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.

Mary Whitehead (1985-2008)
Thanks to Coach Davis for these additional pictures of Mary who died recently.

National Qualifying Meet
It's finally here. At the regional meet, the top five athletes in each event and the next seven nationally by time, will qualify for the national meet. In addition to the 13 listed below, Katie Guevel has provisonally qualified in the heptathlon with 5158 points and is ranked 39th in the NCAA). (regional ranking in parentheses) For the women, Emily Anderson (5) leads the way with a 4:17.02 1500 and joining her is Meghan Burns (39) with her 4:30. In the steeple, frosh Betsy Graney (18) and Emily Arena (35) have 10:41 and 10:54 respectively while Allie Lewis (38) has run a 2:09.68 in the 800. Field eventers Abby Lemon (19) has a 53.34 in the hammer and Carly Morse (35) is going with her 13.81m in the shot put while Cam Shriver (10) has qualified in the high jump with a 2.10m and Nicole Kazuba (5) has made it in the pole vault. Rob Dennis (36) and Harry Miller (5)are both going in the steeplechase with a 9:08 and a 8:49. Ian Fitzgerald (24, 9) has a 3:45.74 in the 15oo and a 13:55 5K. Joining Ian will be Patterson Wilhelm (32) with his 14:16.80 and Lynn Morelli (40) with a 16:46.

Men's regional rankings Women's regional rankings

Men's NCAA D1 rankings  Women's NCAA D1 rankings

The meet will be on Friday and Saturday at FSU in Tallahassee and the schedule is here. We will have more about the meet later this week, but for now, the live results can be found here.

IC4A Champion Fitzgerald Talks to sss.org
Ian Fitzgerald talks about what he terms his surprising win in the IC4A 1500, his thoughts on the upcoming regional 5K and his post collegiate plans. Click here to hear the podcast (will take 30 seconds to load).

Mary Whitehead, 1985 - 2008
As many of you may know by now, Mary Whitehead '07 died last Thursday, 5/15. The service will be held this Thursday, May 22 at 11:00am at St. Philip Catholic Church (7500 St. Philip Court, Falls Church, VA 22042; 703-573-3808). More

ECAC/IC4A Champions
Thanks to Coach Fritz for the great camera work. Up top is Nicole Kazuba's ECAC winning jump in the pole vault and below is the entire 1500 that was won by Ian Fitzgerald.