Friday, March 9, 2012

World Indoor and NCAA Indoor Championships Begin

Long Island's and Penn State's Shana Cox, running for Great Britain now placed first in her preliminary heat of the 400 M in Istanbul, Turkey in 53.24. Addendum: Shana won her semi-final to make the finals!

Dominique Blake of Jamaica, via Happy Valley, also moved on in the 400 with a second place 53.39.Addendum:  Her 53.00 semi-final 3rd place wasn't enough to make the finals.

Ryan Whiting, ASU's favorite son and Honorary PSU Track Alum, also advanced in the Shot Put with a heave of 20.37 M (66 feet 9 inches)  Addendum:  World Champion!!!

Tasmania's first ever sub-4 miler and Penn State Track Alumni Apparel Facilitator Ryan Foster failed to advance in the 1500 M opening round in 3:46.26.

NCAA starts tonight in Boise, Idaho.  Yeah, Idaho, the Indoor Track go-to location.

1 comment:

  1. Ryan Whiting also advanced to the final.

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