Liz Wort Advances To Finals At NCAA Track & Field Championship

June 8, 2005

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.-- In her first appearance in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship, Duke University junior Liz Wort registered a school-record time of 10:09.91 in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase on Wednesday evening to advance to the finals at the Hornet Stadium on the campus of Sacramento State University.

Wort, a product of Califon, N.J., finished with the fifth-best time in the first heat and will next run on Friday at 7:05 p.m. in the finals. The time of 10:09.91 was almost a second faster than her qualifying time of 10:10.15. Wort is the reigning ACC Steeplechase Champion and is also the 2005 ECAC 1500 Meter Champion.

Next up to compete for the Blue Devils will be Shannon Rowbury in the 1500 Meter Run on Thursday at 8:00 p.m., Paige Miller and Laura Stanley in the 10,000 Meter Run on Thursday at 10:00 p.m., and Debra Vento in the High Jump on Thursday at 3:00 p.m.

**All times are Pacific Standard Time.

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Flash Results, Inc.                       Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
                  NCAA Division I 2005 Outdoor
                   Track & Field Championship
            Sacramento,  CA  - 6/8/2005 to 6/11/2005
                      Last Completed Event
Event 26  Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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 2 Heats.  Advance top 5 from each heat plus next best 4 times.
    American:   9:29.32  7/31/2004   Briana Shook, Toledo
College Best:   9:41.94  6/4/2001    Elizabeth Jackson, BYU
   NCAA Meet:   9:44.95  6/13/2004   Kassi Anderson, BYU
 Hornet Stad:   9:39.35  7/15/2004   Ann Gaffigan, Nebraska
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims
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Heat  1
  1 Victoria Mitchell         SR Butler                10:07.02Q
  2 Barbora Kuncova           JR Oklahoma State        10:07.31Q
  3 Natalie Florence          SR Colorado              10:08.31Q
  4 Kristina Roth             SO NC State              10:09.85Q
  5 Liz Wort                  JR Duke                  10:09.91q
  6 Brianna Dahm              SR Marquette             10:10.02q
  7 Maureen Scott             JR Arkansas              10:17.70
  8 Kelly Siefker             JR Indiana               10:18.59
  9 Emily Brown               SO Minnesota             10:21.87
 10 Mica Land                 FR Wichita State         10:25.44
 11 Tiffany Strickland        JR Utah State            10:25.64
 12 Molly Landreth            JR Penn State            10:26.22
 13 Stefanie Calhoun          JR Texas Tech            10:29.77
 14 Jeane Goff                JR Stanford              10:35.91
Heat  2
  1 Shannon Wommack           JR Tenn-Chat             10:08.52Q
  2 Fiona Crombie             JR Providence            10:08.64Q
  3 Cassie King               JR North Carolina        10:08.70Q
  4 Cassie Hunt               SO Illinois              10:08.72Q
  5 Rena Williams-Chesser     JR Brigham Young         10:08.82q
  6 Delilah DiCrescenzo       SR Columbia              10:09.03q
  7 Andrea Parker             SR Michigan              10:13.88q
  8 Lisa Pratt                JR Brigham Young         10:14.55q
  9 'A Havahla Haynes         SO Wisconsin             10:19.03
 10 Sarah Becker              JR Wichita State         10:19.73
 11 Lindsey Anderson          SO Weber State           10:20.91
 12 Barbara Parker            SO Florida State         10:23.98
 13 Anna Hay                  FR North Carolina        10:24.75
 14 Anna Masinelli            SO Arizona State         10:30.31
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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims
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Preliminaries
  1 Victoria Mitchell         SR Butler                10:07.02Q
  2 Shannon Wommack           JR Tenn-Chat             10:08.52Q
  3 Barbora Kuncova           JR Oklahoma State        10:07.31Q
  4 Fiona Crombie             JR Providence            10:08.64Q
  5 Natalie Florence          SR Colorado              10:08.31Q
  6 Cassie King               JR North Carolina        10:08.70Q
  7 Cassie Hunt               SO Illinois              10:08.72Q
  8 Kristina Roth             SO NC State              10:09.85Q
  9 Rena Williams-Chesser     JR Brigham Young         10:08.82q
 10 Delilah DiCrescenzo       SR Columbia              10:09.03q
 11 Liz Wort                  JR Duke                  10:09.91q
 12 Brianna Dahm              SR Marquette             10:10.02q
 13 Andrea Parker             SR Michigan              10:13.88q
 14 Lisa Pratt                JR Brigham Young         10:14.55q
 15 Maureen Scott             JR Arkansas              10:17.70
 16 Kelly Siefker             JR Indiana               10:18.59
 17 'A Havahla Haynes         SO Wisconsin             10:19.03
 18 Sarah Becker              JR Wichita State         10:19.73
 19 Lindsey Anderson          SO Weber State           10:20.91
 20 Emily Brown               SO Minnesota             10:21.87
 21 Barbara Parker            SO Florida State         10:23.98
 22 Anna Hay                  FR North Carolina        10:24.75
 23 Mica Land                 FR Wichita State         10:25.44
 24 Tiffany Strickland        JR Utah State            10:25.64
 25 Molly Landreth            JR Penn State            10:26.22
 26 Stefanie Calhoun          JR Texas Tech            10:29.77
 27 Anna Masinelli            SO Arizona State         10:30.31
 28 Jeane Goff                JR Stanford              10:35.91

Liz Wort Advances To Finals At NCAA Track & Field Championship

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