Fields set for NCAA Indoor, A&M women ranked No. 5
Mar 11, 2008 | Track and Field
March 11, 2008
NCAA Indoor - A&M Qualifiers
The final selections for entry into the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were completed on Tuesday and the fields are set for the March 14-15 event hosted by the University of Arkansas. Following are the entrants Texas A&M has in the NCAA Championship meet followed by the date and time they will compete in the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
WOMEN
60: Simone Facey, 7.23; Porscha Lucas, 7.27
200: Porscha Lucas, 22.86; Simone Facey, 22.96
400: Jessica Beard, 52.61
60H: Jennifer Williams, 8.25
4 x 400: Texas A&M, 3:34.61 (Sandy Wooten, Jennifer Williams, Simone Facey, Jessica Beard)
LJ: Ashika Charan, 6.25 (20-6 ?Ľ)
TJ: Ashika Charan, 13.27 (43-6 ?˝)
MEN
60: Gerald Phiri, 6.64
200: Chris Dykes, 20.97
4x400: Texas A&M, 3:06.68 (Justin Oliver, Chris Dykes, Nick Robinson, A.C. Robinson)
LJ: Julian Reid, 7.76 (25-5 ?˝)
TJ: Zuheir Sharif, 15.93 (52-3 ?Ľ); Julian Reid, 15.78 (51-9 ?Ľ)
NCAA Indoor - A&M Schedule
Friday, March 14
5 p.m. M Long Jump FINAL Reid
5:20 W 60 Hurdles Williams
5:50 W 400 meters Beard
6:15 M 60 meters Phiri
6:30 W 60 meters Facey, Lucas
7:00 W Long Jump FINAL Charan
7:20 M 200 meters Dykes
7:35 W 200 meters Lucas, Facey
8:20 W 60 Hurdles FINAL Williams
8:55 M 200 meter FINAL Dykes
9:05 W 200 meter FINAL Lucas, Facey
Saturday, March 15
5:30 M Triple Jump FINAL Sharif, Reid
6:30 W Triple Jump FINAL Charan
7:05 W 400 meter FINAL Beard
7:15 M 60 meter FINAL Phiri
7:25 W 60 meter FINAL Facey, Lucas
8:05 M 4 x 400 FINAL Texas A&M
8:20 W 4 x 400 FINAL Texas A&M
NCAA Indoor ?-Top 25 Rankings
WOMEN
Texas A&M women remained No. 5 in the top 25 rankings leading up to this weekend?™s NCAA Indoor Championships, which will be held March 14-15 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
It marks the eighth consecutive week this indoor season for the Aggie women to be listed among the top 10 in the USTFCCCA rankings. Texas A&M reached a high of No. 3 during the second and third release of the rankings and have been No. 5 the past two weeks.
LSU women remained No. 1 in the rankings and are followed by Arizona State, Tennessee, Michigan and Texas A&M in the top five.
Following is the ranking of the top 25 teams: 1. LSU; 2. Arizona State; 3. Tennessee; 4. Michigan; 5. Texas A&M; 6. Kansas; 7. Stanford; 8. Minnesota; 9. Arkansas; 10. Florida; 11. UTEP; 12. Florida State; 13. Penn State; 14. Mississippi; 15. Texas Tech; 16. Texas; 17. Virginia Tech; 18. Washington; 19. South Carolina; 20. Oregon; 21. Arizona; 22. Alabama; 23. Georgia Tech; 24. Southern Illinois; 25. Kentucky.
MEN
Texas A&M men returned to the top 25 rankings going into this weekend?™s NCAA Indoor Championships and are currently No. 23, moving up from the No. 34 position they held last week.
Florida State moved from No. 3 to No. 1 this week while Tennessee holds at No. 2. LSU also made a slight move up for No. 3 while last week?™s No. 1 Arizona State dropped to No. 4. Arkansas is now No. 5, moving up from a previous ranking of eighth.
Following is the ranking of the top 25 teams: 1. Florida State; 2. Tennessee; 3. LSU; 4. Arizona State; 5. Arkansas; 6. Florida; 7. Stanford; 8. Oregon; 9. Texas; 10. Northern Iowa; 11. Washington; 12. Oklahoma; 13. Texas Tech; 14. Nebraska; 15. Clemson; 16. Arizona; 17. Georgia; 18. Auburn; 19. Kentucky; 20. BYU; 21. Boise State; 22. Kansas; 23. Texas A&M; 24. Villanova; 25. Liberty.
