Ellison Up, FitzSimons Out in NCAA East Regional 800

Sam Ellison took care of business in heat 6 of the preliminary round of the East Regional 800 meter competition. Ellison ran 1:49.65 to win his heat and advance to the next round of competition tomorrow. Chris FitzSimons ran 1:50.90 in heat 1, finishing in 6th place. Only the top three finishers in each of the 6 heats was guaranteed a spot in the next round, with the next 9 fastest times also advancing. FitzSimons had to sit and watch the remaining 5 heats to determine his fate. He was still in the competition through 5 heats, but was eliminated when the 4th and 5th runners in heat 6 came in faster than his 1:50.90.









Here are the merged results of the 6 heats:

     Name               Yr      Affiliation     Time        Heat (pl)
 1.  Lance Roller       SR      Virginia        1:48.69   Q   3 (1)
 2.  Jesse Garn         FR      Binghamton      1:48.85   Q   3 (2)
 3.  Donte Holmes       SR      Delaware State  1:48.89   Q   3 (3)
 4.  Tyler Cardillo     FR      Florida         1:49.30   q   3 (4)
 5.  Darrin Gibson      JR      Florida State   1:49.50   Q   5 (1)
 6.  Shawn Roberts      JR      Georgia Tech    1:49.51   Q   1 (1)
 7.  Michael Williams   SO      Princeton       1:49.56       1 (2)
 8.  Paris Simmons      JR      NC A&T          1:49.58   Q   5 (2)
 9.  Chris Slate        SR      Clemson         1:49.62   Q   5 (3)
10.  Samuel Ellison     SO      Villanova       1:49.65   Q   6 (1)
11.  Tihut Degfae       JR      Virginia Tech   1:49.67   Q   1 (3)
12.  Aaron Evans        SR      Georgia         1:49.67   Q   6 (2)
13.  Curtis Beach       SO      Duke            1:49.70   Q   6 (3)
14.  O'Neal Wanliss     FR      North Carolina  1:49.75   q   1 (4)
15.  Casimir Loxsom     JR      Penn State      1:50.01   Q   2 (1)
16.  Howard Shepard     JR      LSU             1:50.09   q   6 (4)
17.  Dan White          SR      Ohio State      1:50.12   q   5 (4)
18.  Harry McFann       SO      Columbia        1:50.14   Q   2 (2)
19.  Rutger Admirand    FR      Cornell         1:50.20   Q   2 (3)
20.  Louis Gibilisco    SR      Mount St. Mary  1:50.21   q   1 (5)
21.  Brendon Fish       FR      Columbia        1:50.22   q   2 (4)
22.  Joe Banyai         JR      Michigan State  1:50.36   q   3 (5)
23.  Dale Dunn          SR      Southern Miss.  1:50.49   q   3 (6)
24.  Fabian Fiege       FR      Memphis         1:50.58   q   6 (5)
25.  Bob Vanderham      SR      UNC-Wilmington  1:50.74       2 (5)
26.  Chris FitzSimons   SO      Villanova       1:50.90       1 (6)
27.  Jakub Trzasalski   SO      East Carolina   1:51.02       5 (5)
28.  Anthony Kostelac   SO      Virginia        1:51.08       6 (6)
29.  Felix Kitur        SR      VMI             1:51.19   Q   4 (1)
30.  John Mitchell      JR      Florida         1:51.19       2 (6)
31.  David Mokone       SO      W. Kentucky     1:51.20   Q   4 (2)
32.  Will Weinlandt     SO      Cornell         1:51.21       2 (7)
33.  Patrick Peterson   SO      Sacred Heart    1:51.26   Q   4 (3)
34.  Stephen Humes      SR      Michigan State  1:51.44       4 (4)
35.  Nathan Hendershot  SO      Clemson         1:51.83       5 (6)
36.  Kevin Griffith     SO      Purdue          1:51.94       6 (7)
37.  Martin Dally       SO      Virginia Tech   1:52.05       2 (8)
38.  Darwin Price       SR      Grambling       1:52.09       4 (5)
39.  Aaron Ramirez      SO      Clemson         1:52.56       1 (7)
40.  Zavior Brown       JR      Maryland-ES     1:52.69       4 (6)
41.  Brian Fulton       SR      Penn            1:53.08       4 (7)
42.  Vincent Brown      JR      Norfolk State   1:53.08       6 (8)
43.  James Thurn        SR      LSU             1:53.40       5 (7)
44.  Joshua Schmidt     SR      Kent State      1:53.44       3 (7)
45.  Owen Dawson        SR      Penn State      1:53.63       4 (8)
46.  Connor Claflin     FR      Columbia        1:54.61       1 (8)
47.  Rick Scheff        SR      Georgia Tech    1:54.76       5 (8)
DNF  Michael Rutherford SR      Cincinnati