McWilliams Takes Mideast Regional 1500M; Second In 800M
May 25, 2016 | Track & Field
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sophomore Tiffany McWilliams almost pulled a second double win, winning the 1500m and coming in a close second in the 800m at the inaugural NCAA Mideast Track Regional.
The Red Bay, Ala., native clocked her 1500m at 4:14.36, a Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium record. She then finished .08 seconds behind Butler's Becky Lyne in the 800m to rank second at 2:02.97 on an extremely windy day on Ohio State University's campus. McWilliams advances to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif., in both events.
Senior Pierre Browne finished second in the 100-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 10.14. He now goes to the NCAA Championships looking for his first outdoor title. Junior Marquis Davis finished sixth in the race but should advance to Sacramento by virtue of his 10.10 time earlier this year. The NCAA announces wild-card entries on Tuesday.
Two Bulldogs came in fourth in their events. Senior Kelvin Harris ran the 110m hurdles in 10.65 to finish fourth and advance to the NCAAs for the first time in his career. Sophomore LaChristopher Lewis crossed the line fourth in the 400m dash (46.30) to punch his ticket for Sacramento.
"The whole national setup is to protect elite athletes by just running the preliminaries to get to nationals," said head coach Al Schmidt. "So we took advantage of the rules and protected Marquis and Pierre as well as the 4x100m relay team. At the same time, we used the rules to get Kelvin and Glenn into the meet. We still hope our 4x400m relay team makes the field."
One other Bulldog, Glenn McFadden, finished fifth in the 200m dash and qualified for the NCAA Championships. Browne and Davis both look to grab one of the six wild-card spots in that event to go to nationals.
Sophomore Keston Nelson contributed a point for the Bulldogs, coming in eighth in the 400m dash (47.32).
Arkansas' men took home the team title, scoring 73 points. MSU's men finished tied for ninth with 28 points. LSU's women take home the first Mideast Regional women's team win with 95 points. State's women finished 13th with 18 points.
State runs next at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Sacramento State University June 11-14.
2003 NCAA MIDEAST TRACK & FIELD REGIONAL
May 31, 2003 - Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Final Team Scores
Women
1) LSU 95 2) Michigan 62 3) Indiana 60 4) Arkansas 45.50 4) Auburn 45.50 6) Ohio State 40.50 7) Tennessee 36 8) Eastern Michigan 34.50 8) Notre Dame 34.50 10) Illinois 25 11) Alabama 21 12) Kentucky 19 13) Mississippi State 18 14) Missouri 16.50 15) Ball State 16 16) Louisiana Tech 15.50 17) Wisconsin 14.50 18) Northwestern State 13 19) Miami-Ohio 11 20) Butler 10 20) Toledo 10 22) Marquette 8 23) Southern Illinois 7.50 24) Memphis 6 24) Middle Tennessee State 6 24) Michigan State 6 27) Akron 5.50 27) Purdue 5.50 29) Tulane 5 29) Western Michigan 5 29) Mississippi 5 32) Vanderbilt 4.50 33) Kent State 4 33) Illinois State 4 35) Southwest Missouri State 3 35) DePaul 3 35) Southeast Missouri State 3 35) Western Illinois 3 39) Indiana State 2.50 40) Bowling Green State 1 40) Tennessee State 1 40) Central Michigan 1 43) Southern Mississippi 0.50Men 1) Arkansas 73 2) Auburn 68 3) LSU 57.50 4) Purdue 43 4) Ohio State 43 6) Middle Tennessee State 37 7) Tennessee 36 8) Indiana 33 9) Alabama 28 9) Mississippi State 28 11) Missouri 25.50 12) Michigan 23 13) Northwestern State 21 14) Wisconsin 20 15) Eastern Michigan 18 16) Memphis 14 17) Kentucky 13 17) Mississippi 13 19) Akron 10.50 20) Southern Mississippi 10 21) Kent State 9 21) Southern Illinois 9 23) Louisiana-Lafayette 8 23) Illinois 8 23) Illinois State 8 23) Western Kentucky 8 23) Notre Dame 8 28) Toledo 7 28) Central Michigan 7 30) Miami-Ohio 5 30) Ohio 5 32) Ball State 4.50 33) Southwest Missouri State 4 33) Louisiana Tech 4 33) Alabama State 4 33) Southeastern Louisiana 4 37) Southeast Missouri State 3 37) Michigan State 3 37) Indiana State 3 37) Cincinnati 3 41) Tennessee-Chattanooga 2 41) Arkansas State 2 43) South Alabama 1 43) Eastern Kentucky 1
Final Results
Men's Individual Results:
100-Meter Dash - 2. Pierre Browne, 10.14; 6. Marquis Davis, 10.33
200-Meter Dash - 5. Glenn McFadden, 21.07
400-Meter Dash - 4. LaChristopher Lewis, 46.30; 8. Keston Nelson, 47.32
110-Meter Hurdles - 4. Kelvin Harris, 13.65
4x400-Meter Relay - 7. Harris, Nelson, Ashley, Lewis, 3:12.07
Pole Vault - 9. Trey Hardee, 16-7 1/4
Shot Put - 25. J.D. Erickson, 51-2 1/4
Javelin - 21. Clay Garner, 180-6
Women's Individual Results:
800-Meter Run - 2. Tiffany McWilliams, 2:02.97
1500-Meter Run - 1. Tiffany McWilliams, 4:14.36
3000-Meter Steeplechase - 19. Meggan Hodge, 10:59.54
Discus - 24. Crystal Averitt, 128-9
Hammer - 29. Crystal Averitt, 159-9
