Merriman Takes National Collegiate Title – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 9, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Donica Merriman (Sr., Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood) added a national title to her list of honors today at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Merriman coasted to a fist-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.95, one-hundredth of a second short of the collegiate and NCAA indoor meet record.
Andrew Pierce (Yellow Springs, Ohio/ Yellow Springs) advanced to tomorrow’s 400-meter finals after he placed first with a time of 45.87
Pierce, Katy Craig, and the 4×400-meter relay team composed of Thomas Dickson, Edison Francis, Joel Brown, and Courtney Cornwall will look to take national titles in their respective events in the final day of competition tomorrow
NCAA Indoor Championships
Fayetteville Ark.
March 9-10
Women’s 60-meter hurdles 1. Donica Merriman 7.95 OSU 2. Perdita Felicien 8.00 Illinois 3. Jenny Adams 8.16 Houston
Women’s ShotPut 1. Christina Tolson 55’09.75 UCLA 2. Jamine Moton 53’08.50 Clemson 3. Dana Lawson 53’07.50 California 16.Alexis McCall 46’09. 50 Ohio State
Men’s 400 Preliminaries 1. Andrew Pierce 45.87 Ohio State 2. Mitch potter 46.25 Minnesota 3. Alleyne Francique 46.31 LSU 4. Rickey Harris 46.43 Florida 5. Bayano Kamani 46.45 Baylor 6. Otis Harris 46.70 South Carolina 7. Avard Moncur 46.72 Auburn 8. Michael Decker 46.94 Liberty
