University of Tennessee Athletics
Bowman, Tyson Secure NCAA Auto Times
February 02, 2008 | Women's Track
Complete Results??
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Junior Sarah Bowman and senior Cleo Tyson recorded automatic NCAA qualifying times Saturday afternoon, headlining a productive showing by the second-ranked University of Tennessee women???s track & field team on the final day of the Rod McCravy Memorial at Nutter Field House.
Bowman, from Warrenton, Va., made her 2008 individual debut by crushing the field in the mile run and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the process. Her career-best readout of 4:37.86 was good enough for a victory margin of more than 10 seconds over her nearest competitor and it ranks her No. 1 in the NCAA this season, supplanting the previous 4:38.22 mark of Michigan???s Nicole Edwards.
The effort by Bowman also was the fastest mile time by a Lady Vol in 21 years. Only Alisa Harvey ran faster, logging efforts of 4:35.25 and 4:36.99, respectively, in 1986 and 1987. Bowman is the defending SEC champion in both the mile and 3000 meters and with UT???s distance medley relay quartet.
Two other Lady Vols also took part in the mile run and registered career bests. It was freshman Brittany Sheffey (Bellport, N.Y.) taking fifth, just off the provisional mark of 4:48 in 4:49.07, while junior Rolanda Bell (Laurelton, N.Y.) was 10th at 4:53.40.
Tyson, meanwhile, rocketed down the straightaway in a fleet 7.25 seconds to win heat one and post the fastest time in the nation in the prelims of the 60m dash. After the Huntsville, Texas, product punched her ticket to the NCAA meet in Fayetteville, Ark., on March 14-15 with that performance, the UT coaching staff opted not to run her in the final. Florida???s Lakecia Ealey clocked a 7.27 in the final to claim victory, but Tyson???s time stood as the fastest of the meet as well as in the collegiate ranks this season.
Along with Tyson???s showing, sophomore Lynne Layne (New Rochelle, N.Y.) pushed her body down the track in a provisional 7.38 to scrap for fourth place against a very talented 60m field. Freshman Jeneba Tarmoh (San Jose, Calif.) was a respectable sixth in a provisional 7.42, while senior LaTonya Loche (Bastrop, La.) was 11th in 7.55 after logging a season-best 7.47 in the prelims. Layne also leaped 19 feet, 1 1/4 inches to snag runner-up honors in the long jump.
???It???s very good to see Cleo on track with a great mark in the 60,??? UT Head Coach J.J. Clark said. ???She looked very good and put a mark on the board to contend with at the NCAA meet. Sarah was trying to get in the 4:40 range today and did so very convincingly from wire to wire. She also posted a time that will stack up favorably in Fayetteville.???
Junior Katie Van Horn (Glendora, N.J.) came through with the top performance of the day in the 3000 meters, winning the race in a career-best 9:35.97. Van Horn came up just shy of the NCAA provisional barrier of 9:34.
Bowman came back later in the day to notch a provisional, finish as the second collegian and take fourth overall in the 800m in 2:07.32. Her debut mark left her third in the nation in that event. Sheffey was 10th at 2:10.77.
After taking sixth in the 60m earlier in the day, Tarmoh returned later with a third-place showing in the 200m. Her season-topping 23.91 report was just off the provisional mark of 23.90. Loche came in fifth at 24.12.
In the 60m hurdles, junior Celriece Law (Denver, Colo.) came up just shy of the provisional standard, carding a fifth-place finish with a season best of 8.45. Sophomore Leigh Ann Burton (Atlanta, Ga.), meanwhile, charted back-to-back PRs, improving to 8.71 in the final to wind up 10th.
For the first time in her brief collegiate career, UT freshman Annie Alexander (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) was not the victor. After winning her first two shot put competitions this season, the Big Orange rookie came out fifth against the field at this meet with an NCAA provisional heave of 51-11 1/4. Senior Shanna Dickenson (Cincinnati, Ohio) was 14th at 44-11 1/2, while classmate Amara McKell (Nashville, Tenn.) was 15th at 43-9 3/4.
In the 400 meters, middle distance runners sophomore Phoebe Wright (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and junior Kimarra McDonald (Lumberton, N.J.) worked on their speed and posted career-best clockings. Wright improved her PR from 58.08 to 55.80 and wound up 12th, while McDonald lowered her mark from 57.82 to 56.57 to snag 17th.
???We had several PRs and provisionals today, and we made the first step of taking provisionals to autos,??? Clark said. ???We still have a lot of work to do. We???re just going to keep moving ahead and staying on task.???
