22NCAA-Indoor-conference

Lions set for conference championships south of the border

by linkinbioUniversity

It’s conference championship weekend south of the border. To help you keep track of what’s going on this weekend, we’ve amalgamated all the relevant information for you below.

Lauren Gale (Colorado State University)
Mountain West Conference Championship
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Events: 200m, 400m, 4x400m
PB: 23.08 (200m), 51.56 (400m)

Live Results: https://rt.trackscoreboard.com/meets/22522/events
Live Stream: https://themw.com/watch/ or Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV or Roku

Schedule

400m Heats – Friday 4:30pm Eastern
200m Heats – Friday 6:00pm Eastern
400m Final – Saturday 1:50pm Eastern (*pending qualification)
200m Final – Saturday 2:50pm Eastern (*pending qualification)
4x400m Final – Saturday 3:50pm Eastern

NOTES: Lauren is the two time defending MW Conference indoor 400m champion

Keira Christie-Galloway (Arizona State University)
Pac-12 Invitational
Seattle, Washington

Events: 60m, 60m Hurdles
PB:  8.07 (60m), 8.17 (60m Hurdles)

Live Results: https://live.pntfo.com/meets/10807
Live Stream: https://pac-12-indoor-invitational.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=14424&do=videos&video_id=321252#

Schedule
60m Hurdles Heats – Friday 7:30pm Eastern
60m Heats – Friday 8:00pm Eastern
60m Hurdles Final – Saturday 2:00pm Eastern (*pending qualification)
60m Final – Saturday 3:35pm Eastern (*pending qualification)

Tommy Nedow (Southeastern Louisiana)
Southland Conference Championships
Birmingham, Alabama

Events: Shot put, Weight throw
PB: 16.93m (Shot Put), 17.90m (Weight Throw)

Live Results: http://xpresstiming.com/Live/2022/Indoor/Southland/
Live Stream: http://southlanddigitialnetwork.com/

Schedule
Weight Throw: Sunday 7:00pm Eastern
Shot Put Final: Monday 2:00pm Eastern

Kevin Robertson (Syracuse)
Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
Blacksburg, Virginia

Events: 3000m, DMR
PB: 8:08.97 (3000m)

Live Results: https://results.flashresults.com/2022_02-24_ACC/index.htm
Live Stream: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=7e6b90f8-2490-4ea6-94eb-1948fe276e4b (Saturday 12:55pm Eastern)

Schedule
DMR: 9th 9:53.64 (Kevin split 4:08.49 for 1600m)
3000m: Saturday 3:55pm Eastern

Sharelle Samuel (Harvard)
Ivy League Heptagonal Championships
New York, NY

Events: 500m, DMR
PB: 1:14.61 (500m)

Live Results: https://results.armorytrack.com/meets/11222
Live Stream: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/catalog/edb3a386-604c-341a-ba4a-b7b7e44d41a7/track-and-field#bucketId=29794&sourceCollection=Browse_By_Sport_New

Schedule

500m Heats: Saturday 12:45pm Eastern
500m Final: Sunday 12:00pm Eastern (*pending qualification)
DMR: Sunday 2:15pm Eastern

Note: Sharelle is the defending indoors Heps 500 metre silver medalist

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Bishop-Nriagu smashes Club record in 1500 metres

by InternationallinkinbioUniversity

Melissa Bishop-Nriagu concluded her US tour of meets on a high note Saturday, running a blazing time of four minutes and 4.42 seconds for 1500 metres at the Sound Running Track Meet in Irvine, California, to smash her personal best and Club record. The time was nearly a full five second improvement on her previous record of 4:09.36, set in 2019 and equaled earlier this spring, as well as being just 22 hundredths off the Olympic standard for the event.

The two time Olympian looked at home in Saturday’s race despite only running the distance six times over her career. As the gun went off, Bishop-Nriagu pushed right to the lead pack as they made their way around the oval at Crean Lutheren High School. With the field hitting the bell lap in about three minutes flat, the Eganville native found herself about eight tenths back in ninth place. However, she put her 800 metre speed to great use, producing the third fastest final lap, 63.51 seconds, to navigate her way up to fifth to finish just behind 2017 steeplechase World Champion, Emma Coburn.

On the collegiate side of things, Lauren Gale continued her winning ways in the 400 metres at the Mountain West Conference Championship. Fresh off Friday night’s Club record at 200 metres, the Colorado State junior put some of that speed to great use in the one lap race, running to a personal best 52.22 seconds. This was Gale’s fourth straight Mountain West title at 400 metres, having swept the indoor and outdoor titles as a freshman, and taking the victory indoors in 2020. Due to COVID-19, the conference did not host an outdoor championship in 2020 or an indoor championship in 2021. In her 200 metre final, Gale produced the third fastest time of her career, 23.77 seconds, to place sixth overall.

In other conference championship action, Tommy Nedow placed fourth in the Southland Conference shot put with a best of 16.16 metres. Nedow will wrap up his championship today with the discus throw, where he enters ranked second. At the PAC-12 Championships in Los Angeles, Keira Christie-Galloway just missed a spot in the 100 metre hurdle final, finishing ninth overall in 13.75 seconds.

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Gale sets 200 metre record at Mountain West Championships

by linkinbioUniversity

Conference championship weekend south of the border has gotten off to a blazing start for Lauren Gale. The Colorado State junior laid down a blistering time of 23.15 seconds to take second place in her 200 metre semi-final. The time eclipses Farah Jacques Club record of 23.21 seconds set five years ago and also betters Ashley Purnell’s Club Under 23 mark of 23.28 seconds set at the 2002 World U20 Championships. Gale’s also broke the Colorado State record with her performance.

Running out of lane six, in the second of three semi-final heats, Gale shot out of the blocks, overtaking the two runners to her outside runners by the time they hit 60 metres. As she entered the straight-away, University of Nevada Las Vegas senior Cassondra Hall had a couple metres on Gale. Hall would hold to victory with Gale narrowing the gap as the pair hit the line.

In Gale’s other semi-final run, the 400 metres, the contest wasn’t remotely as close. As a three time conference champion indoors and outdoors as well as holding the top time in the conference, Gale’s victory was not a surprise. However, the authority with which she dominated the race was impressive. Running in lane seven, she made up the stagger within 15 steps and was nearly 15 metres clear of the field at the 150 metre mark. After hitting the 200 metre mark in 24.6 seconds, she would cross the line in 52.73, more than two and a half seconds up on second place.

Gale will have a busy final day with the finals of both the 200 (11:45pm eastern) and 400 (10:10pm eastern), but she is also slated to run on both the 4×100 and 4×400 metre relays for the Rams. You can watch all the action live on Mountain West TV.

At the Southland Conference Championships in Humble, Texas Tommy Nedow posted a top five performance in the hammer throw to garner four valuable points for his Southeastern Louisiana Lions. The Brockville native whipped the 16 pound hammer out to 54.61 metres Friday, just shy of his personal best set two weeks ago. Nedow will be back in action Saturday when he competes in the shot put where he will no doubt be looking repeat his victory from the indoor championship. He’ll wrap up his weekend with the discus throw Sunday.

Thursday night at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in Raleigh, North Carolina, Syracuse sophomore Kevin Robertson ran a personal best 3:50.60 to finish 27th overall. Robertson, who focused on the steeplechase in high school, has made great strides in the 1500 metres this season, dropping nearly six seconds from his best.