DES MOINES, IOWA (June 13, 2008) Rice University's Rachel Greff advanced to today's pole vault finals at the NCAA Championships after clearing 4.10m/13-5.25. The senior passed on three attempts at 3.75m/12-3.5 and then promptly cleared 3.90m/12-9.5 and 4.00m/13-1.5 on her first attempt. Greff then cleared 4.10m/13-5.25 on her second attempt.
The 4x100m relay team of Sarah Lyons, Shakera Reece, Brittany Washington, and Desarie Walwyn did not make it out of preliminaries after being disqualified for passing the baton outside the 20m-passing zone.
Reece earned a trip to the semi-finals of the 100m with a time of 11.86. Her teammate, Walwyn, ran a 12.06 and did not advance.
Lyons, competing in the 400m, did not qualify for the semi-finals after posting a time of 54.42.
In the 3000m steeplechase, Nicole Mericle ran a time of 10:30.97 and did not advance. Freshman Allison Pye posted a time of 17:36.03 in the 5000m, but did not qualify for the semi-finals.
Competing in the 10,000m final on Thursday are Marissa Daniels and Becky Wade. The 10,000m final is set to run at 8:10 p.m.
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