Well, some highs and lows on Day 1 of the NCAA Indoor championships. The Villanova women's DMR came into the meet as the #2 seed and, as per the form chart, came second. Michigan (NCAA #1 coming in) and Villanova took the last exchange together and their anchors (Amanda Eccelston and Emily Lipari) quickly separated themselves from the field in anticipation of a final 200 duel. Villanova fans had visions of a patented Lipari kick over the final lap, but Michigan's Amanda Eccelston was able to run the kick out of strong finisher Lipari. Michigan pulled away for a 1.5-second win, in the #10 all-time DMR time.
Freshman Angel Piccirillo led off with a strong 1200 leg (3:23.77), followed by another freshman Michaela Wilkins' 54.25 in the 400 meter leg. Junior Nicky Akande ran the 800 meter leg in a crisp 2:06.43, while junior Emily Lipari anchored the 1600 leg in 4:33.51.
Finals
1 Michigan 10:56.46F 10
1) Rebecca Addison SR 2) Maya Long FR
3) Jillian Smith JR 4) Amanda Eccleston SR
2 Villanova 10:57.96F 8
1) Angel Piccirillo FR 2) Michaela Wilkins FR
3) Nicky Akande JR 4) Emily Lipari JR
3 Arkansas 11:00.23 6
1) Keri Wood JR 2) Gwendolyn Flowers SR
3) Martine Borge SR 4) Grace Heymsfield JR
4 Florida State 11:00.78 5
1) Jessica Parry JR 2) Sage Watson FR
3) Georgia Peel FR 4) Colleen Quigley SO
5 Kentucky 11:01.14 4
1) Chelsea Oswald JR 2) Morganne Phillips FR
3) Allison Peare JR 4) Cally Macumber SR
6 Georgetown 11:01.31 3
1) Rachel Schneider SR 2) Deseree King JR
3) Chelsea Cox JR 4) Katrina Coogan FR
7 Notre Dame 11:01.49 2
1) Kelly Curran JR 2) Michelle Brown JR
3) Danielle Aragon FR 4) Alexa Aragon JR
8 Oregon 11:02.15 1
1) Annie Leblanc FR 2) Chizoba Okodogbe JR
3) Becca Friday SR 4) Anne Kesselring SR
9 Duke 11:11.21
1) Gabby Levac SO 2) Elizabeth Kerpon SO
3) Cydney Ross SR 4) Anima Banks FR
10 Georgia 11:12.49
1) Stella Christoforou JR 2) Tynia Gaither SO
3) Megan Malasarte JR 4) Carly Hamilton SO
11 Stanford 11:14.77
1) Amy Weissenbach FR 2) Kori Carter JR
3) Claudia Saunders FR 4) Kathy Kroeger SR
12 Connecticut 11:25.09
1) Brigitte Mania SR 2) Celina Emerson JR
3) Ana Groff SR 4) Lindsay Crevoiserat SO
In the men's DMR, Villanova entered the meet as the NCAA #9 seed, but ran well and finished 5th. The Villanova men's finish might have been better, had not anchor Sam McEntee gotten clipped from behind and almost fallen as he tried to make his decisive move in the final stages of the race. Overall the men ran well, with freshman Jordy Williamsz starting off with a 2:55.71 1200 meter split, followed by Sam Ellison's 46.89 400 meters. Chris FitzSimons split 1:50.03 for the 800 meter leg, while McEntee jostled his way through a rather physical 1600 meter leg in 4:02.83.
Finals
1 Princeton 9:33.01 10
1) Michael Williams JR 2) Austin Hollimon SR
3) Russell Dinkins SR 4) Peter Callahan SR
2 Penn State 9:34.00 8
1) Brannon Kidder FR 2) Brandon Bennett-Green JR
3) Za'Von Watkins FR 4) Robby Creese SO
3 Minnesota 9:34.21 6
1) Travis Burkstrand SR 2) Cameron Boy SR
3) Harun Abda SR 4) Nick Hutton SR
4 Indiana 9:34.30 5
1) Rorey Hunter SO 2) Nathan Pierre Louis FR
3) Lance Roller SR 4) Andrew Bayer SR
5 Villanova 9:35.46 4
1) Jordan Williamsz FR 2) Samuel Ellison JR
3) Christopher Fitzsimons JR 4) Sam McEntee JR
6 Oklahoma State 9:35.55 3
1) Kirubel Erassa JR 2) Tyler Payton JR
3) Raul Botezan SR 4) Thomas Farrell SR
7 Illinois 9:35.56 2
1) Kyle Engnell SR 2) Stephon Pamilton JR
3) Ryan Lynn SR 4) Graham Morris SR
8 Stanford 9:39.22 1
1) Tyler Stutzman SR 2) Spencer Chase SR
3) Luke Lefebure SO 4) Michael Atchoo JR
9 Arkansas 9:42.31
1) Cameron Efurd JR 2) Travis Southard JR
3) Anthony Lieghio SR 4) Kemoy Campbell JR
10 Virginia 9:43.70
1) Anthony Kostelac JR 2) Payton Hazzard SO
3) Brandon Burton SO 4) Taylor Gilland JR
11 Oklahoma 9:44.39
1) Brandon Doughty 2) Jamel Wood SR
3) Malcolm Wankel SO 4) Ryan Poland SO
12 Virginia Tech 9:49.69
1) Ryan Hagen SR 2) Jeff Artis-Gray SR
3) Tihut Degfae JR 4) Michael Hammond SR
Rob Denault started the action for Villanova on Friday by finishing 7th in his mile semi-final. The sophomore was never able to inject himself into the race, but gained valuable experience at the national stage that will no doubt pay dividends over the next two years.
Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Robby Creese SO Penn State 4:01.67Q 2 Chris O'Hare SR Tulsa 4:01.76Q 3 Austin Mudd SO Wisconsin 4:02.10Q 4 Michael Atchoo JR Stanford 4:02.13Q 5 Mac Fleet JR Oregon 4:02.18 6 Brett Johnson JR Oregon 4:04.11 7 Robert Denault SO Villanova 4:04.29 8 Matt Miner SR Oregon 4:06.77
Finally, Sam Ellison was eliminated in his 800 meter semi-final. Typical of such races, the slightest of margins separated the top finishers, with Ellison's 7th place time of 1:49.22 a mere 9/10ths of a second from the winner.
Heat 1 Preliminaries -- 800 meters 1 Elijah Greer JR Oregon 1:48.13Q 2 Declan Murray SR Loyola (Ill.) 1:48.44Q 3 Harun Abda SR Minnesota 1:48.65Q 4 Tomas Squella FR Arkansas 1:48.76q 5 Sean Obinwa JR Florida 1:48.83q 6 Anthony Lieghio SR Arkansas 1:48.93 7 Samuel Ellison JR Villanova 1:49.22 8 Edward Kemboi SO Iowa State 1:51.47
Day two of the NCAA indoor championships for Villanova features Emily Lipari doubling back to run in the 3000 meter final.
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