Kazuba, Fitzgerald End Seasons at NCAA Meet
Nicole Kazuba got over the bar at 12’ 3.5”, but could not make the next height of 12’ 9.5” and failed to advance to Friday’s final. She was making her first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships, and also the first appearance for a female pole-vaulter ever at W&M. More
Ian Fitzgerald ran 14:38.16 to place 18th (2 short of making the finals) in the preliminaries of the 5,000m run. More

NCAA Schedule for Kazuba, Fitzgerald and Anderson
Pole vaulter Nicole Kazuba will start off the competition for the W&M trio on Wednesday at 7:30. At 8:50 Ian Fitzgerald will run in the 5000 meters and the final on Friday at 9:35. Emily Anderson's first 1500 will be on Thursday at 6:55 pm and then on Saturday at 4:12. Schedule. Also go here for a nice summary of the three and their competition. For live results, click here.

Also a personal plug. One of my former training partners is an agent who started Kimbia which represents many top Kenyan and US athletes. One of my former teammates and roommates at W&M, Scott Douglas (who also was once the editor for Running Times and still writes articles for it and Runner's World), has a series of videos here looking at some of Wisconsin's post collegiates who now run for Kimbia. The vblog features many of their training methods. If you've never visited the site, there are also some great videos of Kenyans training in the Rift Valley.

Moran Prepares for the Olympic Trials
With the U.S. Olympic Trials fast approaching, Ed Moran continues his eight-month preparation for the event. “Things are moving in the right direction,” Moran said. “I still have four weeks to prepare for the trials and everything over the last eight months has been kind of geared toward that one day.”The Nike-sponsored distance runner and assistant cross country and track coach at the College of William and Mary remains undecided as to which event he will race at the trials – the 5,000 meters or 10,000. More

Fitzgerald Qualifies for NCAA Meet
Ian Fitzgerald who won the IC4A 1500 meter race qualified for the NCAA meet with his 13:55 time which ranks him 17th of those entered. Fitzgerald will be joining Kazuba and Anderson.

Regional Slide Shows
Above you can see the sprints/jumps pictures on top and the steeplechasers on the bottom. You can also see more 1500 meter pictures here and the throwers here.

Anderson Automatically Qualifies for NCAA
Anderson '10 finished 4th in 4:25.59 to automatically qualify for her first NCAA meet. Meghan Burns '10, who ran a great PR to make the finals, finished 12th in 4:33. In the 3,000m steeplechase Betsy Graney lowered her own freshman record by nearly 10 seconds, finishing seventh in 10:31.47. Emily Arena lowered her own career-best effort to 10:52.20 in finishing 17th which ranks her fifth all-time at the College. In the hammer throw Abby Lemon finished her season with a 17th-place finish after throwing 159’ 10” and in the shot put Carly Morse registered a put of 44’ 6”, the second-best of her career, to finish 24th. More Harry Miller ran 9:10.96 for 13th place, only 28 hundredths of a second shy of qualifying for the national at-large pool. Rob Dennis finished 31st in 9:56.46 to finish his long and successful career. More

On June 4th, Burns, Lewis, Graney, Fitzgerald and Grevel will find out if they qualify at large for the NCAA meet.

Pictures from runnerspace.com

Miller Prepares for his Steeple Tonight
Miller '10 continues with his Regionals blog: Didn't really do too much Friday. Went over to the track at around 11:00 to run and do some strides. I would have liked to use the water pit a couple times, but weweren't allowed on the track. Felt pretty terrible running at first, but I think it was just the humidity, because I felt great doing strides and going over hurdles .Took a nap after we got back to the hotel, and then ate lunch and went back to the track to watch the prelims of the 1500. Walked around the area near the hotel trying to find somewhere to eat dinner; felt good to stretch out a little bit instead ofjust sitting in the room.

Kazuba Qualifies for NCAA Meet
Nicole Kazuba took fourth in the pole vault to earn one of the five automatic-qualifying spots in the event in 12’ 11.75” which is the second-best of her career. In the 800m Allie Lewis ran the fastest time in school history, 2:08.30 placing 11th in preliminaries and making her eligible to be selected on an at-large basis to the NCAA Championships. Emily Anderson ran 4:22.01 in preliminaries and Meghan Burns ran a career-fast 4:24.83 which ranks fourth in school history. Both will run in the finals today. More. Ian Fitzgerald ran 14:14.95 in the 5,000m race Friday night, finishing in eighth place in the 24-man field. By dint of finishing in the top 12, Fitzgerald is eligible to be selected as an at-large entry to the NCAA Championships. Patterson Wilhelm ran 14:35.00 for 15th place. In the high jump Cam Shriver missed on all three of his attempts at the first bar. More. Click here today for live updates.

Steeplechaser Harry Miller Blogs From Regionals
Got up at 4:45 to go to the airport. Had to sit in the middle seat on the way to Jacksonville, but the flight attendant gave me about a hundred bags of peanuts for moving so that some kids could sit with their mom.
Drove from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. Gibby missed the the first exit where we were going to get lunch, but we still found a Subway. We got to the hotel around 1:00. Took a shower, and slept until a little after 5:00.
Went out to the track at 5:30, ran around the Florida State campus with Rob, Fitz, and Pat, and did 4x200 on the track. Felt pretty stiff at first, but then actually felt better than I have in a while on the track, and definitely much better than I expected after traveling. I liked the track a lot, it felt fast.

The Coaches Speak!
Coaches Gibby and Newberry are not only partners in life, but also do a tremendous job of working together coaching the distance squad. Listen to interviews as they provide insight regarding training, race strategies, and potential Tribe NCAA qualifiers that are sure to provide highlights at NCAA Regional Meet this weekend in Tallahassee, Florida. Click here for Gibby and here for Kathy.