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NCAA Indoor Championships
Wolverines Finish Ninth at NCAA Indoor Championships
3/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- After the final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships, the University of Michigan women's track and field team finished in ninth place with a total of 21 points Saturday (March 10) at Arkansas' Randal Tyson Sports Center. The Wolverines were led by four All-America performances, in the mile, 800- and 3,000-meter runs, and pentathlon.
In the mile, sophomore Nicole Edwards (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Vincent Massey) took third place with a time of 4:44.89 to earn her second individual All-America honor, giving Michigan six points. Edwards is Michigan's second miler to earn back-to-back All-America honors, joining Lindsey Gallo (2004, '05).
Fifth-year senior co-captain Katie Erdman (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac) also earned All-America honors, finishing fourth in the 800m to give U-M five points. The Wolverine co-captain crossed the finish line with a time of 2:05.53 -- 2.06 seconds behind first-place finisher Alysia Johnson of California. This has been Erdman's third year scoring in the 800m at the meet, coming in third in 2004 and seventh in 2006.
In the pentathlon, sophomore co-captain Bettie Wade (Northville, Mich./Farmington HS) became Michigan's second All-American in the event in program history after Jennifer Williams (2002-06) accomplished the feat in 2006. Wade tallied her second-highest point total of her career (4,131), which is 50 points short of her career-best. In the 60m hurdles, the sophomore co-captain set a new personal-best, crossing the line in 8.56 seconds to garner the fourth-quickest time. Wade's best finish of the evening came in the pentathlon long jump, earning 822 points with a third-place distance of 19-4 3/4.
Senior Erin Webster (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child HS) rounded out the Wolverine honors, as she earned All-America in the 3,000m run with a ninth-place finishing time of 9:20.50. Despite being 0.38 seconds short of earning points for U-M, this year's 3,000m Big Ten Indoor Champion earned All-America honors after finishing in the top eight. Webster earned her first-ever All-America honor in the indoor 3,000m.
The Maize and Blue will have a two-week hiatus before heading to Tempe, Ariz., to compete in the Arizona State Invitational on Friday and Saturday, March 23-24, at Sun Angel Stadium's Joe Selleh Track.
Final Standings (Top 10)
1. Arizona State 38 2. LSU 33 3. Tennessee 30 4. Georgia 28 5. Auburn 26 6. Stanford 24 7. UCLA 23 8. Texas 22 9. MICHIGAN 21 10. South Carolina 20 Texas Tech 20
Michigan Results (Day 2)
Mile Run 1. Shannon Rowbury, Duke 4:42.17 2. Allie Bohannon, UCLA 4:43.36 3. NICOLE EDWARDS, U-M 4:44.89 4. Barbara Parker, Florida State 4:45.97 5. Jennie Twitchell, Utah State 4:47.09 6. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee 4:47.14 7. Natalie Picchetti, Georgia 4:48.60 8. Meghan Armstrong, Iowa 4:49.07 9. Amanda Miller, Washington 4:49.13 10. Laura Rolf, Valparaiso 4:49.95 800-meter Run 1. Alysia Johnson, California 2:03.47 2. Rebekah Noble, Oregon 2:04.70 3. Heather Dorniden, Minnesota 2:04.87 4. KATIE ERDMAN, U-M 2:05.53 5. Morgan Uceny, Cornell 2:05.95 6. Katya Kostetskaya, Texas State 2:06.10 7. Briene Simmons, Penn State 2:06.12 8. Fatimoh Muhammed, Texas-El Paso 2:06.41 3,000-meter Run 1. Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech 9:02.05 2. Shannon Rowbury, Duke 9:02.73 3. Arianna Lambie, Stanford 9:04.81 4. Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest 9:13.33 5. Brie Felnagle, North Carolina 9:14.21 6. Amy Hastings, Arizona State 9:19.31 7. Alex Becker, Tulsa 9:19.69 8. Frances Koons, Villanova 9:20.22 9. ERIN WEBSTER, U-M 9:20.50 10. Liz Wort, Duke 9:21.77 11. Kassi Andersen, Brigham Young 9:23.57 12. Jennifer Barringer, Colorado 9:23.58 13. Julia Lucas, N.C. State 9:24.48 14. Dacia Barr, Arkansas 9:28.75 15. Christine Kalmer, Arkansas 9:30.51 16. Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 9:30.70 17. Erin Bedell, Baylor 9:33.07 Pentathlon 1. Jacquelyn Johnson, Arizona State 4,393 Pts. 2. Diana Pickler, Washington State 4,339 3. Melissa Talbot, Wisconsin 4,225 4. Kerstin Greene, Fordham 4,202 5. BETTIE WADE, U-M 4,131 60m H: 8.56, HJ: 5-6 1/2 (1.69m), SP: 40-5 (12.32m), HJ: 19-4 3/4 (5.91m), 800m: 2:23.19 6. Abbie Stechschulte, West Virginia 4,085 7. Katie Lloyd, Colorado State 4,084 8. Kasey Hill, Boston College 4,073 9. Julie Pickler, Washington State 4,046 10. Gayle Hunter, Penn State 4,025 11. Annett Wichmann, Hawaii 4,007 12. Gunild Kreb, Virginia Tech 3,916 13. Tamara Highsmith, Connecticut 3,901 14. Julianne Kennedy, Texas Tech 3,868 15. Liane Weber, Clemson 3,831 16. Elizabeth Roehrig, Minnesota 3,229
Day 1 Results
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