Dartmouth roundup: Zepf in 800-meter finals at NCAA East meet
Tim Zepf
Modified: 5/27/2021 10:26:54 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dartmouth College senior Tim Zepf has one more race to run . and maybe more after that.
The senior from Londonderry, N.H, and Trinity High School recorded a personal-best time on Wednesday to advance to the 800-meter run finals at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field East Regional meet at the University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium. Zepf won his first-round heat in 1 minute, 48.39 seconds, which is also the second-fastest time in school history for the distance.
Overall, Zepf was third in a field of 48 competitors across six sections in the Florida heat. Winning his race guaranteed Zepf an automatic clot in Friday’s quarterfinals, set for a 7:35 p.m. start.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kelechi Nwanaga and Sara Zabarino earned spots at the 2021 NCAA Track and Field Championships and six other Noles advanced to the next round to highlight day two at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds at The University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium.
“Really great day for the Ladies!” said head coach Bob Braman. “Well positioned to put a bunch of Nationals scorers on the plane. Fantastic Job by the lady speedsters in the 100-meter and 200-meter. Easy qualifier for Maudie, smooth and in control. The Javelin ladies were clutch again, looking for some fireworks in Eugene for these two.”
On their first javelin throw of the day, Nwanaga and Zabarino punched their tickets to the National meet. Nwanaga qualified with the mark of 53.33m and Zabarino with 52.35m.
On the track, Maudie Skyring was the first Seminole of the day to advance to the next round. As an automatic qualifier in the 1,500 meters out of heat four, she clocked in a time of 4:19.65.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State track and field senior standouts Eric Harrison and Anavia Battle have been named Big Ten track athletes of the week for their multiple-win performances last weekend in Jacksonville, Fla., at the Big Ten North Florida Invitational. The Big Ten Conference announced its weekly award winners today.
Harrison, from Washington, D.C., and St. John’s High School, had an absolutely terrific two-days in Florida, going unbeaten in four races. He qualified first in the 100-meter preliminaries on Friday. And then on Saturday, he won the 100 in a personal best time of 10.17, he won the 200 in a near-personal best time of 20.52 and he was on the victorious 4×100-meter relay team that won in 39.72 and included Kainnan Ramsey, Adrian Curry and Donnie James.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s track and field teams are in action this weekend in Jacksonville, Fla., at the Big Ten North Florida Invitational. The event, hosted by the University of Iowa at the University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium, features all of the Big Ten teams. North Florida will play host to the NCAA East Preliminaries in May.
The two-day event began Friday and will conclude Saturday evening.
Friday Results
This is a tremendously competitive field and similar to a Big Ten championship. Ohio State student-athletes came in with a total of 17 men’s and women’s outdoor wins earned at the meet last week at the University of Maryland, and they are off to a fine start in Florida. Some of the highlights: