Volume 11, No. 42 June 12, 2012 version ii — NCAA Women: Duncan Powers LSU — by David Woods LSU scored 76 points to Oregon’s 62. In egon also thrived in that area—scoring 30— Des Moines, Iowa, June 6–9—For LSU, eight of the 14 previous editions, 62 would but balance couldn’t surmount LSU speed. it was like most years: an NCAA women’s have been enough, and it is the most the Moreover, Oregon soph English Gardner team title; for Oregon, it was like the previ- Ducks have ever scored. beat Duncan in the 100. Gardner’s time— ous three: Wait another year. Three-time defending champ Texas A&M against a 1.7 wind—was 11.10. That equates Led by rising superstar Kimberlyn Dun- was 3rd (38), and Kansas and Clemson shared to 10.98 with no wind. Duncan’s speed was the key to the Tiger team win MIKE SCOTT can, the Tigers exceeded projections to annex 4th with 28. Gardner also surprisingly led off the 4x4, their 15th title in 26 years. “You always think you could have done and Oregon chopped four seconds off the The Ducks, who have won the past three a little better here or done something a little school record to post the No. 2 time in colle- indoor titles, finished with a flourish, setting differently there, but in the end, 62 points— giate history. LSU, at 3:24.59, became No. 3. a meet record of 3:24.54 in the 4x4, but were the women had a pretty good meet,” Oregon After lowering her world 200 lead to a 2nd, as they were in ’09, ’10 and ’11. coach Vin Lananna said. “LSU just had a bet- low-altitude Collegiate record 22.19 in the They will now have to wait until ’13—al- ter one.” semis, Duncan’s 22.86 easily won the final though that will be back in Eugene—to end a The Tigers, sticking to formula, scored 68 into a 2.3 mps wind. title drought extending to ’85. points in the sprints, hurdles and relays. Or- The LSU junior became the first woman -385- June 12, 2012 to win NCAA indoor/outdoor 200 DES MOINES, IOWA doubles in succession. NCAA Div. I Women’s Leaders LSU also had champions in the 4x1 JUNE 06–09 (42.68 CL) and 400 hurdles with Cas- Track Events Once again, the overall national cham- sandra Tate. 100........... 10.96 .....................*Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU) pionships was presented by the NCAA “You know, each one is a little bit 200........... 22.19 .....................*Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU) as a 2-site system over a 3-week period, different, but I can tell you this group 400........... 50.95 .................. ***Ashley Spencer (Illinois) with the “preliminaries” being held at truly deserved to win this champion- 800........... 2:01.06 ..................... *Nachelle Mackie (BYU) East and West sites (see eTN 36). ship,” LSU coach Dennis Shaver said. 1500......... 4:09.51 .....**Natalja Piliušina' (Oklahoma St) The “heats” and “quarterfinals” of the “They have done an outstand- Mile .......... 4:28.48i .............. **Katie Flood (Washington) races and the qualifying rounds in all ing job for us the entire outdoor sea- Steeple .... 9:43.09 .................. *Shalaya Kipp (Colorado) the field events were held there, with the son and have had tremendous focus 3000......... 8:55.31i .............. **Katie Flood (Washington) “semifinals” and finals in Des Moines. throughout this 7-day NCAA track 5000......... 15:19.43 .................. Jessica Tebo (Colorado) meet—3 we had in Jacksonville and 10,000...... 32:12.47 ........................*Deborah Maier (Cal) Weather then 4 days here.” 100H ........ 12.68 .................... Crystal Manning (Ohio St) First three days were warm & sunny; The Pac-12 led in conference scor- 400H ........ 55.12 ...............*Georganne Moline (Arizona) final day hot. Always windy. ing with 187, followed by the SEC Attendance Relay Events with 163. The Big 12 had 132, ACC 4052/4877/4683/6436—20,048. 4 x 100..... 42.68 ......................................................... LSU 53, Missouri Valley 48, Big Ten 47 and 4 x 200..... 1:30.01 ...................................................... LSU Symbols Conference USA 43. 4 x 400..... 3:24.54 .................................................Oregon *** = frosh; ** = soph; * = junior, all others Elsewhere: 4 x 800..... 8:24.16 .................................................Oregon are seniors; ' after name = foreigner. •Oregon’s Brianne Theisen won her 4 x 1500... 17:29.00 ...............................................Oregon WL, AL, CL = World/American/Colle- third heptathlon, scoring 6440 points SpMed ..... 