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NCAA Outdoor Championships
Blaase, Brown, Majors Shine on Day 2 of NCAAs
June 10, 2016 | Track & Field
EUGENE, Ore. -- Chelsea Blaase earned her sixth-straight All-American honors and Felicia Brown, Felecia Majors and Tennessee's 4x100 advanced to finals on Thursday at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Fields.
Blaase took fifth place with a time of 32:49.03 in a very fast women's 10,000-meter final. She ran with the front pack for the entire race and earned First Team All-American honors as a top-eight finisher. Blaase has earned All-American honors in six-straight sport seasons and seven overall (2014 indoor, 2014 cross country, 2015 indoor, 2015 outdoor, 2015 cross country, 2016 indoor, 2016 outdoor).
Brown advanced to Saturday's women's 200-meter final with the No. 3 semifinal time of 22.68 (-0.5). Tennessee has never had a national champion in the women's outdoor 200 meters. Brown also finished 10th in the women's 100-meter semifinals with a time of 11.37 (+1.3), becoming UT's first women's 100-meter All-American since 2008 (Lynne Lane & Jeneba Tarmoh). She has earned All-American accolades in six sport seasons (2013 outdoor, 2014 indoor, 2014 outdoor, 2015 outdoor, 2016 indoor, 2016 outdoor).
Majors ran 52.29 in the women's 400-meter semifinals to punch her ticket to Saturday's final with the seventh-best time. She has now earned All-American honors in four sport seasons (2014 indoor, 2014 outdoor, 2016 indoor, 2016 outdoor). Tennessee's only NCAA champion in the outdoor 400 meters is DeeDee Trotter, who won in 2004 in 50.32.
Tennessee's women's 4x100 of Brown, Kali Davis-White, Majors and Maia McCoy ran the seventh-fastest time in the semifinals with a 43.66 to advance to Saturday's final. This is UT's first women's 4x100 to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championship final since 2009 when the quartet of Celriece Law, Ashley Harris, Ellen Wortham and Lynne Layne took seventh place in 44.05.
UT's women's 4x400 of Lenysse Dyer, Layla White, Davis-White and Majors ran 3:32.88, finishing 10th.
Davis-White finished 21st in the 200-meter semifinals with a time of 23.69 (+0.3).
In the women's shot put, Cassie Wertman placed 16th with a throw of 16.28m (53-5) on her first throw.
Maria Jimenez was 22nd in the women's javelin with a throw of 46.88m (153-10) on her first throw.
The Tennessee men are back in action on Friday with Christian Coleman running in the 100-meter and 200-meter finals and Nathan Strother competing in the 400-meter final. Friday's Day 3 of the NCAA Championships will feature an ESPN broadcast starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Below are Tennessee's results and full schedule of competition for the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. All times listed are Pacific Time.
NCAA CHAMPION: Jake Blankenship (men's pole vault)
ADVANCING TO FRIDAY'S MEN'S FINALS: Christian Coleman (100m, 200m), Nathan Strother (400m)
ADVANCING TO SATURDAY'S WOMEN'S FINALS: Felicia Brown (200m), Felecia Majors (400m), Tennessee 4x100
NCAA Championships Schedule
Wednesday, June 8
Men's 4x100 Semifinal - Tennessee - (Mustaqeem Williams, Christian Coleman, Malik Elion, Nathan Strother), DQ
Men's Pole Vault Final - 1. Jake Blankenship, 5.60m (18-4.50)
Men's 100m Semifinal - 2. Christian Coleman, 10.03sr (+1.6)
Men's 400m Semifinal - 1. Nathan Strother, 45.07
Men's 200m Semifinal - 3. Christian Coleman, 20.32 (+0.3); 12. Mustaqeem Williams, 20.73 (-0.2)
Men's 4x400 Semifinal - 8. Tennessee (Ari Cogdell, Mustaqeem Williams, Darryl Harris, Nathan Strother), 3:05.21
Thursday, June 9
Women's 4x100 Semifinal: 7. Tennessee (Felicia Brown, Kali Davis-White, Felecia Majors, Maia McCoy), 43.66
Women's Javelin Throw Final: 22. Maria Jimenez, 46.88m (153-10 )
Women's 100m Semifinal: 10. Felicia Brown, 11.37 (+1.3)
Women's 400m Semifinal: 7. Felecia Majors, 52.29
Women's Shot Put Final: 16. Cassie Wertman, 16.28m (53-5)
Women's 200m Semifinal: 3. Felicia Brown, 22.68 (-0.5); 21. Kali Davis-White, 23.69 (+0.3)
Women's 10,000m Final: 5. Chelsea Blaase, 32:49.03
Women's 4x400 Semifinal: 10. Tennessee (Lenysse Dyer, Layla White, Kali Davis-White, Felecia Majors), 3:32.88
Friday, June 10
Men's 100m Final - 6:22 p.m. PT: Christian Coleman
Men's 400m Final - 6:32 p.m. PT: Nathan Strother
Men's 200m Final - 7:07 p.m. PT: Christian Coleman
Saturday, June 11
Women's 4x100 Final - 3:32 p.m. PT: Tennessee
Women's 400m Final - 4:32 p.m. PT: Felecia Majors
Women's 200m Final -5:07 p.m. PT: Felicia Brown
Women's 5,000m Final - 5:25 p.m. PT: Chelsea Blaase
