Track to compete at Last Chance Meet at Notre Dame this weekend
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
A total of 11 men and five women will represent
Those attending are some of the Golden Flashes top student-athletes who are looking to earn or solidify their qualifications to compete at the NCAA Championships on March 9 and 10 in
On the men's side, senior Ray Armstrong (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria), freshman Jeremy Brading (Brownsburg, In./Brownsburg), senior Chris Caine (Munroe Falls, Ohio/Toledo), freshman Curtis Eaton Jr. (Akron, Ohio/Buchtel), senior Seth Hutchinson (Kent, Ohio/Field), Mike Inge (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria), junior Nick Ivancic (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor), sophomore Tony Jordanek (Lexington, Ohio/Lexington), senior Andy Nicholas (Sylvania, Ohio/Sylvania North), senior Shamel Smith (Bloomfield, N.J./Bloomfield), and junior Jaroslaw Zakrzewski (Gdansk, Poland) will represent the Golden Flashes.
For the women, junior LeVania Henderson (
“There are a number of our student-athletes who are going to protect their spot at the NCAA Indoor Nationals,” said head coach Bill Lawson. “J.Z. (Jaroslaw Zakrzewski) and Andy Nicholas in the shot put and weight throw, and Jeremy Brading in the pole vault. Our men's DMR team has an excellent opportunity to improve its standing. Mike Inge is looking strengthen his qualifying time in the 800 meters. We are also going to run the mile relay to try to improve their chances at Nationals. Also, LeVania Henderson is going to try to improve her spot in the shot put this weekend as well.”
Lawson praised the selflessness of Caine who has provisionally qualified in the heptathlon, but gave up a chance to strengthen that score last weekend at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships in
Lawson also praised the performances of both the men's and women's squads as 21 men and 17 women recorded their best efforts of the indoor season at the conference championships. “Obviously, that's music to me and to our coaching staff's ears,” said Lawson. “To be able to have your best performances at the end of the season is a tribute to the coaching staff and to the student-athletes. They have bought into what we were trying to promote and we had outstanding peak performances from several athletes when we needed them. Looking forward, we are trying to build upon and better those performances when we travel to Notre Dame this weekend.”
