We're not going to do anything wonderful in the NCAA's without our super runners and jumpers! Here is Andrea showing that hurdling can be BLISS ... Andrea Bliss ,that is! :)
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| Karla says this is me:).... hmmmm |
Andrea Bliss
makes hurdling look easy
at our recent NCAA Eastern Regional Championships... |
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 Do you know which
one of these guys wrote the book on their event? Can you guess WHO was a thrower? The answers may surprise you.... it's at the bottom of this page! |
Although they seem
to be clowning around... one of
these athletes won the Olympic Gold and a Silver in the discus. Which
one?
The answer is at the bottom of this page! |
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NCAA
WOMEN'S DISCUS! |
2002 CHAMPION: Chaniqua Ross, UCLA senior - She threw 182-0 to win last year's NCAA title by one inch over Nebraska freshman Becky Breisch. Her personal best is 188-6.
Rachel and Dore'
are ready to represent
the Gators in the Discus!
Although Ms. Ross would have qualified in the
outdoor shot put, she elected to pass that opportunity, apparently in an effort
to focus on the discus. I don't blame her at all. Chaniqua has her hands
full with Stephanie Brown (who beat her for the H.S. Cal State Championship)
and Becky Breisch who owns the longest throw this year. Florida's own
Rachel Longfors threw
over 180 in the driving rain this weekend and looks destined for more!
Dore' is so excited about her first NCAA, she may surprise a lot of people, too!
By the way, Steph was a high school teammate of mine. :)
Counting in Arizona's Sean Shields, there are three of us from the same high
school competing in the NCAA throws. I don't think that happens very
often.
Event 38 Women Discus Throw
** Qual: 45.72 **
RANK ATHLETE
YR SCHOOL
SEED MARK RG DATE
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1 Becky
Breisch
SO Nebraska
58.69m MW 04-04 AQ
2 Stephanie Brown
SR Cal Poly-SLO 57.77m W
04-26 AQ
3 Krista Keir
SR Ohio State
56.72m ME 03-22 AQ
4 Chaniqua Ross
SR UCLA
55.95m W 03-22 AQ
5 Amarachi Ukabam
FR Ohio State
55.83m ME 04-10 AQ
6 Sandra Orsund
JR Arizona St.
55.76m W 05-18 AQ
7 Deshaya Williams
SR Penn St.
55.22m E 04-25 AQ
8 Makiba Batten
SR Florida St.
55.22m E 03-08 AQ
9 Rachel
Longfors SO Florida
55.15m E 5-31 AQ
10 Abby Emsick
FR Kansas
55.11m MW 5-31 AQ
11 Mary Etter
SR Oregon
54.74m W 5-31 AQ
12 Ilona Rutjes
JR Arizona
54.42m W 05-18
13 Dayana Octavien
JR S. Florida
54.40m E 5-31 AQ
14 Melissa Bickett
JR Michigan
54.27m ME 05-09 AQ
15 Beth Mallory
FR Alabama
54.23m ME 03-29 AQ
16 Jill Pedretti
JR North Carolin 54.18m E 04-04
17 Karenrose Honea
JR Texas A&M 53.91m
MW 05-08
18 Susan Sherman
JR Iowa St.
53.77m MW 05-03 AQ
19 Dore' DeBartolo
SR Florida
53.67m E 05-10
20 Lara
Saye
JR UCLA
53.34m W 05-18
21 Jamie Riojas
SO Texas A&M 52.56m
MW 04-12
22 Jillian Camarena
JR Stanford
52.52m W 5-31 AQ
23 Ildiko Varga
FR Kentucky
52.34m ME 03-29
24 Erin Compton
SR Marshall
52.12m E 5-31 AQ
25 Blake Gordon
SR Stephen F Aus 51.87m MW 05-08 AQ
26 Allyson Criner
FR North Carolin 51.78m E 05-10
27 Molly Lonergan
JR Kentucky
51.00m ME 03-29 AQ
28 Keela Niemeyer
JR Colorado St. 48.93m MW 5-31
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The answer is BOTH!
On the left is Dick Fosbury
who revolutionized the high jump with what has been called the
'Fosbury Flop"
On the right is former shot put world
record holder Al Feuerbach
who set a new standard in the
glide technique. |
Sometimes it's
hard to get a serious picture, but the man on the right is none other than
Olympian "Multiple Mac" Mac
Wilkins, who still owns one of the
best-- if not the best-- triples of all time in the shot, discus and
javelin! SPECIAL THANKS to Mike "Coach Rodney" Louisiana (NCAA Discus Champ 1971) for supplying these wonderful current pictures of three track legends. |
Take me to:
Page 3 .... NCAA Hammer
Preview!
Page 4 .... NCAA Gator
GOODIES!!! WOW!
Page 1.... NCAA Shot Preview!
