CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The University of Indianapolis' athletics season drew to a close at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday. The Greyhounds had three top 12 finishes in the opening day of the meet (Thursday) and churned out a pair of All-America performances Saturday.
THURSDAY RECAP
Craig Myers, the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in the hammer, started the competition with an 11th-place finish with a 56.79-meter toss on his second effort.
Randall Hudi finished 12th in the men's long jump with a best of 7.11-meters.
The men's 4x100-meter relay of
Jermel Kindred, Jerel Flournoy, Carl Smith, and
Frederick Helm just missed the finals, but established a new school record with a time of 40.87. Helm tied for 12th in the 100-meter dash, finishing with a time of 10.65 in the preliminaries. Helm concludes a decorated career that sees his name atop the school record board in the 55-meter dash, 100-meter dash, 4x200-meter relay, and 4x100-meter relay.
SATURDAY UPDATE
The three-day meet was crunched into two days after rain washed-out Friday. UIndy picked-up its first All-America award at this year's championships when
Seth Galloway finished sixth in the javelin throw Saturday morning. The junior unleashed a 61.10-meter toss on his final attempt of the second flight. That mark would stand up in the finals as the sixth-best effort, giving Galloway his second All-America honor after he took fifth (61.13m) last season.
In the final two events of the meet, the Greyhound relay teams put a stamp on the 2009-10 season. The UIndy women's 4X400 squad of
Deltarae Martin, Christina Carrick, Kierra Allen and
Haley Miller finished third in their section, placing ninth overall. Their time of 3:44.82 was just under a half-second away from All-America standard.
The Greyhound men did grab the All-America awards, taking seventh in their event.
Carl Smith, Jermel Kindred, Nick Brittain and
Jerel Flournoy posted a 3:11.10 time in the 4X400 relay, scoring two team points and placing Indianapolis in a tie for 42nd overall in the men's team standings.
Final results can be found here:
http://www.flashresults.com/2010_Meets/outdoor/ncaa2/
