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longer to throw. I was excited about
my first throw, and it helped a lot. ”
Illinois’ Gia Lewis, ranked sec
ond in the nation heading into
Wednesday’s competition, finished
fifth overall.
Arizona’s Glenn won a drawn-out
long jump competition for her first
national championship. The most
amazing feat Glenn accomplished
wasn’t that she jumped 19-10 3/4 in
her first jump Wednesday after
noon, but that she did it almost im
mediately after running a 23-second
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qualified their 4x100 relay teams.
Tennessee also took advantage of
Louisiana State’s misfortune in the
decathlon. Volunteer Stephen Harris
is the leader in the decathlon after
five events, a spot expected to go to
Louisiana State’s Claston Bernard,
the American leader this year.
But Bernard suffered a grade two
hamstring strain ten steps into the de
cathlon 100 meters, the competition’s
first event. An hour later, Bernard
was up in the long jump but failed to
check in with the event clerk because
he was receiving therapy. Bernard
was disqualified from the event and,
subsequently, the entire meet.
“It’s a very unfortunate situation
for Claston,” Tiger coach Pat Henry
said. “Its a tough blow to the team,
but the reality is that we’re more
concerned about Claston’s well be
ing right now.”
“When my hamstring gave my
first instinct was to finish the race
and get treatment to see if I could get
back for the long jump,” Bernard
said. “I don’t think I could have won
the event but I could have scored
points for the team. ”
Harris took advantage of
Bernard’s absence and won the 100
meters (10.75), long jump (24-11
3/4) and high jump (6-10 1/4) for a
day-one total of4,245 points.
“It’s sad to see [Bernard] out,”
Harris said. “I just want to go out
and compete and do the best I can
in each event.”
Oregon’s Santiago Lorenzo cur
rently sits in second place with
3,991 points with his best events yet
to come. Lorenzo was in fifth place
after four events, but leapt into sec
ond after winning the 400 meters in
a time of48.27 seconds.
“It was an OK day,” Lorenzo said.
“It wasn’t great early but I came back
in the 400. Harris is doing awesome
but I’m in it to win it. ”
Dropping out of serious con
tention was Pacific-10 Conference
champion Stanford. The Cardinal
failed to qualify Olympian Gabe
Jennings in the 800 meters and lost
many points in the 10,000 meters
when No. 2 ranked Jonathon Riley
finished 10th, well out of scoring.
In Wednesday’s other finals,
Southern California and Notre
Dame came up with big upsets in
the pole vault and 10,000 meters. '
Notre Dame senior Ryan Shay led
the 10,000 meters from the gun and
held of a charge from Arkansas’
Murray Link for a win in 29 min
utes, five seconds.
“My strategy was to no go out too
slow,” Shay said. “I felt really good and
everybody was out slow so I figured I’d
take the lead. The time was pretty slow
but here you race for the win. ’ ’
USC’s Dennis Kholev took advan
tage of several no heights in the pole
vault and leapt a personal best 18 feet,
six and a half inches for the win.
“I knew I was capable of jumping
this height,” Kholev said. “I told
myself there was no way I can go
away with second place. I believe I
made the best jump of my career. ”
The championships continue to
day with finals in the long jump, ham
mer throw, high jump and decathlon.
) 1
200-meter race. That time was
fourth best overall and qualified her
for the finals.
“I was confident heading in,”
Glenn said. “I feel like I’m the best
long jumper out there. ”
Glenn is also a favorite in the 100
and is ranked fourth nationally in
that event. If she makes the 100 fi
nals, she will compete for national
titles in the 100 and 200 Saturday.
In other semifinal action,
Brigham Young’s Nan Evans ran the
fastest time in two heats of the
3,000-meter steeplechase. This was
the first year women have competed
in the race at the national collegiate
level. The men will compete in the
event today.
In the 200-meter heats, Louisiana
State’s Muna Lee led three fast races
with a 22.53, the fastest collegiate
time this year. Lee was ranked second
nationally before Wednesday’s heat.
The LSU 4x100 relay team ran the
fastest time of the three heats in that
event. Lee ran the anchor of that
team, which notched its fastest time
of the season at 43.35. LSU will battle
with national leader Florida, which
finished in 43.99, in Friday’s final.
Today’s action will feature two
more women’s finals, in the shot put
and 10,000. Clemson’s JamineMoton
and UCLA’s Christina Tolson should
wage an epic battle in the shot put, as
both have season-bests of 58-3 3/4,
The shot put kicks off at 6 p.m.
Colorado’s Jodi Hughes will try to
continue the Buffaloes’ recent dis
tance-running success by capturing
the crown in the 10,000. Hughes,
who leads the nation in the 10,000,
and Kara Grgas-Wheeler, the defend
ing 5,000-meter champion, could
pull off a rare double in the distance
events. The 10,000 starts at 7:50 p.m.
Today’s action includes’ heats in
the 100 hurdles (4:30 p.m.), 400
(5:10), 100 (5:30), 1,500 (6:00) and
4x400 relay (6:45).
R. Ashley Smith Emerald
ISU’s Claston Bernard fell from contention in
Day One Standings:
MEN (after three events)
1. Oregon 16
2. Southern Cai 10
— Notre Dame 10
4. Brigham Young 8
—Texas-EIPaso 8
— Arkansas 8
7. Texas A&M 6
—Tulane 6
9. Alabama 5
— Northern Iowa 5
—Virginia 5
—Tennessee 5
13. California 4
— Dartmouth 4
— Northwest. St. 4
16. Arizona State 3
17. Arkansas State 2.5
— Baylor 2.5
19. Providence 2
20. Washington 1
— Eastern Wash. 1
—Oklahoma 1
WOMEN (after two events)
I. Arizona 10
— Idaho 10
3. Rice 8
—Colorado State 8
5. UCLA 6
—Arizona State 6
7. Oklahoma 5
— SetonHall 5
9. Mississippi State 4
— Illinois 4
II. Louisiana State 3
— Minnesota 3
13. Florida 2
—Tennessee 2
15. Sam Houston 1
— Washington St. 1
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