UST hosts Wed. Last Chance meet on track

May 15, 2001
St. Thomas is hosting a men and women's last chance qualifier meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. at O'Shaughnessy Stadium.

Last year at this competition, 24 men and women athletes hit NCAA provisional or automatic times and marks.

Most MIAC schools, Concordia-St. Paul, some Wisconsin athletes and some University of Minnesota unattached athletes will compete. Entries are being accepted until Wednesday noon.

There's also a men's and women's multi-event competition that started Tuesday and finishes Wednesday.

The St. Thomas men and women repeated as conference team champions in the two-day meet that concluded last Saturday in Northfield. The Tommie men, who won the team championship for the 17th time in 19 seasons, compiled a 50-point margin over runner-up St. Olaf. The women, who have won 16 of the last 17 conference team crowns, scored a 16-point win over runner-up Concordia.

Several Tommie athletes have qualified provisionally for the May 23-26 NCAA meet, but many need to improve their ranking to make the final cutoff.

The UST women have four automatic qualifiers thus far -- Kelly Faris in the 10,000 (ranked seventh in 36:47) and in the 5,000 (ranked ninth in 17:27.25); Kara Hedin in the triple jump (ranked 10th in 37-11 1-2); and Katie Arnes in the high jump (tied for sixth in 5-6).

Women's provisional qualifiers thus far are Jill Ylonen in the 100 (ranked 19th in 12.27); Tish Dusich in the 800 (ranked 23rd in 2:14.72); Faris in the 3,000 (ranked 14th in 10:08.97); Katie Bestul in the 100 hurdles (ranked 17th in 14.84); Hedin in the 100 hurdles (ranked 25th in 14.89); Arnes in the 400 hurdles (ranked 39th in 64.72); Nicole Meidl in the pole vault (ranked 21st in 10-9; Karolyn Bastiens in the pole vault (ranked 27th in 10-6); and the 4x100 relay team of Arnes, Bestul, Heidi Vogel and Ylonen (ranked 28th in 48.74).

The Tommie men have no automatic qualifiers thus far but have 12 provisional qualifiers -- the 4x100 team of Justin Hall, Tom Hart, Jeremy Heckman and Andrew Hilliard (ranked 12th in 41.63); the 4x400 team, of Mark Bates, Hall, Heckman and Hilliard (ranked 14th in 3:14.80); Heckman in the 200 (ranked 12th in 21.57) and the 400 (ranked 13th in 48.07); Hall in the 400 (ranked 22nd in 48.32); Hilliard in the 400 hurdles (ranked 16th in 53.31); Chris Milton in the pole vault (ranked 19th in 15-3 1-2); Joe McCarney in the decathlon (ranked 18th in 6,177); Andrew Kisielius in the triple jump (ranked 27th in 46-7 1-4); Craig Benson in the 100 hurdles (ranked 29th in 14.92); Brian Preus in the 10,000 (ranked 34th in 31:47); and Levi Severson in the 10,000 (ranked 36th in 31:50.88).

Athletes can submit performances through Saturday for NCAA consideration.

St. Thomas NCAA Qualifier
Wednesday, May 16 , 2001

Start Field Event
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5:00 PM Discus Women
5:45 PM Discus Men

5:00 PM Pole Vault Women
6:00 PM Pole Vault Men

5:00 PM Long Jump Men
5:45 PM Long Jump Women

6:30 PM Triple Jump Women
7:15 PM Triple Jump Men

5:00 PM High Jump Women
6:00 PM High Jump Men

5:45 PM Javelin Throw Women
6:20 PM Javelin Throw Men

6:30 PM Hammer Throw Women
7:15 PM Hammer Throw Men

8:00 PM Shot Put Women


Start HTS Running Event
5:00 PM 100m HH Women
5:05 PM 110m HH Men
5:15 PM 100m Women
5:20 PM 100m Men
3000M - No entries
5:30 PM 4x100m Men
5:35 PM 4x100m Women
5:45 PM 3Km Steeplechase Men
6:00 PM 400m Men
6:05 PM 400m Women
6:10 PM 800m Men
7:15 PM 800m Women
7:30 PM 100H FINAL
7:35 PM 110H FINAL
7:50 PM 400m IH Men
8:00 PM 400m IH Women
8:10 PM 200m Men
8:15 PM 200m Women
8:20 PM 1,500m Men
8:30 PM 1,500m Women
8:40 PM 4x400m Women
8:45 PM 4x400m Men
8:45 PM 5Km Men