa 51.16Q 6
11 Kenneth Medwood SR Long Beach State 51.17Q 1
12 Thaddeus Gordon SR Baylor 51.22Q 4
13 Eric Lund JR Nebraska 51.05Q 3
14 Antony Boyer SR Missouri-KC 51.21Q 1
15 Jason Perez SR Houston 51.23Q 4
16 Zach Plinario SR Texas Tech 51.56Q 2
17 Taylor Pebley SR Weber State 51.86Q 5
18 Adam Dailey JR Nebraska 52.06Q 6
19 Sam Jeter JR Long Beach State 51.13q 3
20 Nick Karren SR Utah State 51.36q 4
21 Kekoa Chavez SR Wyoming 51.64q 1
22 Nigel Joseph JR Colorado State 51.67q 3
23 Rolando Trammel FR Boise State 51.93q 2
24 Kendrick Young JR Fresno State 51.94q 4
25 D'Juan Richardson SO Iowa 52.01 3
26 Alex Wilright JR Davis 52.05 5
27 Jon DeGrave SO Drake 52.15 1
28 Greg Offerman SR Northern Iowa 52.25 4
29 Tyler Short JR Northern Colorado 52.29 6
30 William Donelson JR Prairie View A&M 52.32 2
31 Bryce Bergman SO Air Force 52.43 3
32 Lance Walker SR Brigham Young 52.51 6
33 Cory Goos SR Northern Iowa 52.53 3
34 Chris Davis JR Missouri 52.71 4
35 Andrew Johnston SR Santa Barbara 52.90 1
36 Val Pierre Dai'Re SR Fresno State 53.06 2
37 Bryan Payne SR Brigham Young 53.35 2
38 Jay Newman JR Sam Houston State 53.37 6
39 Aundrea Williams SR Texas-Arlington 53.51 5
40 Tyler McBee JR Weber State 53.66 6
41 Eric Suprenant SO Cal Poly-SLO 53.67 1
42 Steven White FR North Texas 53.72 1
43 Jacob Yowell JR Irvine 53.84 2
44 Cylend Simmons JR Nebraska 53.97 5
45 Jordan Pitts JR TCU 54.65 4
46 Jimmy Martin FR Santa Barbara 54.90 5
47 David Klech JR Oregon 57.02 5
-- Clint Renfro JR TCU FS 6
25 Women 1500 Meter Run
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4 Heats. Advance top 5 from each ht. plus next 4 times to qtr.
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Preliminaries
1 Jordan Hasay FR Oregon 4:20.45Q
2 Zoe Buckman SR Oregon 4:23.16Q
3 Katie Follett SR Washington 4:23.33Q
4 Lauren Bonds SR Kansas 4:23.57Q
5 Gabriele Anderson SR Minnesota 4:20.85Q
6 Brenda Martinez SR Riverside 4:23.20Q
7 Alex Kosinski JR Oregon 4:23.37Q
8 Mihaela Susa JR Oklahoma State 4:23.81Q
9 Kailey Campbell SR Washington 4:21.17Q
10 Sharla Manuele SR Southern Utah 4:23.98Q
11 Katie Wright SR Tulsa 4:23.98Q
12 Alyssa Abbott JR Utah 4:24.23Q
13 Lauren Hardesty JR Iowa 4:21.67Q
14 Lisa Egami SR Washington State 4:24.24Q
15 Heather Olson FR Rice 4:24.29Q
16 Kesslee Payne SO Montana 4:24.95Q
17 Katrina Drennen SO Montana 4:23.88Q
18 Betsy Flood SO Iowa 4:24.41Q
19 Madeline Duhon JR Stanford 4:24.67Q
20 Ashley Gibson SR New Mexico 4:26.14Q
21 Kristen Gillespie SO Arkansas 4:24.49q
22 Casey Masterson SO Oregon State 4:24.98q
23 Natalia Kovtun SR Oklahoma State 4:25.50q
24 Nikki Swenson JR Minnesota 4:26.14q
25 Shannon Phelan JR Illinois 4:26.29
26 Katie Palmer-Cox JR Brigham Young 4:26.80
27 McKenzie Melander SO Iowa 4:26.94
28 Samantha Learch SO Arkansas 4:26.99
29 Ellen Ries SR Missouri 4:27.00
30 Shannon Murakami JR UCLA 4:27.21
31 Victoria Pennings FR Stanford 4:28.30
32 Olivia Johnson JR Marquette 4:28.59
33 Ashley Miller SO Nebraska 4:28.87
34 Amanda Hardesty JR Iowa 4:31.14
35 Candace Eddy FR Brigham Young 4:32.60
36 Elizabeth Yetzer JR Minnesota 4:32.91
37 Kathryn Ritter FR Minnesota 4:33.61
38 Heather Haug SO Montana State 4:33.74
39 Justine Johnson FR Washington 4:33.84
40 Laura Carlyle SO Oregon State 4:35.78
41 Mary Goldkamp JR Bradley 4:36.08
42 Gladys Kipsang SR Texas Tech 4:36.49
43 Anna Sperry JR Arizona State 4:37.93
44 Mary Alenbratt FR Southern Methodist 4:38.48
45 Casey McDermott JR Drake 4:39.99
46 Sarah Edwards SO Brigham Young 4:40.60
47 Courtney Oldenburg FR Northern Illinois 4:42.03
48 Elizabeth Apgar FR Arizona 4:44.99
49 Aisha Praught SO Illinois State 4:47.80
-- Nicole Braunsdorf SR Drake DNF
-- Kari Hardt JR Arizona State DNF
Men Javelin Throw
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Three seeded flights. Worst to best. Random throw order
Advance top 16 to final for 3 more attempts.
