May 30, 2003
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State track and field team completed first-day action at the NCAA West Region Championships Saturday at Stanford with several Sun Devils earning a spot in the NCAA Championship meet it two weeks. In the women's team race, host Stanford has opened up a commanding lead, accumulating 45 points, while the Sun Devils hold a slight edge for second place with 16 points. On the men's side, the Sun Devils are in a tie for 18th with one point while Stanford is the leader with 46.
Tiffany Greer, two weeks after claiming her third Pac-10 Championship title in the long jump with a 6.36m jump, duplicated her winning performance with a regional title at the same distance. Porchea Carroll leaped to eighth place with a 5.85m jump while Tinishia Johnson claimed 10th with a jump of 5.79m.
On the track, several Sun Devils turned in stellar times. Seneca Holmes finished second in the third heat of the 100m hurdles with a blistering 13.31 to set a new personal record and move into the No. 4 all-time spot in Arizona State history. Holmes enters the finals with the sixth-fastest time. Dan Maher, though he fell just shy of qualifying for the Sunday finals, ran his fastest time of the year in the preliminaries of the 1,500m run at 3:48.47.
The men and women fared well in the 5,000m run, the only running events contested as finals. For the women, Jessica Scalzo finished out of the qualifying range with a 12th-place finish (17:01.53). On the men's side, Fasil Bizuneh clocked in at 14:02.91 to place eighth and earn the only team point for the men so far in the competition.
In a set up for Sunday, the women's 4x100m relay (first), Luiz Mello (sixth in the 100m dash) have all qualified for the finals and will need to place in the Top 5 of their respective races to advance to the NCAA Championships.
The NCAA West Region Championship meets concludes Saturday with finals in all running events as well as eight field events.
2003 NCAA West Region Championships
Palo Altos, Calif. - Stanford
Day 1 Results (ASU ONLY)
Number listed prior to name is overall placement
FIELD EVENTS (finals only today)
Men's Hammer
21. Travis Jones 53.74m (176-4)
Women's Javelin 26. Becky Holley 37.55m (123-2)
Women's Shot Put 19. Julia Pedersen 13.96m (45-9.75)
Women's Long Jump 1. Tiffany Greer 6.36m (20-10.50) 8. Porchea Carroll 5.85m (19-02.50) 10. Tinishia Johnson 5.79m (19-00.00)
Men's High Jump -- Casey Clark no height
Men's Discus 21. Travis Jones 49.65m (162-11) 23. Vince Mosca 48.31m (158-06) 27. Jason Kravitz 44.73m (146-09)
RUNNING EVENTS (preliminaries only, except for 5K races) Women's 4x100m Relay 1. Arizona State 44.45 (1st in heat 1) qualifies for finals
Men's 1,500m Run 13. Dan Maher 3:48.47 (5th in heat 2) does not qualify for finals
Women's 100m Hurdles 6. Seneca Holmes 13.31 (2nd in heat 2) qualifies for finals
Women's 400m Dash 2. Cassandra Reed 53.24 (3rd in heat 2) 9. Joni Smith 54.47 (1st in heat 3) both qualify for finals
Men's 400m Dash 2. Jason Barton 46.87 (1st in heat 4) 4. Seth Amoo 47.52 (1st in heat 3) qualifies for finals 12. Steve Fitch 47.78 (4th in heat 4) 17. Lewis Banda 48.70 (5th in heat 1) do not qualify for finals
Women's 100m Dash 7. Porchea Carroll 11.70 (3rd in heat 2) qualifies for finals
Men's 100m Dash 6. Luiz Mello 10.58 (2nd in heat 2) qualifies for finals
Men's 800m Run 8. Jeff Dodge 1:50.45 (4th in heat 2) qualifies for finals
Women's 5,000m Run 4. Desiree Davila 16:27.59 12. Jessica Scalzo 17:01.53
Men's 5,000m Run 8. Fasil Bizuneh 14:02.91 16. Roger Cahill 14:25.00
TEAM SCORING Women's Top 5 1. Stanford 45 2. Arizona State 16 3. UCLA 14 4. USC 13 5. Oregon 11 After field events and 5,000m run
Men's Top 5 1. Stanford 46 2. UCLA 26 3. USC 23 4. Arizona 14 Oregon 14 18. Arizona State 1 After field events and 5,000m run