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Wiggins, White post disappointing
finishes at NCAA national meet
Wiggins misses finals by .04 seconds |
by Hugh Kellenberger
Editor-In-Chief
Just four one-hundredths of a second separated Ernest Wiggins from
the Men’s 100 meter finals at the NCAA Division I Outdoor
Track & Field Championships Thursday.
Wiggins finished 12th overall at the meet, held on the campus of
the University of Texas at Austin.
His 10.24 seconds time put him fourth in the third and final heat.
Tyson Gay of the University of Arkansas won not only Wiggins’
heat but also the finals with a stadium record time of 10.06 seconds.
Wiggins also finished behind Jonathon Brown of Western Kentucky
University and Demi Omole of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Michael Frater of Texas Christian University took the last spot
in the preliminaries, running the 100 meters in 10.20 seconds.
Frater would finish second in the finals, just eight one-thousands
of a second behind Gay.
Ronda White also participated in the nationals meet. She finished
12th in her flight of the triple jump competition.
Her best jump was 12.68 meters, or 41-07.25 feet.
She finished 21st overall in her last collegiate meet, ahead of
Undine Becker of Stanford University but behind Colleen Ramharak
of Kent State University.
Ineta Radevica of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln won the
event, defending her title with a 13.87 meter top jump.
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