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6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
June 5, 1998
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Providence College freshman Rachel Hixson of Media, Pa. finished seventh (9:36.64) in the second heat of 3,000 meter preliminaries at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Thursday, June 4 in Buffalo, N.Y. Hixson nearly qualified Saturday's 3,000 meter finals, missing the cut by .05 seconds.
The Providence women's track team will continue to compete at the NCAA's with junior Sarah Dupre of Kingston, Ontario and senior Marie McMahon of Ennistymon, Ireland racing in the 5,000 meters on Friday evening.
NCAA WOMEN'S 3,000 METERS PRELIMINARIES (Thursday, June 4)2 Heats. Advance top 4 plus next 4 times to final. Place # Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 12 Jessica Koch SO Arkansas 9:28.94 Q2 240 Marie Davis JR Oregon 9:29.17 Q3 299 Monal Chokshi SR Stanford 9:30.77 Q4 79 Jennifer Smith FR Colorado 9:31.08 Q5 301 Sally Glynn FR Stanford 9:31.82 q6 14 Tracy Robertson FR Arkansas 9:36.06 q7 342 Fride Vullum SO Tulsa 9:39.468 87 Emily Germano SO Cornell 9:45.689 298 Courtney Adams FR Stanford 9:54.7310 46 Maggie Chan JR Brigham Young 9:56.5711 226 Rachael Rieke SR Northern Arizona 10:03.00 Place # Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 395 Sara Fredrickson SR Wisconsin 9:29.79 Q2 53 Courtney Meldrum JR Brigham Young 9:29.94 Q3 77 Jolene Williams SO Coastal Carolina 9:30.03 Q4 117 Kristen Gordon FR Georgetown 9:32.11 Q5 48 Elizabeth Jackson SO Brigham Young 9:32.13 q6 38 Shannon Smith FR Boston College 9:32.45 q7 254 Rachel Hixson FR Providence 9:36.648 394 Jenelle Deatherage JR Wisconsin 9:37.669 346 Melinda George JR UCLA 9:53.9310 158 Bethany Eigel JR James Madison 10:06.76