Jason Moore's fast time was good enough to get him to the NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet. |
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Charlotte Track and Field Sends Six to National Championships
May 29, 2007
Indianapolis, Ind. - The Charlotte 49ers grabbed a pair of at-large entries to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, increasing the number of participants to six that will go to Sacramento, California June 6-9. The NCAA released the participant lists today.
Jason Moore, by virtue of his 10.26-second time he ran at the Atlantic 10 Championships, has received an at-large entry in the men's 100m dash next weekend. Moore will join four other Niners at the National Championships.
Courtney Patterson grabbed an at-large spot with her 100m time of 11.55 seconds in her preliminary race at the University of Florida last weekend. It was her fastest time of the season and was good for an at-large berth to the Championships.
Shareese Woods qualified for the 100m and 200m dashes, but will focus only on the 200m event. She was second at the region meet with a school-record time of 23.09 seconds in the 200m and was fourth in the 100m, running at 11.66 seconds. Woods set the previous 200m school record, 23.11 seconds, last year at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Aja Jackson finished fifth in Florida to qualify for the championship meet, with a school-record time of 2:06.76 in the 800m dash finals.
Sharonda Johnson will head to her second outdoor championship with a region fifth-place finish in the triple jump. She posted a season-long 13.06m (42' 10.25") distance in the event and will try for her second All-America award in the event for the outdoor season.
Pat Springs became the first Niner woman to qualify for the Outdoor National Championship meet in the long jump, when she tied the school-record, set by Tawanna Norman in 2005, on her first jump at the region meet, leaping 6.28m (20' 7.25") for a fifth place finish.
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The Niners head West on Monday to start competition on Wednesday in Sacramento for the four-day event.
