Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Bayer Gave It His All For NCAA 1500 Title
June 9, 2012
Like it often does, the 1500-meter final at the 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, turned into a kicker’s race.
German Fernandez of Oklahoma State led a close-knit pack through 1100 meters, as first (Fernandez) through 12th place (Sam McEntee of Villanova) was separated by just 0.85 seconds. Comparatively, it was 0.98 seconds at 300 meters and 1.01 seconds at 700.
Miles Batty of BYU made the first move at the bell. Batty, who set the collegiate indoor mile record at the NYRR Millrose Games in February, had Andrew Bayer of Indiana right with him.