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Dutch All-Americans Head Back to National Indoor Track Meet
Posted On Mar 11 2017
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Junior Kevin Nielsen will be competing at nationals for his first time in the men’s heptathlon.
North Carolina A&T hurdler Michael Dickson, a former Beaufort High standout, will pursue an NCAA title this weekend when the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships get underway Friday in College Station, Texas.
“We are the collegiate record holders, but I think we can run faster than our collegiate record”, longtime A&M coach Pat Henry said. “It’s been wonderful to watch his development”. His clearance of 5.60 meters is the fourth-best in the nation and broke UC and AAC meet records. Young prepares to compete at nationals with the No. 5 time of 7:49.76 in the 3,000-meter and Linkletter comes into the meet with the No. 15 time of 13:49.00 in the men’s 5,000-meter. Williams’ Peter Hale is the class of the 3000-meter field and is only entered in that event, while Tim Nichols is the top seed at 5000 meters. Of note, the Glasgow, Scotland, native recorded the fifth-fastest time in Friday’s prelims. Maggard is confident he can improve on his showing from the 2016 campaign. “It just brings me closer to my goal of winning outdoor NCAAs”. “I’ve also gradually been adding to my mileage, and having a good cross country season helped transfer the endurance I’ve gained into the track season”. The eight fastest times from the four heats will advance to the final to be held Saturday at 5:40 p.m. Pipi will be making her first appearance at an NCAA Indoor as well.
“This year, the indoor season has been better than other years”, Valles said. “He ran a 4:10.13 last year and a 4:01.25 this year”.
“When I went to my first championships my sophomore year I felt like I was just along for the ride and whatever happened, happened”, Joyce said. “He throws big at the beginning of the season to qualify and then he tapers off to make sure he’s ready to compete at big meets like the NCAAs”.
“Josh (Kerr) is very favored right now, he is in a good spot”. The New Mexico freshman is seeded ninth (3:58.04).
On the men’s side, Florida starts as the No. 1 team in the rankings and the Gators head into the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships with 11 entrants ranked at least No. 3 in their respective events. He finished sixth in 2015 as a freshman and sixth a year ago.
