Olinger Takes Fifth in NCAA Steeplechase Final – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
June 10, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brian Olinger, a senior distance runner on the Ohio State men’s track team, competed in the finals of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Saturday at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif. The native of Fresno, Ohio placed fifth with a time of 8:40.58.
Olinger cleared the first water jump among the leaders and remained in the middle of the lead bunch through the initial laps of the race. With less than three laps to go, Olinger made a push to the outside and moved into third position. In the final lap, Olinger slipped to sixth, but regained a spot after clearing the final water jump and crossed the finish line in fifth.
With the fifth-place national standing, Olinger completed his OSU career as a three-time All-American in track and field. The honor Saturday served as the first of his outdoor career. Olinger claimed All-America status in the indoor 5,000-meter run in 2004 and ’06.
Team scores and complete results are available at http://www.flashresults.com/2006_Meets/outdoor/ncaa1/.
NCAA Division I 2006 Outdoor Track & Field Championship Sacramento,Calif. – 6/7/2006 to 6/10/2006
Men 3,000 Meter Steeplechase ======================================================================= 2 Heats. Advance top 5 from each heat plus next best 4 times. American: 8:09.17 8/28/1985 Henry Marsh, Athletics West College Best: 8:05.4h 5/13/1978 Henry Rono, Washington State NCAA Meet: 8:12.39 6/1/1978 Henry Rono, Washington State Hornet Stad: 8:15.02 7/15/2004 Daniel Lincoln, Nike Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Josh McAdams SR Brigham Young 8:34.10 10 2 Mircea Bogdan SR Texas-El Paso 8:35.35 8 3 Aaron Aguayo JR Arizona State 8:35.78 6 4 Andrew Lemoncello SR Florida State 8:39.45 5 5 Brian Olinger SR Ohio State 8:40.58 4 6 Augustus Maiyo SO Alabama 8:42.04 3 7 Jon Pierce JR Stanford 8:44.17 2 8 Patrick Mutai SO Texas-El Paso 8:44.29 1 9 Jordan Fife SR Indiana State 8:45.53 10 Ryan Warrenburg SR Arizona State 8:45.81 11 Corey Nowitzke JR Eastern Michigan 8:45.90 12 Jake Morse SO Texas 8:46.56 13 Luke Llamas SR Cal Poly-SLO 8:49.89 14 Itay Magidi JR Clemson 8:56.17