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Preliminaries
1 Pontus Thomee JR Boise State 72.07mq 236-05
65.01m 63.28m 72.07m 65.35m PASS PASS
2 Joe Zimmerman FR Washington 71.71mq 235-03
71.71m 69.57m FOUL PASS PASS PASS
3 Tim Glover FR Illinois State 70.45mq 231-02
70.45m 68.49m 67.86m 65.74m PASS PASS
4 Kyle Nielsen JR Washington 69.99mq 229-07
FOUL 69.99m FOUL PASS PASS PASS
5 Cyrus Hostetler SR Oregon 69.67mq 228-07
61.12m 68.81m 69.43m 67.13m PASS 69.67m
6 Alex Wolff JR Oregon 69.28mq 227-03
63.78m 63.12m 69.28m 67.01m FOUL 67.55m
7 Adam Wolkins JR Nebraska 68.79mq 225-08
60.51m 68.79m 65.70m 68.44m FOUL 64.05m
8 Sam Humphreys FR Texas A&M 67.95mq 222-11
62.76m 65.22m 67.95m 67.05m 62.84m PASS
9 Matt Byers FR Iowa 67.28mq 220-09
62.53m 67.28m 64.63m 65.51m 62.17m PASS
10 Sean Richardson JR Brigham Young 67.09mq 220-01
61.05m 64.88m FOUL 67.09m FOUL FOUL
11 Blaine Baker JR Brigham Young 66.72mq 218-11
64.04m 65.18m 65.07m 63.01m 66.72m 63.62m
12 Chris Reno SO Brigham Young 65.51mq 214-11
65.51m 62.95m 58.30m 60.63m 57.89m 59.20m
13 Trent Mazanec SR Wichita State 65.30m 214-03
FOUL 64.88m 63.69m 61.76m 65.30m 60.73m
14 Cory Boulanger SO Kansas State 64.96m 213-01
61.49m 64.96m 61.80m 60.47m 57.77m 56.85m
15 Tomas Kirielius FR Kansas State 64.64m 212-01
60.08m 64.64m 62.59m FOUL FOUL FOUL
16 James Brookman FR Washington 63.82m 209-04
61.14m 56.69m 63.82m 59.90m 61.04m 57.98m
17 Kurt Felix JR Boise State 63.76m 209-02
63.76m 63.56m 59.89m
18 Rob Dehn JR Wisconsin 63.56m 208-06
63.56m 59.87m 58.75m
19 Nick Lyons JR Baylor 63.15m 207-02
63.15m 62.73m 63.05m
20 Conner Van Fossen JR Air Force 63.09m 207-00
FOUL 63.09m FOUL
21 Cooper Thompson FR Southern California 63.08m 206-11
60.09m 63.08m 58.77m
22 Mike Simmons SR Oregon 62.73m 205-10
61.43m 62.25m 62.73m
23 Richard Brumbaugh JR Montana 62.71m 205-09
54.73m 61.17m 62.71m
24 Britton Nelson JR Oregon 61.15m 200-07
61.15m 55.09m FOUL
25 Luke Laird JR Arkansas 59.78m 196-01
FOUL FOUL 59.78m
26 Lance Gonzales SR Northridge 59.77m 196-01
FOUL 59.77m FOUL
27 Cody Olsen SO Utah Valley State 59.66m 195-09
58.18m 59.66m FOUL
28 Paul Hoplin SO Minnesota 59.45m 195-00
59.45m 58.35m 56.45m
29 Ryan Petrocchi SR Nebraska 59.43m 195-00
56.20m 57.75m 59.43m
30 Aaron Mettler JR Eastern Washington 59.28m 194-06
FOUL FOUL 59.28m
31 Michael Guerra JR Santa Barbara 59.10m 193-11
58.86m 59.10m 58.87m
32 Justin Shirk FR Oklahoma 58.98m 193-06
54.27m FOUL 58.98m
33 Jason Flemmer JR Montana 58.71m 192-07
58.71m FOUL 56.91m
34 Eddie McClain FR Arizona State 58.70m 192-07
56.62m FOUL 58.70m
35 Marc Peck SO Arizona State 57.72m 189-04
FOUL 57.72m 54.83m
36 Asa Wyatt SO Missouri 56.91m 186-08
56.12m 56.91m 53.77m
37 Carlo Valdes JR UCLA 56.64m 185-10
56.64m 54.35m FOUL
38 Dan Newhouse SO Iowa State 56.54m 185-06
FOUL 56.54m FOUL
39 Iain Trimble FR Kansas 56.33m 184-10
FOUL FOUL 56.33m
40 Willie Sullivan SO Montana State 55.89m 183-04
54.17m FOUL 55.89m
41 Nick Trubachik SR Portland State 55.83m 183-02
51.45m 55.83m 53.46m
42 Forrest Ledbetter SR Southern Utah 55.63m 182-06
55.63m 52.12m FOUL
43 Justin Graff FR Montana 54.35m 178-04
48.83m 54.35m 52.33m
44 Cole Zenisek JR Kansas State 53.26m 174-09
53.26m FOUL FOUL
45 Jon Gomez FR Texas A&M 53.22m 174-07
FOUL 53.22m 48.53m
46 Kevin Harp FR Drake 48.52m 159-02
47.90m 48.52m FOUL
-- Ben Brown SR Southern California FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Zach Schimp SR Iowa FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
