Sunday, May 27, 2012

Emma Bates Is Headed to Nationals!

17 Broncos came to Austin in search of bigger things.  16 did not qualify for the NCAA Championships and Kurt Felix was feeling pretty lonely, about to be the only Boise State student-athlete at the Championships which start June 6.


In one of the final events of the West Regional Championships, Emma Bates broke the Boise State school record in the 5,000 meters by more than four seconds to finish 11th and reserve her spot in the National Championships.  Bates ran the distance in 16:16.74 and will compete in two weeks.  Felix automatically qualified in the Championships since he is ranked 4th in the nation in the decathlon, an event which is not contested at Regionals.


Way to go Emma!  Congrats and best of luck!


Event 27  Women 5000 Meter Run
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 One round. 2 heats                                             
 Advance top 5 from each ht. plus next best 2 times to drake    
 Double waterfall start. 2/3 on main start line. Random draw    
    American: A 14:44.76  8/27/2010   Molly Huddle, Saucony     
College Best: C 15:07.64  5/2/2009    Jenny Barringer, Colorado 
   NCAA Meet: M 15:15.08  6/13/2008   Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech 
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims 
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Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Megan Goethals            SO Washington            15:46.82Q
  2 Kathy Kroeger             JR Stanford              16:16.07Q
  3 Natosha Rogers            JR Texas A&M             15:50.13Q
  4 Aliphine Tuliamuk         JR Wichita State         16:16.87Q
  5 Jessica Tebo              SR Colorado              15:54.13Q
  6 Sara Sutherland           SO Texas                 16:18.17Q
  7 Alex Kosinski             SR Oregon                15:56.39Q
  8 Elvin Kibet               SO Arizona               16:20.88Q
  9 Chelsea Reilly            SR California            16:15.89Q
 10 McKenzie Melander         SR Iowa                  16:26.06Q
 11 Emma Bates                FR Boise State           16:16.74q
 12 Allison Woodward          FR Oregon                16:17.38q
 13 Katrina Drennen           SR Montana               16:35.61 
 14 Rose Tanui                SR Texas Tech            16:49.20 
 15 Liberty Miller            FR Washington            16:52.17 
 16 Diana Medina              SR Southern Utah         16:53.17 
 17 Laura Docherty            SO Minnesota             16:59.51 
 18 Kelsey Smith              FR UCLA                  17:01.01 
 19 Rochelle Kanuho           JR Northern Arizona      17:01.15 
 20 Lauren Mugnaini           SO Sacramento St.        17:01.97 
 21 Allison Pye               SR Rice                  17:02.25 
 22 Rachel Mitchell           JR Sacramento St.        17:03.96 
 23 Rachel Johnson            FR Baylor                17:05.56 
 24 Betsy Flood               SR Iowa                  17:06.54 
 25 Aisling Cuffe             FR Stanford              17:07.32 
 26 Nicole Peters             SR Colorado St.          17:07.62 
 27 Kaitlin Flattmann         FR Arkansas              17:08.57 
 28 MichaelAnne Laurent       JR BYU                   17:10.36 
 29 Marielle Hall             SO Texas                 17:12.53 
 30 Megan Ranegar             JR Iowa                  17:16.90 
 31 Erin Hegarty              FR Baylor                17:17.55 
 32 Kristine Eikrem-Engeset   SR SMU                   17:18.13 
 33 Alycia Cridebring         SO UC Davis              17:18.79 
 34 Jessica Tonn              FR Stanford              17:19.37 
 35 Kyla Chapman              SR Wisconsin             17:24.99 
 36 Susannah Hurst            FR Utah                  17:25.10 
 37 Margo Richardson          SO Saint Louis           17:26.27 
 38 Katie Moen                FR Iowa State            17:26.76 
 39 Macy Bricks               FR Arizona State         17:29.63 
 40 Natasa Vulic              SO Arizona State         17:31.69 
 41 Jamie Smith               JR Southern Utah         17:31.73 
 42 Ashley Scott              JR Tulsa                 17:40.01 
 43 Cate Westenhover          JR Baylor                17:51.61 
 44 Mareike Schrulle          JR Iowa                  18:07.73 
 45 Kelly Dawson              SR TCU                   18:11.55 
 -- Laura Suur                JR San Francisco              DNF 
 -- Dominique Scott           FR Arkansas                   DNF 
 -- Bailey Belvis             JR Missouri                   DNS