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Appalachian State
Burnett Finishes Second at NCAA East Regional Championship; Breaks Own ASU Record
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? Senior Beverly Burnett (Graham, N.C.) placed second in the shot put, leading the Appalachian State University outdoor track and field teams, Friday at the NCAA East Regional hosted by North Carolina A&T at Irwin Belk Track.
Burnett earned Appalachian its lone eight points with her second-place throw of 16.28m, and advances to the NCAA Championships held in Sacramento, Calif., June 7-10. Burnett’s toss also breaks her former ASU record of 16.20m, which she set at the Clemson Relays on March 24.
Six other Mountaineers competed at the NCAA East Regional Championships Friday, as sophomore Ricky Harris (Durham, N.C.) led the ASU men with a 13th-place leap of 7.18m in the long jump. Freshman Charles Derrickson (Spring Lake, N.C.) placed 22nd in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 14.204 in the preliminaries.
Sophomore Brittani Williams (Charlotte, N.C.) competed against Burnett in the shot put, finishing 26th with a toss of 12.60m.
Sophomores Grant Haun (Charlotte, N.C.), Barron Shell (Hays, N.C.) and Vonteena Knotts (Charlotte, N.C.) all competed Friday for Appalachian. Haun competed in the hammer throw, Shell took part in the pole vault, while Knotts represented the Mountaineers in the long jump.
Two more Mountaineers will compete Saturday in the final day of the NCAA East Regional. Senior Nikole Simmons (Charlotte, N.C.) will throw the hammer at 11 a.m., while sophomore Meg Gaffney (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) will run in the 3,000m steeplechase at 7:40 p.m.
Appalachian State Competitors
Women’s Shot Put
2) Beverly Burnett 16.28m, 53-05.00 8
26) Brittani Williams 12.60m, 41-04.25
Men’s Long Jump
13) Ricky Harris 7.18m, 23-06.75 (7.00m 2nd)
Men’s 110m Hurdles ? Preliminaries
22) Charles Derrickson 14.204
Men’s Hammer Throw
-- Grant Haun FOUL
Women’s Long Jump
-- Vonteena Knotts FOUL
Men’s Pole Vault
-- Barron Shell NH (4.91)
The Citadel
McNeill Wins Flight, Finishes 15th Overall in Shot Put at NCAA East Regional Championships
First woman to ever compete in NCAA Championships in school history
Greensboro, N.C. - Junior Stephanie McNeill became the first female in The Citadel's history to compete in an NCAA Championship event Friday afternoon as she won her flight in the women's shot put with a throw of 46' 10.25". McNeill placed 15th overall in the most competitive, dense region in the country as she competed in the NCAA East Regional Championships.
McNeill's throw won her flight of nine competitors and her 15th place finish put her two spots ahead of South Carolina's prodigious Precious Akins, beating Akins by more than four inches. North Carolina's Kelly Fazekas edged McNeill for 14th place with a throw of 47' 2.25".
McNeill's performance in the NCAA East Regional Championships marks the first time a female cadet has competed in an NCAA Championship event in any sport in the school's 184 year history. McNeill, a junior from Ladson, S.C., will return for her senior season in 2007. She led the Bulldogs to their most successful year in history in 2006.
Elon
Black Competes at NCAA East Regional
Friday, May 26, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? Elon senior Alana Black (Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake) concluded her career by finishing 23rd in the 1500-meter run preliminaries at the 2006 NCAA East Regional Track and Field Championship Friday afternoon at the Irwin Belk Track on the North Carolina A&T campus.
With a time of 4:37.13, Black finished well ahead of Cornell's Aeriel Emig (4:39.07), Army's Ashley Urick (4:42.15), Florida State's Susan Kuijken (4:44.45) and Coastal Carolina's Saskia Janssen (4:47.69).
Black qualified for regional competition by racing to an Elon-record time of 4:26.60 on her way to league runner-up honors at the 2006 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship last month at the Georgia Southern Track/Soccer Complex in Statesboro, Ga.
Phoenix junior Jessica Clendenning (Chesapeake, Va./Hickory) ? the 2006 Southern Conference pole vault champion ? will participate in the NCAA East Regional pole vault competition at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Black and Clendenning are the second and third Elon athletes to ever qualify for an NCAA track and field regional. Teammate Alice Turner represented the Phoenix in NCAA Regional action last season, competing in the 400-meter hurdles on May 27, 2005 in New York, N.Y.