3 strong provisional marks for UST women May 17

May 18, 2000
The UST women had three strong provisional performances Wednesday. Junior Kelly Faris ran 10:08.65 in the 3,000, just .11 of a second off the automatic time; freshman Tish Dusich ran 63.85 in the 400 hurdles, just.21 of a second off the automatic standard; and Kara Hedin improved her provisional mark in the triple jump as she sailed 37-6.5.

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For the UST men, junior 1,500-meter runner Ryan Kollmann and the Tommie men's 4x100 relay team met NCAA automatic qualifying standards Wednesday at the UST Track & Field Last Chance Qualifying Meet.

Kollmann clocked 3:51.01, the metric equivalent of a 4:08 mile, to edge U of M unattached runner Joey Corr, who ran 3:51.21. Kollmann was fifth in the NCAA outdoor 1,500 in 1998 and second in the NCAA indoor 5,000 last March.

The Toms' 4x100 relay team of Nick Stahly, Justin Hall, Jeremy Heckman and Roman Cress ran a season-best 41.31, just .34 off the school record. That time ranks UST sixth in the nation. UST has placed fourth and fifth in the NCAA 4x100 the last two seasons.

UST junior Dan Draine just missed an NCAA automatic clocking in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as he ran 9:12.49, just off the 9:12.44 automatic standard. That's the 14th-best time thus far and should be good enough for him to run at nationals.

Joe Bilek improved his NCAA provisional mark in the hammer with a throw of 173-8, and Chris Milton hit an NCAA provisional mark in the pole vault at 15-2 1-4.

Two other MIAC athletes in the meet hit automatic times -- Macalester's Liz Connors in the 3,000 (10:06.83) and Carleton's Carolina Stuart in the 400 hurdles (63.23). A few others hit or improved their NCAA provisional marks.

A few Tommies may compete in one of two remaining last chance meets this weekend -- at the U of M or at UW-LaCrosse. The NCAA Division III outdoor meet is scheduled for May 25-27 in Naperville, Ill.

Here's a list of St. Thomas men and women automatic and provisioinal qualifiers thus far in 2000, with their current NCAA rank listed first:

St. Thomas NCAA Track & Field Qualifiers/Men:
(A)-automatic
--Javelin/3. (A) Greg Kaiser 207-6
--1,500/4. (A) Ryan Kollmann 3:51.01
--4x100 relay/6. (A) Nick Stahly, Justin Hall, Jeremy Heckman, Roman Cress 41.31
--100 meters/3. (A) Cress 10.49; 12. Heckman 10.63
--200 meters/15. (A) Cress 21.49; 18. Heckman 21.56
--110 hurdles/12. Craig Benson 14.58
--400 hurdles/18. Mark Bates 53.70
--3,000 steeplechase/14. Dan Draine 9:12.49
--Hammer/16. Joe Bilek 173-8
--Pole Vault/27. Chris Milton 15-2 1-4

St. Thomas NCAA Track & Field Qualifiers/Women:
(A)-automatic
--100 hurdles/4. (A) Katie Bestul 14.39; 18. (A) Emily Menden 14.65; 23. Kara Hedin 14.77
--3,000/21. Kelly Faris 10:08.65
--10,000/19. Faris 37:47.46
--100/16. Jill Ylonen 12.23
--Triple Jump/16. Hedin 37-6 1-2
--High Jump/10. Katie Arnes 5-5 3-4
--Heptathlon/21. Arnes 4,069
--400 hurdles/19. Tish Dusich 63.85; 38. Emily Menden 64.84
--4x100/17. Bestul, Emily Haley, Heidi Vogel, Ylonen 48.57
--4x400/13. Dusich, Haley, Hedin, Vogel 3:54.80
--Pole Vault/46. Katie Joyce 9-10