NCAA DAY TWO RECAP: LR's Brown Breaks DII Record to Highlight SAC Athletes at Indoor Nationals
Alexis Browns breaks NCAA DII record; Melody Jones advanced to Saturday final
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Alexis Brown has done it again, breaking the NCAA DII Indoor 200m record in the NCAA Championship prelims on Friday. The Mableton, Georgia, native ran a time of 22.98, becoming the first DII athlete to ever break 23 seconds in an indoor 200m. This time put her 0.66 seconds ahead of the second fastest qualifier, Marie-Eloise Leclair of Simon Frasier. Brown now owns NCAA DII records in the outdoor 100m (11.04) and the indoor 200m (22.98).
Verrol Sam Earns Second Team All-American Honors in Long Jump at Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS – Verrol Sam earns tenth place in the men's long jump to earn Second Team All-American honors.
Verrol Sam was the only athlete for Carson-Newman to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in a field event punching his ticket in the men's long jump with a 7.49m qualifying jump at the Finn Pincus Invitational.
Green-White advances to NCAA finals in 60 hurdles
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- Tusculum University junior Theresa Green-Whiteadvanced to the finals of the women's 60-meter hurdles during competition Friday at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship.