June 2, 2009
College Station - Texas A&M track and field, double Midwest Region team champions for the second consecutive year, will have a practice session on Wednesday evening that is open to the public.
Starting at 7 p.m. the Aggie squad that has qualified for the NCAA Championships, to be held June 10-13, will have a practice session at the Frank G. Anderson Track and Field complex, which is located across the street from Olson Field.
NCAA Championship Field
A total of six Texas A&M track and field athletes and a women's relay were added to the NCAA Championship field on Tuesday through at-large selections for those competitors who finished among the top 12 during the region meets held this past weekend.
Competing with the slew of automatic qualifiers the Aggies earned during the Midwest Region will be Christina Munoz (10,000), Angela Thomas (triple jump), Sandy Wooten, Jessica Beard, Tiffany Singleton, Brittany Machacek).
Following are the entries for Texas A&M into the national meet and where they are seeded based on season best marks:
Women (17 positions, 16 athletes, 10 events)
100:
3. Porscha Lucas 11.12
=4. Gabby Mayo 11.13
200:
2. Porscha Lucas 22.72
=15. Dominique Duncan 23.36
400:
1. Jessica Beard 51.24
10,000:
22. Christina Munoz 34:29.38
100 Hurdles:
4. Gabby Mayo 12.96
7. Vashti Thomas 13.05
4x100:
1. Texas A&M 42.80 Khyrstal Carter, Lucas, Duncan, Mayo
4x400:
11. Texas A&M 3:34.01 Sandy Wooten, Beard, Tiffany Singleton, Brittany Machacek
Long Jump:
=20. Ashika Charan 6.32 20-9
Triple Jump:
3. Yasmine Regis 13.75 45-1.5
13. Ashika Charan 13.29 43-7.25
16. Tiffany Peters 13.23 43-5
=18. Angela Thomas 13.16 43-2.25
Javelin:
11. Laura Asimakis 52.74 173-0
23. Emalie Humphreys 49.10 161-1
Men (15 positions, 12 athletes, 9 events)
100:
=6. Gerald Phiri 10.13
200:
2. Chris Dykes 20.43
7. Gerald Phiri 20.53
400:
=5. Justin Oliver 45.34
9. Bryan Miller 45.57
110 Hurdles:
9. De'Lon Isom 13.62
4x100:
3. Texas A&M 38.79 Tran Howell, Phiri, Dykes, Oliver
4x400:
5. Texas A&M 3:02.87 Kyle Dykhuizen, Oliver
Long Jump:
2. Julian Reid 8.04 26-4.5
11. Tyron Stewart 7.81 25-7.5
Triple Jump:
2. Julian Reid 16.76 55-0
3. Tyron Stewart 16.56 54-4
9. Zuheir Sharif 16.27 53-4.5
17. Melvin Echard 15.99 52-5.5
Decathlon:
5. Trinity Otto 7655