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Tulsa Has Five Track Athletes Competing at NCAA Track Championship
6/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
June 9, 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas - Three University of Tulsa women's track athletes will compete on the first day of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track Championships at John McDonnell Field.
A total of five Tulsa athletes will compete at the NCAA event this year. It is the most athletes to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in school history. Tulsa sent three athletes in 2000 and 2007.
Senior April Montgomery in the 400m hurdles and sophomore Jennifer Mace in the 400 meters will compete in first round events on Wednesday, while senior Alex Becker will compete in the 5,000 meters as well.
On Thursday, Tulsa's men will begin competition as Justin Duncan will participate in the 1,500 meters, while sophomore John Beattie will run in the finals of the 10,000 meters. In addition, Becker will compete in the women's 10,000m final in the second-to-last event on Thursday night.
At the NCAA regional, three Tulsa runners qualified for the national event as Montgomery placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a new personal-best mark of 58.71, which was also the second-best time in program history. Mace ran a personal-best time of 53.46 to finish fifth in the 400m finals, advancing to the NCAA Championships. The mark is also the second-fastest time in school history. Duncan finished fourth at the regional in the 1,500m finals with a personal-best time of 3:46.73.
Beattie and Becker each qualified earlier in the year for the NCAA Championship.
Tulsa Competitors at NCAA ChampionshipWednesday April Montgomery - women's 400m hurdles (1st round) at 6:30 pm Jennifer Mace - women's 400 meters (1st round) at 7 pm Alex Becker - women's 5,000 meters (semifinal) at 8:40 pm
Thursday *April Montgomery - women's 400m hurdles (semifinal) at 6:45 pm Justin Duncan - men's 1,500 meters (semifinal) at 8:10 pm Alex Becker - women's 10,000 meters (final) at 8:55 pm John Beattie - men's 10,000 meters (final) at 9:45 pm
Friday *Jennifer Mace - women's 400 meters (semifinal) at 7:15 pm *April Montgomery - women's 400m hurdles (final) at 7:55 pm *Alex Becker - women's 5,000 meters (final) at 8:15 pm
Saturday *Jennifer Mace - women's 400 meters (final) at 7:15 pm *Justin Duncan - men's 1,500 meters (semifinal) at 1:21 pm
*indicates if advanced from the previous round
