This past weekend the Friars traveled to Greensboro N.C., on the campus of North Carolina A&T, for the 2009 NCAA East Regional Championships. The top five athletes in each event get an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville Arkansas. Then seven to eight athletes will be selected from the Men’s and Women’s eligible descending order list of athletes who have finished in the top 12 of their event in their region. Providence College traveled down to Greensboro with eight student-athletes, three women and five men.
In the Women’s meet Hannah Davidson finished 10th overall in the 3000m steeple with a time of 10:35.29, since she was in the top 12, her time on the descending order list projects her to qualify, announcements will be made on Tuesday June 2nd. Danette Doetzel finished 9th in the 5k with a time of 16:25.67 but will be competing in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships.
In the Men’s meet David McCarthy won his heat in a time of 3:43.56 and then went on to win the final in a time of 3:41.37. Both times were facility records and he becomes the second male PC athlete to win the regional title. Hayden McLaren also qualified for the finals finishing fourth in his heat and 12th overall in a time of 3:48.24. Charlie Dewey finished 2nd in his heat in a time of 1:50.57 but did not make the finals. With many heats, only winners of heats made finals for the 800m and the winner of Charlie’s heat ended up going on to win the regional title.
Up next for the Friars is the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville Arkansas.
PC athletes expected to compete are:
Danette Doetzel – 10,000m
Hannah Davidson – 3000m Steeple
David McCarthy – 1500m
Regionals Meet Results: http://durhamstriders.com/09ncaaregional/
Declared Athletes for NCAA (Announced June 2):
Men: http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1moutF.txt
Women: http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1woutF.txt
