(Edwardsville, Illinois) Two North Carolina Central University student-athletes have advanced to the finals of their respective events at the 2001 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Ralph Korte Stadium on the campus of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Sophomore Jason Smoots (Gadsden, Alabama) had to withstand two rounds of qualifying in the men's 100-meter dash in order to advance to Saturday's final. The reigning 55m dash indoor national champion, Smoots won his section of the preliminary round in a time of 10.43, then ran a 10.64 in a cold and rainy semifinal round for the chance to run for the national title on Saturday (May 26) at 7:20 p.m.
Junior Kennisha Moten (Fayetteville, NC), who entered the meet with the 12th fastest time in the women's 400m dash in Division II, posted the eighth best time (57.03) in the preliminaries to qualify for the finals on Saturday at 7:10 p.m.
On Friday (May 25), senior Angela Brown (Abilene, Texas) competes in the long jump finals at 7:30 p.m., while junior Katerina Glosova (Cernotin, Czech Republic) hits the track for the 800m preliminaries at the same time. Smoots runs the 200m preliminaries at 7:45 p.m.
Complete results: http://www.siue.edu/ATHLETIC/d2/TRACK/01/res.html