Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
NCAA Regionals
Track Wraps Up NCAA Regionals
5/27/2006 10:22:59 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Kring, Adamek, Nowitzke, McCullough, Dooley all qualify for NCAA championships
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-—The Eastern Michigan University men’s and women’s track teams put the finishing touches on the two-day 2006 NCAA Mideast Regional Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium Saturday with several NCAA Championship qualifying efforts.
For the EMU men and women a total of five individuals qualified for the NCAA Championships, set for June 7-10 in Sacramento, Calif., by finishing in the top five during the regional championships. The men’s team finished the regional in 15th place with 17.5 points. A total of 46 teams scored in the men’s meet. On the women’s side the Eagles turned in a tie for 20th with 10 points. There were 41 women’s teams that scored in the meet.
A pair of field-event performers started the men’s team on the right track Saturday as both high jumper Adam Kring (Jeddo, Mich.-Port Huron Northern) and shot putter David Adamek (Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada-Ridgeway Crystal Beach) qualified for the NCAA Championships, set for June 7-10 in Sacramento, Calif. The top five individuals in each event along with the top three relay teams qualify for the NCAA meet. Kring finished tied for third in the high jump with a season’s best effort of 6-feet-11 inches. Adamek turned in a personal best of 60-feet-1 inch for a third place in the shot put.
Corey Nowitzke (Monroe, Mich.-Monroe) finished the evening for the Eagles by running a 8:49.39 clocking in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to finish fourth and qualify for the NCAA meet.
Long jumper Ashley McCullough (Dayton, Ohio-Colonel White) jump-started the women’s qualifiers by finishing fourth in the long jump at 20-feet-10 inches to make the NCAA Championship meet field.
Chrystal Dooley (Westerville, Ohio-Westerville South) made it two Eagles into the nationals with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of :56.75.
EMU athletes competing Saturday that did not qualify for the NCAA meet included Eric Alejandro (Pembroke Pines, Fla.-Flanagan) who placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles in :51.87; and from late Friday night, long jumper Edouard Joliveau (Mennecy, France-University Pierre/Marie Curie) who finished 14th with a leap of 24-feet-1.5 inches.
On the women’s side, the EMU 4 x 400-meter relay team of Patrice Beasley (Romulus, Mich.-Romulus), Dooley, LaQuae Jones (Massillon, Ohio-Washington) and Bria Woods (Akron, Ohio-East), just missed scoring in the regional, finishing ninth in 3:40.98.
2006 NCAA Mideast Regional Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• May 26-27, 2006 - Knoxville, Tenn.
Final Team Scores
1. LSU 71
2. Tennessee 52.25
3. Arkansas 41
4. Louisville 38
5. Missouri 36
6. Indiana 34
7. Kentucky 33
8. Middle Tennessee State 29
9. Akron 28.5
10. Southeast Louisiana 25
11. Wisconsin 24.75
12. Alabama 23
13. South Alabama 20
14. Mississippi 18
15. Eastern Michigan 17.50
A total of 46 teams scored in the meet
EMU MEN
SHOT PUT - FINAL
3. Dave Adamek (EMU) 60-feet-1 inch*
*NCAA Championship qualifier
HIGH JUMP - FINAL
T 3. Adam Kring (EMU) 6-feet-11 inches*
*NCAA Championship qualifier
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE - FINAL
4. Corey Nowitzke (EMU) 9:49.39*
*NCAA Championship qualifier
400-METER HURDLES - FINAL
8. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :51.87
LONG JUMP - FINAL
14. Edouard Joliveau (EMU) 24-feet-1.5 inches
400-METER HURDLES - PRELIM
7. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :51.64 Q
2006 NCAA Mideast Regional Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• May 26-27, 2006 - Knoxville, Tenn.
Final Team Scores
1. LSU 95.5
2. Auburn 77
3. Tennnessee 64
4. Alabama 59
5. Michigan 36
6. Southern Illinois 35
7. Illinois 32
8. Purdue 26.5
9. Missouri 23
10. Arkansas 22
11. Mississippi 19.5
12. Notre Dame 19
13. Akron 17
Toledo 17
15. Western Illinois 16
16. Ohio State 14
Southern Mississippi 14
18. Kentucky 13
19. Southern 11
20. Eastern Michigan 10
Miami 10
Marquette 10
A total of 41 teams scored in the meet
EMU WOMEN
400-METER HURDLES - FINAL
4. Chrystal Dooley (EMU) :56.75*
*NCAA Championship qualifier
LONG JUMP - FINAL
4. Ashley McCullough (EMU) 20-feet-10 inches*
*NCAA Championship qualifier
TRIPLE JUMP - FINAL
ND Ashley McCullough (EMU) No distance
4 x 400-METER RELAY - FINAL
9. Eastern Michigan 3:40.98
Patrice Beasley, Chrystal Dooley, LaQuae Jones, Bria Woods
400-METER HURDLES - PRELIM
6. Chrystal Dooley (EMU) :57.89 Q
17. Shamarie Giscombe (EMU) 1:01.,18 DNQ
4 x 100-METER RELAY - PRELIM
9. Eastern Michigan :45.68 DNQ
Ashley McCullough, Bria Woods, Lintera Harvin, Patrice Beasley
100 METERS - PRELIM
13. Patrice Beasley (EMU) :11.53 DNQ
100-METER HURDLES - PRELIM
11. Chrystal Dooley (EMU) :13.50 DNQ
400 METERS - PRELIM
15. Bria Woods (EMU) :54.30 DNQ
200 METERS - PRELIM
12. Patrice Beasley (EMU :23.93 DNQ