Tennessee returns to action next weekend, as the Lady Vols travel to Blacksburg, Va., to compete in the Virginia Tech Challenge at Rector Field House on Feb. 8-9.
| FRIDAY, FEB. 1 | ||
| EVENT (NCAA DIV. I QUALIFYING MARKS)?? | ||
| Wt. Throw (Auto: 21.00, Prov: 18.75) 6:00 p.m. | ||
| 4th | Shanna Dickenson | 60-8.75/18.51m |
| 21st | Taylor Rotella | 41-4.50/12.61m |
| Pole Vault (Auto: 4.20, Prov: 3.95) 6:00 p.m. | ||
| 2nd | Alicia Essex | 12-7.50/3.85m |
| 14th | Katie O???Connell | 10-8/3.25m! |
| 15th | Jennifer Lewellen | 10-2/3.10m |
| SATURDAY, FEB. 2?? | ||
| EVENT (NCAA DIV. I QUALIFYING MARKS)?? | ||
| Shot Put (Auto: 16.90, Prov: 15.20) 10:30 a.m.?? | ||
| 5th | Annie Alexander | 51-11.25/15.83m+ |
| 14th | Shanna Dickenson | 44-11.50/13.70m |
| 15th | Amara McKell | 43-9.75/13.35m |
| Long Jump (Auto: 6.35, Prov: 6.10) 10:30 a.m. | ||
| 2nd | Lynne Layne | 19-1.25/5.82m |
| nm | Celriece Law | |
| 60mH Prelims (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 12:30 p.m. | ||
| Adv. | Celriece Law | 8.52p/2nd, ht. 4 (5th) |
| Adv. | Leigh Ann Burton | 8.74p!/4th, ht. 2 (10th |
| 60m Prelims (Auto: 7.26; Prov: 7.44) 12:50 p.m. | ||
| Adv. | Cleo Tyson | 7.25p*/1st, ht. 1 (1st) |
| Adv. | Lynne Layne | 7.41p+/1st, ht. 6 (5th) |
| Adv. | Jeneba Tarmoh | 7.45p/1st, ht. 5 (7th) |
| Adv. | LaTonya Loche | 7.47p/2nd, ht. 2 (9th) |
| 31st | Janea Grimes | 7.94p!/6th, ht. 3 (31st) |
| 32nd | Leigh Ann Burton | 7.96p!/5th, ht. 4 (32nd) |
| Mile (Auto: 4:40.00; Prov: 4:48.00)^ 1:15 p.m. | ||
| 1st | Sarah Bowman | 4:37.86!*^ |
| 5th | Brittany Sheffey | 4:49.07!^ |
| 10th | Rolanda Bell | 4:53.40!^ |
| 60mH Final (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 1:55 p.m. | ||
| 5th | Celriece Law | 8.45 |
| 10th | Leigh Ann Burton | 8.71! |
| 60m Final (Auto: 7.26; Prov: 7.44) 2:00 p.m. | ||
| 4th | Lynne Layne | 7.38+ |
| 6th | Jeneba Tarmoh | 7.42+ |
| 11th | LaTonya Loche | 7.55 |
| dnr | Cleo Tyson | |
| 400m (Auto: 52.40, Prov: 54.40)^ 2:15 p.m. | ||
| 12th | Phoebe Wright | 55.80!^ |
| 17th | Kimarra McDonald | 56.57!^ |
| 800m (Auto: 2:05.00, Prov: 2:09.00)^ 3:00 p.m. | ||
| 4th | Sarah Bowman | 2:07.32+^ |
| 7th | Brittany Sheffey | 2:10.77^ |
| 31st | Tyler Barnes | 2:22.92!^ |
| 35th | Kim White | 2:26.53!^ |
| 39th | Jena??? Murphy | 2:32.74!^ |
| 200m (Auto: 23.20, Prov: 23.90)^ 3:35 p.m. | ||
| 3rd | Jeneba Tarmoh | 23.91^ |
| 5th | LaTonya Loche | 24.12^ |
| 23rd | Celriece Law | 25.32!^ |
| 32nd | Kimarra McDonald | 25.98!^ |
| 35th | Phoebe Wright | 26.07!^ |
| 36th | Janea Grimes | 26.23!^ |
| 39th | Leigh Ann Burton | 26.82^ |
| 3000m (Auto: 9:15.00, Prov: 9:34.00)^ 4:15 p.m. | ||
| 1st | Katie Van Horn | 9:35.97!^ |
| 4x400mR (Auto: 3:33.00, Prov: 3:40.00)^ 4:50 p.m. | ||
| 13th | Kimarra McDonald/Phoebe Wright/Rolanda Bell/Jena??? Murphy | 3:52.55^ |
| KEY | ||
| b - Banked Track Qualifying Standard, dnf - Did Not Finish, dnr - Did Not Run, f - Facility Record, fts - Flat Track Qualifying Standard, m - Meters, mr - meet Record, nm - No Mark Recorded, p - Prelims, s - School Record (Indoors), u - Undersized Track Qualifying Standard, * - NCAA Automatic Qualifier, + - NCAA Provisional Qualifier, ! - Personal Record (Indoors), ^ - Oversized Track Qualifying Standard | ||
