Day 1 Wrap Up 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championshps

Torrential rains greet athletes to the northwest

Eugene, Oregon-Wednesday played into every stereotype of northwest weather. Athletes were met by cold weather in the 50’s and heavy rains during the first day of NCAA competition.

Unexpected Events
There are three sights that few would have predicted they would ever see at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

That the women’s 800m final would be without BYU’s Lacy Cramer. The 2010 NCAA 800m indoor champion did not make the cut to the finals finishing last in her heat running 2:15:92.  And 2009 runner up in the men’s 100 meters, Ahmad Rashad was charged with a false start, failing to make the 100m finals.  The USC senior was expected by many to place high and contend to win the race.  Lastly, Gabby Mayo injured her quadriceps muscle after the West regional meet and coach Pat Henry made the call to not run the hurdler and relay runner.

Field Events
Arizona State’s senior Ryan Whiting is cementing a career that will go down as one of the greatest in NCAA history.  Winning the NCAA men’s discus title with a 193 feet, 9 inches goes a long way completing that mission.

Going into the competition it would not look to be an easy feat with Kansas freshman sensation Mason Finley throwing so well during the later stages of the season, however Whiting prevailed in the end.

Junior Amber Kaufman of Hawaii managed  to win the high jump with a leap of 6-feet-1 ¼ inches.  Finishing second was Arizona senior Elizabeth Patterson with a jump of 6-0.

Southern Illinois sophomore Jeneva McCall won the discuss Wednesday with a throw 54.98 meters.

Going the distance…
Lisa Koll won the 10,000 meters by a jaw dropping twenty four seconds in 32 minutes, 49.35 seconds ahead of teammate sophomore Betsy Saina who was second.

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