Sam Ellison in NCAA 800 Semi-Finals Today

Villanova's Sam Ellison kicks off the NCAA Outdoor Championships for Villanova tonight at 6:15 CDT, when the 800 meter semi-finals get under way. Ellison is competing in the second of 3 Heats. The top 2 from each heat plus next best 2 advance to the NCAA final. Here are the start lists for the three heats.

Men's 800 Meter Run (Prelim)  6:15 pm

Heat 1
 Lane  Bib  Name             Yr  Affiliation
 1     683  Chris Slate      SR  Clemson
 2     670  Ryan Waite       SR  BYU
 3    1200  Austin Mudd      FR  Wisconsin
 4    1117  Charles Jock     SR  UC Irvine
 5     994  Casimir Loxsom   JR  Penn State
 6    1121  Ryan Martin      SR  UC Santa Barbara
 7     693  Donte Holmes     SR  Delaware State
 8    1158  Lance Roller     SR  Virginia


Heat 2
 Lane  Bib  Name             Yr  Affiliation
 1     753  Shawn Roberts    JR  Georgia Tech
 2     841  Howard Shepard   JR  LSU
 3    1152  Samuel Ellison   SO  Villanova
 4     696  Curtis Beach     SO  Duke
 5     743  Aaron Evans      SR  Georgia
 6    1151  Felix Kitur      SR  VMI
 7     687  Harry McFann     SO  Columbia
 8     722  Darrin Gibson    JR  Florida State


Heat 3
 Lane  Bib  Name             Yr  Affiliation
 1     980  Boru Guyota      SO  Oregon
 2     878  David Pachuta    SR  Minnesota
 3     611  James Eichberger JR  Arizona
 4     804  Erik Sowinski    SR  Iowa
 5     896  Ricky West       JR  Missouri
 6     979  Elijah Greer     JR  Oregon
 7     805  Edward Kemboi    SO  Iowa State
 8     869  Harun Abda       JR  Minnesota