Saturday, June 30, 2012

Nicole Schappert Advances to Olympic Trials 1500 Final

Accomplishing something that her father was unable to do, Nicole Schappert has advanced to a final make-or-break race for a spot on the Olympic team at the US Trials. Former Villanova middle distance man Ken Schappert competed in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Trials at 800 meters, each time bowing out before the finals -- in 1972 he was eliminated in the first round after running 1:49.7; in 1976 Schappert went 1:49.51 to finish 4th in heat #2, but failed to get beyond the next round. Yesterday in Eugene, Nicole Schappert punched her ticket to the 1500 meter final by coming fifth in the first (and fastest) of two heats, running 4:09.60 and automatically qualifying for Sunday afternoon's 12-person race. Here's the result of both heats.






Women's 1500 meters -- Semi-Final Heats
HEAT 1

 1.  Morgan Uceny        adidas         4:08.90 Q 
 2.  Jenny Simpson       New Balance    4:09.12 Q 
 3.  Margaret Infeld     N Y A C        4:09.38 Q 
 4.  Anna Pierce         Nike           4:09.51 Q 
 5.  Nicole Schappert    N Y A C        4:09.60 Q 
 6.  Treniere Moser      Nike           4:10.10 q 
 7.  Brenda Martinez     New Balance    4:10.73 q 
 8.  Katie Flood         Washington     4:11.38  
 9.  Renee Tomlin        Nike           4:11.39  
10.  Ashley Miller       Nebraska       4:11.49  
11.  Greta Feldman       Princeton      4:12.29  
12.  Karly Hamric        RIADHA         4:12.52 

HEAT 2

 1.  Shannon Rowbury     Nike           4:09.96 Q 
 2.  Katherine Mackey    Brooks         4:10.54 Q 
 3.  Sara Vaughn         Nike           4:10.57 Q 
 4.  Sarah Bowman        New Balance    4:10.65 Q 
 5.  Alice Schmidt       Nike           4:10.94 Q 
 6.  Amy Mortimer        Saucony        4:12.04  
 7.  Kate Grace          NJ-NY TC       4:12.92  
 8.  Phoebe Wright       Nike           4:13.65  
 9.  Heather Kampf       Asics          4:14.03  
10.  Jordan Hasay        Oregon         4:15.52  
11.  Melissa Salerno     New Balance    4:16.33  
DQ   Gabriele Anderson   Brooks          --

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