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| Meaghan McGovern (Hammer Throw) and Nicol Traynor (3K Steeplechase) will compete in the first round of the NCAA Championships this weekend. |
Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:05/23/2012
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Seniors Meaghan McGovern and Nicol Traynor have arrived with the Richmond Track & Field coaching staff in sunny Jacksonville, Fla., where they will make the final NCAA East Preliminary Round appearances of their decorated careers this weekend. The meet is scheduled to run from Thursday through Saturday at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium.
Traynor (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) will compete in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase on Friday at 9:30 p.m. Following her 11th-place finish in the 3k Steeple at last year's NCAA Championship, she will look to cap off her collegiate career as a two-time All-American in her signature event. Traynor is seeded a strong fifth heading into the Preliminary Round after clocking a meet and facility record time of 10:04.20 at the A-10 Championship, where she was named the meet's Most Outstanding Women's Performer after racing to wins in the 3k Steeple and 3,000 Meters. Traynor has now qualified for the Preliminary Round in each of her four seasons as a Spider.
McGovern (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown) will wrap up the weekend with her third-consecutive
Preliminary Round appearance on Saturday at 2 p.m. She is coming off an impressive A-10 meet performance in which she captured her first-career conference gold in the hammer throw, smashing the school record in the process with her hurl of 57.03 meters and recording the event's top five overall tosses. McGovern is ranked No. 30 among the field of 48 throwers invited to this weekend's meet.
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| Nicol Traynor advanced to the NCAA Championships Finals in the 3K Steeplechase. |
Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:05/26/2012
Release:05/26/2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Senior Nicol Traynor has advanced to NCAA Nationals for the second-consecutive year following her performance in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Round on Friday at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla.
Traynor (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) crossed the line in 10:05.60 to take fourth in her heat and ninth overall to finish as the top non-automatic qualifier in Friday's 3k Steeple race. The 2011 All-American now advances to June's semifinals of the event at NCAA Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa.
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| Meaghan McGovern ended her Spider career with a school record throw and just one spot shy of the NCAA Championship final. |
Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:05/26/2012
Release:05/26/2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Senior Meaghan McGovern reset her school mark in the hammer throw to close her collegiate career at the NCAA East Preliminary Round on Saturday at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla.
McGovern (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown) opened the afternoon with a throw of 57.41 meters to better her previous program mark of 57.03 meters set at this month's Atlantic 10 Championship. The senior standout's toss was the 11th best through the first three rounds, but after advancing to finals she would ultimately finish in 13th place overall and just one spot out of qualifying for NCAA Nationals for the first time.
Classmate Nicol Traynor (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) punched her ticket to NCAA Nationals for the second-consecutive year on Friday after taking fourth in her heat and ninth overall with a time of 10:05.60 in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase. The 2011 All-American, who finished as the top non-automatic qualifier in the race, now advances to June's National Semifinals of the 3k Steeple in Des Moines, Iowa.
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