NCAA DII National Championship - Men's Outdoor Track & Field Day Two Recap
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Carson-Newman's McDermott masters triple jump pacing day two at track nationals
KINGSVILLE, Texas – Jahvad McDermott secured second-team All-American honors with a person collegiate best 15.31 meter jump in the triple jump Friday evening at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships Thursday at Javelinas Stadium.
After a 14.77 meter effort to open the day, he improved that number to 15.31 meters topping his previous career high of 15.17 meters posted at the Montreat Last Chance Twilight on May 11.
Overall he posted the 10th-best jump of the 20 student-athletes at the event. McDermott missed qualifying for the finals by 0.05 meters producing a fault on his final try in the first group to attempt the triple jump.
One other Carson-Newman track athlete participated Friday as Devon Moore ran in a preliminary heat of the 200 meters. Running in lane one against a loaded field that included the national champion from a year ago in lane eight, Moore kicked it into gear cutting the corner. He finished with a time of 21.06 seconds to finish with the third-fastest qualifying time. His heat featured four of the eight men that will compete for a national championship on Saturday.
Queens' Knauer and Anthony Compete in Day Two of National Championship
KINGSVILLE, Texas - Martin Knauer opened competition today in the discus throw event recording a mark of 50.13-meters on his second throw of the day to claim 16th place. He will compete in the shot put event tomorrow.
In the men's 800-meter run prelims, Seb Anthony raced in heat one finishing sixth in 2:01.31. The top two runners in each of the three heats advanced to the finals along with the next two fastest times.
Lenoir-Rhyne's Lotharp Completes 200-Meter Preliminary
KINGSVILLE, Texas – Day two of the 2019 NCAA Championships are complete and it was the second-straight day for P.J. Lotharp to race, but this time it was in the 200-meters. Day one saw him on a 4x100-meter team that failed to qualify for the national finals.
Lotharp, an Indian Trail, N.C. native, competed in his third event in back-to-back years at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships. His 17th-place time of 20.61 was short of the time it took to claim a place in Saturday's final. The sophomore's time is far-and-away the best mark in Lenoir-Rhyne program history as he broke his own record of 20.89, set earlier this season.
Wingate's Weathers Earns Second Team All-American Honors
KINGSVILLE, Texas - Darius Weathers posted a career best leap of 15.36 meters in the triple jump on Friday to place ninth overall and earn second team All-American honors.