3:43.79 ...................................................... LSU giate-leading mark for year. Notations for No. 2 on the all-time collegiate ................. 3:43.79 ...........................................Tennessee in the form “x, x NCAA” refer to all-time list. Barbara Nwaba of UC Santa Bar- DisMed .... 10:55.01i ......................................Washington performer/performance positions in the bara was 513 points behind in second. 4 x 1H ...... 52.87 ................................................. Clemson NCAA Championships meet. Theisen previously won in ’09 and ’10. The NCAA title was her seventh, Field Events including three indoor heptathlons HJ ............ 6-5½ | 1.97i .......*Brigetta Barrett (Arizona) TEAM SCORES and one in the 4x4. Only three women PV ............ 14-11 | 4.55i ..............Tina Šutej' (Arkansas) (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1) have more: Colette Guidry, Texas, 12; ................. 14-11 | 4.55 ...........................................Šutej' 1. LSU 76; 2. Oregon 62; 3. Texas Suziann Reid, Texas, 10; Suzy Favor, LJ ............ 22-8 | 6.91i ............. Whitney Gipson (TCU) A&M 38; 4. tie, Clemson & Kansas 28; Wisconsin, 9. TJ ............ 46-7¼ | 14.20 .. Ganna Demydova’ (Sn Miss) 6. Stanford 25; •The other repeat champions were SP ............ 62-4 | 19.00i .........*Tia Brooks (Oklahoma) 7. Oklahoma 24; 8. Washington 23; Arizona high jumper Brigetta Barrett DT ............ 196-10 | 59.99 .. Whitney Ashley (S Diego St) 9. tie, San Diego State & Tennessee (6-4/1.93) and Oklahoma javelinist HT ............ 228-10 | 69.75 ........Amanda Bingson (UNLV) 21; 11. Texas 20; Brittany Borman (184-7/56.27). JT ............ 194-11 | 59.42 . Brittany Borman (Oklahoma) 12. tie, Florida & Southern Missis- •Biggest response from the final- Hept ......... 6440 .....................Brianne Theisen’ (Oregon) sippi 18; 14. tie, Colorado, Dartmouth, day crowd of 6436 was for Des Moines Florida State, Illinois State & Southern native Katie Flood, a Washington soph Illinois 16; who won the 1500 in 4:13.79. 19. tie, Arizona & UCF 15; 21. tie, She won 9 state championships and 6 junior worldwide since ’08. Georgia, Ohio State & UCLA 14; 24. tie, Drake Relays titles while at Dowling Cath- She is, however, skipping the Olympic Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn & USC 13; olic High. She closed in 62.27 to hold off Trials and instead focusing on the USA Ju- 28. Wichita State 12; Georgetown’s Emily Infeld (4:14.02) and Or- nior Championships and next month’s Junior 29. Penn State 11; 30. tie, BYU, Illinois & egon’s Jordan Hasay (4:14.03). Hasay made a worlds in Barcelona. TCU 10; 33. Georgetown 9; 34. tie, Louisiana late charge at Flood before being nipped at •Southern Mississippi’s Ganna Demydova Tech, South Dakota, UCSB & West Virginia the finish by Infeld. set a meet record of 46-7¼ (14.20) in a dis- 8; 38. tie, Iowa State & Miami 7; •On her 19th birthday, Illinois’s Ashley puted triple jump. 40. tie, Alabama, Cal, East Carolina, Mis- Spencer surged down the stretch to win in Indoor champ Andrea Geubelle of Kan- souri, UC Davis, UNLV & Wisconsin, 6; 47. tie, 50.95 in only her sixth open 400. sas thought she had a winning distance of Michigan State, Providence & Stony Brook 5; She became the first frosh champ since 46-11¾w (14.32). But after talking about 50. tie, Indiana State, Louisville, Montana Longhorn Sanya Richards in ’03 and first her victory in the mixed zone, she learned State, Oklahoma State & Princeton 4; 55. ever from the Big 10. Her 50.95 is No. 5 on the jump had been protested and ruled a tie, Cincinnati, Houston, Murray State, New the all-time U.S. Junior list and fastest by a foul, sending her into tears. She was officially Mexico & Texas Tech 3; third. 60. tie, Miami/Ohio, Mississippi State & •Stanford’s Katerina Stefanídi tied the Baylor 2; 63. tie, Boston College, Columbia, note: this Newsletter is titled pole vault meet record of 14-7¼ (4.45). Duke, Maryland–Eastern Shore, Nebraska •Ohio State’s Christina Manning com- & Rice 1. “version i”; that’s because pleted an indoor/outdoor hurdles sweeping, major undertakings like this running the 100 barriers in 12.89 to beat Clemson’s Brianna Rollins by 0.02. 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Chelsea Hayes (LaT) 11.58; 6. *Marlena Wesh' (Clem) 52.13; (57.97/63.52); 8. **Aurieyall Scott (UCF) 11.59.