March 14, 2008
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All 11 Big Ten schools will be reperesented at this year's NCAA Women's Track and Field Championships. Pacing the conference with seven total entries are Minnesota and Penn State. Michigan follows closely behind with six, as they look to up its ninth-place finish in 2007.
Below is a listing of all the Big Ten entries:
400-meter dash
4 Shana Cox SR Penn State
10 Kineke Alexander SR Iowa
12 Dominique Blake SR Penn State
800-meter run
1 Geena Gall JR Michigan
5 Heather Dorniden JR Minnesota
15 Julie Schwengler JR Minnesota
16 Molly Beckwith SO Indiana
One Mile run
1 Nicole Edwards SR Michigan
7 Jamie Cheever JR Minnesota
16 Ann Detmer SR Wisconsin
3,000-meter run
5 Nicole Bush SR Michigan State
12 Meghan Armstrong SR Iowa
13 Bridget Franek SO Penn State
5,000-meter run
3 Katrina Rundhaug SR Wisconsin
4 Nicole Bush SR Michigan State
5 Diane Nukuri SR Iowa
8 Bridget Franek SO Penn State
10 Wendi Robinson SO Indiana
60-meter Hurdles
2 Tiffany Ofili JR Michigan
9 Aleesha Barber JR Penn State
15 Leah Kincaid SR Purdue
4x400-Meter Relay
6 Penn State
Distance Medley Relay
1 Michigan
5 Illinois
6 Minnesota
7 Wisconsin
High Jump
13 Bettie Wade JR Michigan
Pole Vault
4 Alicia Rue SO Minnesota
8 Mallory Peck JR Purdue
11 Stephanie Chin FR Indiana
Triple Jump
8 Yvonne Mensah SR Illinois
Shot Put
12 Aja Evans SO Illinois
14 Elizabeth Podominick JR Minnesota
Weight Throw
2 Veronica Jatsek SR Ohio State
7 Astin Steward SR Purdue
Pentathlon
2 Liz Roehrig SR Minnesota
5 Bettie Wade JR Michigan
8 Gayle Hunter JR Penn State
16 Tammilee Kerr SR Iowa