Michigan
NCAA Indoor Championships
Wade, Edwards and Gall Lead U-M to Third at NCAA Indoors
3/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Site: Fayetteville, Ark. (Randal Tyson Track Center)
Event: NCAA Indoor Championships
U-M Team Standing: Third place (39 points)
Next U-M Event: Thursday-Saturday, March 27-29 -- Florida State Relays (Tallahassee, Fla.), 11 a.m.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Junior co-captain Bettie Wade (Northville, Mich./Farmington), senior co-captain Nicole Edwards (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Vincent Massey) and junior Geena Gall (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) of the No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's track and field team each earned All-America honors -- Wade in the pentathlon, Edwards in the mile run and Gall in the 800-meter run -- Saturday (March 15) at the NCAA Indoor Championship at the Randal Tyson Track Center. These outstanding performances, combined with junior co-captain Tiffany Ofili's (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti) national title in the 60-meter hurdles Friday night (March 14), led Michigan to a third-place team finish with 39 points -- the highest finish in U-M history at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Wade placed second in the pentathlon (4,366 points) after she earned seventh place in the 60-meter hurdles (8.67), first place in the high jump (5-11 1/4), third in the shot put (43-3 3/4), second in the long jump (20-5) and 11th in the 800-meter run (2:26.61). Her score of 4,366 points in the event is a personal best.
Edwards, the anchor of Friday night's (March 14) second-place distance medley relay (DMR) squad, finished second in the mile run with a time of 4:35.74 -- a little more than two seconds off of her personal best of 4:33.23. This is her third consecutive indoor All-America honor in the mile.
Gall, who also was part of U-M's All-American DMR team, placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.79, earning her second All-America honor of the championships.
The Maize and Blue will have a two-week hiatus before heading to Tallahassee, Fla. to compete in the Florida State Relays Thursday-Saturday, March 27-29 at the Mike Long Track.
Final Team Rankings/U-M Event Results
1. Arizona State 51
2. LSU 43
3. MICHIGAN 39
4. Texas 35
5. Stanford 32
6. Florida State 28
7. Texas A&M 23
8. Florida 19
Tennessee 19
10. Virginia Tech 18
Texas Tech 18
Kansas 18
13. Texas-El Paso 17
Mississippi 17
15. Penn State 16
Minnesota 16
17. Montana State 10
Washington State 10
Southern Illinois 10
Miami 10
21. North Carolina 9.5
Pentathlon Final
1. Jacquelyn Johnson, Ariz. State 4496 pts.
2. Bettie Wade, U-M 4366
60H 8.67, HJ 5-11 1/4 (1.81m), SP 43-3 3/4 (13.20m),
LJ 20-5 (6.22m), 800m 2:26.61
3. Shevell Quinley, Arizona 4256
4. Annett Wichmann, Hawaii 4177
5. Gayle Hunter, Penn State 4141
6. Liz Roehrig, Minnesota 4137
7. Julianne Kennedy, Texas Tech 4116
8. Charlotte Abrahamsen, Memphis 4103
9. Alyissa Hasan, Notre Dame 4069
10. Marissa Harris, Miss. State 4059
11. Tiana Riel, Boston College 4017
12. Sandy Fortner, New Mexico 3905
13. Lauren Collins, Irvine 3882
14. Olimpia Nowak, Northern Iowa 3878
15. Tammilee Kerr, Iowa 3836
16. Dani Stipe, Northern Iowa 3806
Mile Run Final
1. Hannah England, Florida State 4:35.30
2. Nicole Edwards, U-M 4:35.74
3. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee 4:36.00 1500m: 4:18.7
4. Dacia Barr, Arkansas 4:41.02
5. Amanda Miller, Washington 4:41.56
6. Katie Follett, Washington 4:41.88
7. Elizabeth Maloy, Georgetown 4:44.25
8. Ann Detmer, Wisconsin 4:44.79
9. Michelle Turner, Washington 4:48.24
10. Alicia Follmar, Stanford 4:52.30
800 Meter Run Final
1. Latavia Thomas, LSU 2:05.07
2. Heather Dorniden, Minnesota 2:05.45
3. Alysia Johnson, California 2:05.47
4. Geena Gall, U-M 2:05.79
5. Becky Horn, Western Michigan 2:05.83
6. Jesse Carlin, Pennsylvania 2:06.48
7. Trisa Nickoley, Missouri 2:06.69
8. Lavera Morris, Kentucky 2:07.38
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