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NCAA Indoor National Championships
Young Earns All-American Honors; Finishes Ninth In 60-Meter Dash At NCAA Championships
03/10/2007 | Women's Track & Field
March 9, 2007
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Richmond sophomore Jessica Young ran a personal best and school record 7.32 seconds to tie for ninth in the country in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA National Indoor National Championships on Friday.
Young narrowly missed the finals, which included the eight fastest preliminary times, but she did earn NCAA All-American honors for finishing as one of the top-8 Americans in the event. She was the fifth fastest American in the 60 dash.
"She tied for ninth, so that just bumps out of the finals, but tying for ninth is obviously very impressive," Richmond women's coach Lori Taylor said. "We're very excited about her performance."
Young finished third in heat 1 and was just 0.03 seconds out of qualifying for the finals. The eighth spot in the finals was taken by University of Texas runner Chaunte Bayne (7.31).
"She ran a great race, that was her best performance of the season when it matters the most," Taylor said. "We're very excited for her. This was a great experience and opportunity for her and she just handled it like a very veteran. She handled it very well, that's what you want, especially in her first appearance in the National Championships."
The Columbia, S.C. native was seeded 16th out of 20 runners to qualify for the Nationals in the 60-meter dash. Her provisional qualifying time was 7.33.
Young, who won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in August, was the first Richmond athlete to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships since Josephine White in 1981. Young's teammate Lindsey Smith was the last Spider to make the NCAA Nationals, qualifying for the Outdoor Championships in 2005.
1 Kerron Stewart SR Auburn Jamaica 2 Courtney Champion JR Tennessee USA 3 Gloria Asumnu JR Tulane USA 4 Kelly Ann Baptiste JR LSU Trinidad 5 Simone Facey JR Texas A&M Jamaica 6 Sherry Fletcher JR LSU Grenada 7 Alexandria Anderson SO Texas USA 8 Chaunte Bayne SR Texas USA 9 Jessica Young SO Richmond USAFlash Results, Inc. NCAA Division I 2007 Indoor Championship Randal Tyson Track Center - Univ. of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR - 3/9/2007 to 3/10/2007
Event 17 Women 60 Meter Dash ================================================================ Three heats. Winner plus next 5 fastest advance to Final. American: 6.95 3/7/1998 Gail Devers - Marion Jones Collegiate: 7.09 3/11/2001 Angela Williams, Southern Cal NCAA Meet: 7.13 3/9/2002 Angela Williams, Southern Cal Tyson: 7.09 2/11/2005 Veronica Campbell, Adidas Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 1 Gloria Asumnu JR Tulane 7.22Q 2 Kelly Ann Baptiste JR LSU 7.25q 3 Jessica Young SO Richmond 7.32 4 Virgil Hodge JR Texas Christian 7.37 5 Samantha Henry FR LSU 7.40 -- Shalonda Solomon JR South Carolina FS Heat 2 1 Kerron Stewart SR Auburn 7.20Q 2 Simone Facey JR Texas A&M 7.29q 3 Oludamola Osayomi JR Texas-El Paso 7.32 4 Murielle Ahoure SO George Mason 7.34 5 Ebonie Floyd JR Houston 7.38 6 Yolanda Goff SR Oklahoma 7.39 7 Porscha Lucas FR Texas A&M 7.44 Heat 3 1 Courtney Champion JR Tennessee 7.21Q 2 Sherry Fletcher JR LSU 7.29q 3 Alexandria Anderson SO Texas 7.30q 4 Chaunte Bayne SR Texas 7.31q 5 Tracy Anne Rowe JR Auburn 7.33 6 Ashley Lodree SR Washington 7.46 7 Cleo Tyson JR Tennessee 7.52 =================================================================== Name Year School Prelims H# =================================================================== Preliminaries 1 Kerron Stewart SR Auburn 7.20Q 2 2 Courtney Champion JR Tennessee 7.21Q 3 3 Gloria Asumnu JR Tulane 7.22Q 1 4 Kelly Ann Baptiste JR LSU 7.25q 1 5 Simone Facey JR Texas A&M 7.29q 2 7.286 6 Sherry Fletcher JR LSU 7.29q 3 7.288 7 Alexandria Anderson SO Texas 7.30q 3 8 Chaunte Bayne SR Texas 7.31q 3 9 Jessica Young SO Richmond 7.32 1 7.315 10 Oludamola Osayomi JR Texas-El Paso 7.32 2 7.320 11 Tracy Anne Rowe JR Auburn 7.33 3 12 Murielle Ahoure SO George Mason 7.34 2 13 Virgil Hodge JR Texas Christian 7.37 1 14 Ebonie Floyd JR Houston 7.38 2 15 Yolanda Goff SR Oklahoma 7.39 2 16 Samantha Henry FR LSU 7.40 1 17 Porscha Lucas FR Texas A&M 7.44 2 18 Ashley Lodree SR Washington 7.46 3 19 Cleo Tyson JR Tennessee 7.52 3
