Track and Field Championship Thread

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Don't forget Klara Bodinson in the 3000 meter steeplechase preliminaries which should be starting soon (originally scheduled for 7:30).

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

So close...

Klara Bodinson did not qualify for the finals. She ran in the first heat and posted a time of 10:10.20 which was 7th in her heat.

The top 6 from each heat advanced, so she only missed out by .9 seconds.

(The next two fastest times also advanced, but the second heat was considerably faster - Bodinson was close to 5 full seconds behind 8th place in the second heat).

Still great experience and only a sophomore. Congratulations on qualifying for the NCAA Championships!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

That is all for SMU until Simone du Toit in the shot put Saturday morning at 11.

[mrydel]

Thank you for the reports.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The final high jump results are showing Leks in 16th and Egarter tied for 20th.

There is one jumper from Boston U who qualified high enough she didn't have to attempt the first two jumps, but then she missed all three attempts at 1.80m. I assumed she would rank higher than the jumpers who had to clear the first two heights, but I'm certainly no track/field expert.

So - for now let's just take the higher places for SMU and say we finished 16th and 20th!

[Hoss]

Where did you get all this? SMUMustangs.com has nothing about this.
Kind of a big deal, isn't it?

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Where did you get all this? SMUMustangs.com has nothing about this.
Kind of a big deal, isn't it?

The NCAA Championships web site has live streaming and live results.

It really is a shame the school web site has absolutely nothing on this - they haven't even sent out a tweet about Simone du Toit finishing FOURTH!!!

All of the other schools involved are posting their results as the lead story on their athletics home page - and some of them even have splashes for big results.

There really is no excuse considering nothing else is going on at the moment - and claiming we have a small athletic department isn't valid either - Northwestern Freaking State had a splash with their discus result the night of the competition...

[EastStang]

If I recall correctly a top 16 finish makes you an All-American.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The athletics web site finally posted a short article today about the NCAA track and field championships.

[Editorial comment withheld]

They did mention du Toit did earn All-American honors in the discus!

Congratulations to Simone, and best wishes in the shot put competition Saturday morning!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Shot put is underway - Simone du Toit will be in the second flight.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Second flight warmup is complete.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

First mark for du Toit is 15.97m which would not be good enough to make the finals.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

du Toit's first throw only good enough for 15th best overall - top 9 advance to the finals.

Second flight's second attempts now underway.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Second attempt is 15.62m.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Huge third attempt for du Toit! 16.46m!!!

Currently 8th overall - hopefully it will hold up through the rest of the second flight's third attempts...