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Outdoor Collegiate Track and Field

Posted May 13th, 2006 at 9:30 AM by Andrew Goodman

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

May 13, 2006 marked the opening of the collegiate track and field conference championships all over the country. With many teams and individuals vying for spots in the four regional championships, the conference meets were sure shows of individual athleticism and team unity.

Some individual great efforts included:

• Chelsea Johnson (UCLA-PAC-10 Conference Championship), who cleared 15-01, breaking her own record 15-00, which made her the first ever woman pole vaulter to clear 15 feet.

• Priscilla Lopes (Nebraska-Big 12 Conference Championship) smashed her individual record in the hundred meter hurdles with a time of 12.63 seconds.

• Mickael Hanany (UTEP-WAC Conference Championship) placed first in all three jumping events, and was named Outstanding Performer of the Year for 2006.

Taking place May 26th-27th in Austin, Texas, Greensboro, North Carolina, Knoxville, Tennessee and Provo, Utah, the four regional championships will feed their champions into the NCAA National Track and Field Championships June 7th-10th in Sacramento. Some of the top competitors for this years men’s title include Florida State, University of Texas-El Paso, and Louisiana State University. Some of the top Women’s competitors include University of Texas-Austin, University of Southern California, University of Miami, and University of Nebraska.

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