NCAA West Regional Live Blog: Day 1
Another meet, another school record goes down, but would you have expected it to me the women’s 100m hurdles record? Brianne Theisen ran 13.56 in the first preliminary heat to break Lexie Miller (Beck)’s 1981 record of 13.67. Theisen, who qualified for tomorrow’s final, only finished fourth in a very fast heat.
Cyrus Hostetler continues to rack up individual titles, though the distance isn’t ideal for the gravity of the meet. Hostetler’s fifth throw traveled 239 feet, 8 inches, besting Boise State’s Pontus Thomee by five inches. USC thrower Corey White, whose duel with Hostetler at the Pac-10 Championships was one of the early meet highlights, finished third with a throw of 237-7.
Alex Wolff finished fourth after throwing 233-5 on his fifth attempt. Oregon’s Britton Nelson threw 200-3 to finish outside the top 10.
Oregon jumper Vernell Warren hit a personal-best mark in the long jump on his fifth attempt, jumping 25 feet even to finish in third place, his spot at nationals secure. Vernell came into the regional ranked ninth in the long jump but got some help from the wind, blowing at 3.7 meters per second (non-legal).
Also, Oregon hurdler David Klech is nowhere to be seen for his 400m hurdles preliminary race. Klech finished a disappointing fourth in his heat at the Pac-10 Championships, and these may be linked.
Melissa Gergel wanted to prove that her Pac-10 Championship clearance of 14 feet, 2 inches was “no fluke”, and she did just that today, winning the pole vault competition with a clearance of 14-1 1/2.
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