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Kinsley Takes NCAA Title, Four Others in Finals
Courtesy: HepsTrack.com
EUGENE, Ore.
— It took 58 years for Gilbert Borjeson to relinquish the
title as the last Brown Bear to win a national title in track and
field as Bear junior javelin thrower Craig Kinsley
unleashed a best of 250-3 at the NCAA Championships in Eugene,
Ore., on Thursday.
The throw was not just the best toss of Kinsley’s career, it
was the second-longest throw in Ivy history (using the new
implement that began in the 1980s). Only Penn’s Brian Chaput,
also an NCAA Champion, has thrown better (260-10).
His huge toss came in the fifth round of competition.
Princeton’s Donn Cabral has continued his
burst onto the national scene, this time running the fastest
semifinal time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:42.84). He had
passed Iowa State’s Hillary Bor on the final lap to earn the
top qualifying spot in the final.
He wasn’t the only Princeton steeplechaser to qualify for
the final as junior Ashley Higginson advanced by
running 10:02.83 in the semifinal. Cabral will vie for the national
crown on Friday and Higginson on Sunday.
Two other Ivy Leaguers have qualified for the national finals
— Yale junior Kate Grace in the 800-meter
run (2:05.32) and Columbia sophomore Kyle Merber
in the 1,500-meter run (3:45.91). Grace will battle it out for the
title on Friday and Merber on Saturday.
Columbia sophomore Sharay Hale missed qualifying
for the 400-meter dash final by just .04 seconds, running a 53.34
in the semifinals.
