Sunday, May 8, 2016

NACC: Jess and Joe medal; 8 PRs

5/7 Lisle IL. Windy conditions with temps in 60s for finals. Because of some missing sprinters, hurdlers were a big part of 4x1 for men. Chris, Joe, Logan and Conor emerged from a pile up on the third exchange to finish 3rd. Des ran the first leg and Kim was to run the anchor leg but a botched second exchange ended the run before Kim's leg. Not long after, the high hurdle finals began. Joe picked up another bronze medal with his 3rd place finish (15.13). In the women's race, Jess ran strong again, with another sub-16 performance for 4th (15.91) with Holly right behind in 5th with a PR 16.20. Des was 7th (17.10). In 400H, Joe took his third bronze with his 55.77. Logan was 7th with another PR (58.55), and Chris was 9th at 60.97. For the women, Jess charged down the homestretch to take silver in a PR 66.52 (#2 all time). Holly ran a strong race for 4th (67.92), and Des was 9th (73.66), just a few tenths from scoring. In HJ, Kasey cleared 4-7.5, which was good enough to tie for 6th. Spencer worked open HJ into his decathlon competition but only could manage 5-3.75. Spencer was second in decathlon, which included a good hurdle time (=PR16.33). Hurdlers were prominent in men's and women's 4x4s. Joe (52.8), Logan (52.6) and Chris (53.6) teamed with Trey (51.5) to finish 5th, and Jess (62.4), Des (64.1) and Holly (62.8) teamed with Maia (67.1) to finish 6th in a school record 4:16.61. Men's and women's teams both finished 4th in team competition.

Complete results

5/6 Lisle IL. Temperatures in the 80s with sunny skies and mild breezes made for great conditions on day one of NACC Championships at Benedictine U. So many highlights in qualifying. Top of that list was Joe's school record 400H (PR 55.57). Logan also qualified for finals with his PR 59.07, and Chris qualified with a 60.55. Brian was hobbled from his steeplechase earlier in the day and ran 63.69. In women's 400H, Holly qualified with her 69.28 as did Jess with her PR 69.48 (#3 all time) and Des with a 71.69. Kasey ran 76.36. In 110H, Joe qualified with a 15.48. Spencer wedged the prelims into his decathlon competition but only could manage a 17.05. In the women's competition, Jess qualified with her PR 15.81 -- her first sub-16 performance and #3 all time MSOE. Holly also made the final with her 16.36 as did Des with a PR 16.67. Though she didn't make the final, Kim ran a big PR 16.88, which is #6 all time. Spencer had a 5-10.5 in decathlon HJ.

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