NCAA Div I Day 1 Results - Weather shortened day - 6/9/04 - Kirby Lee photos

NCAA Javelin winner Inga Stasiulionyte, USC 177-10 - Osarheiman Omwanghe - (Cal via Buchanan HS) 400m Re in the rain!!

Adia McKinnon to Dawn Harper Day 1 action in Austin, Texas

NCAA Division I 2004 Outdoor - 6/9/2004 to 6/12/2004 Track & Field Championship Austin, TX

Nasty weather disrupted the opening day of the NCAA track and field championships on Wednesday.

Fans and competitors were evacuated from Mike A. Myers Stadium three times because of lightning nearby, and a constant - often heavy - rain drenched the track and those trying to compete there.

"The No. 1 thing is the safety of everybody, fans and student-athletes," NCAA spokesman Mark Bedics said. "In this situation, rain is not going to hurt anybody. It's slippery but everybody will be on the same playing field. The situation was because of the lightning."

Through the first five hours of the meet, only the preliminaries in the women's 400-meter relay were completed.

LSU and host Texas - two of the teams expected to battle for the team championship - won their heats. But the third would-be contender, UCLA, sustained a major setback when it failed to make it to the finals.

LSU had the fastest time among the qualifiers at 43.04 seconds. Texas was second-fastest at 43.41.

TCU edged the Bruins for the ninth and last berth in Saturday's finals by six-thousandths of a second - 44.503 to 44.509.

UCLA had the third-fastest time of all the teams at 43.43 seconds.

The few fans who braved the rain were evacuated from the metal grandstands after lightning struck nearby early in the afternoon. They weren't allowed back for more than an hour.

Competition finally resumed after a delay of more than two hours, but just 30 minutes later, the threat of lightning emptied the stadium again. Fans were just trickling back in after a short delay when lightning flashed close by and the metal stands were ordered cleared again.

"I feel bad for the folks here at Texas because they can't do anything about it," Washington State coach Rick Sloan said. "When the weather hits, that's the only thing you can't control in a meet like this. Unfortunately, it's the thing that everybody remembers."

A total of 1,123 athletes qualified for the meet. Most of them advanced through regional competition, a format adopted by the NCAA last year despite opposition from most major-college coaches.

Drier weather was forecast on Thursday, when the first finals are scheduled - the men's and women's long jump and the men's and women's 10,000 meters. The meet continues through Saturday.

Women 4x100 Meter Relay Preliminaries 1, LSU (Lolo Jones SR, Monique Hall SR, Stephanie Durst SR, Muna Lee SR), 43.04Q. 2, Arkansas (Kasia Williams JR, LaShaunte'a Moore JR, Shaneatra Neely SR, Veronica Campbell SO), 43.84Q. 3, Miami (Chinela Davis JR, Lauryn Williams JR, Dominique Darden SO, India Ransom SO), 44.40Q. 4, Southern California (Alexis Weatherspoon JR, Virginia Powell SO, Miya Edmonson SR, Dominique Dorsey FR), 44.22Q. 5, South Carolina (Ronnetta Alexander FR, Erica Whipple JR, Alexis Joyce JR, Khalilah Carpenter JR), 44.41Q. 6, Stanford (Janice Davis FR, Nashonme Johnson SO, Christine Moschella JR, Ashley Purnell FR), 44.46Q. 7, Georgia Tech (Dana Rogers JR, Ashlee Kidd FR, Andriane Lapsley SO, Amandi Rhett SR), 44.25q. 8, TCU (Jamee Jones FR, Donita Harmon SO, Larissa Bakasa SR, Virgil Hodge FR), 44.51q. 9, UCLA (Sani Roseby SR, Adia McKinnon SR, Dawn Harper SO, Monique Henderson JR), 44.51q. 10, Baylor (Danielle Myricks JR, April Holliness JR, Elizabeth Wilson JR, Marquisha Sefas JR), 44.57. 11, Louisiana Tech (Shandra Freeman JR, Crystlle Church SR, Doria Appleberry JR, Latonia Wilson FR), 44.68. 12, Arizona State (Porchea Carroll JR, Cassandra Reed JR, Marcia Smith SR, Kandace Tucker SO), 44.71. 13, Wyoming (Shauna Smith JR, Kima Wells SR, Amanda Hopper FR, Jessca Fox JR), 44.75. 14, Penn State (Kamilah Salaam FR, Chi-Chi Aduba SR, Sara Shoaff SO, Connie Moore SR), 44.88. 15, Rice (Funmi Jimoh SO, Keia Watkins JR, Yvonne Umeh JR, Nina Mayes SO), 44.94. 16, North Carolina State (Joya Rodgers FR, Felicia Fant SR, Ebony Foster SO, Courtney Patterson FR), 44.98. 17, California (Osarheiman Omwanghe SO, Tiffany Johnson SO, Shannan Hawes JR, Antonette Carter SO), 45.18. 18, Southern Mississippi (Tanika Liburd FR, Raquel Washington SO, Tori Wells FR, Angela Johnson SO), 45.19. --, San Diego State (Larnie Boyd SO, Tonette Dyer SR, Heather Heron JR, Nicole Ireland SR), DNF. --, Texas (Ashlee Williams SO, Marshevet Hooker FR, Natasha Staten SR, Sanya Richards SO), DQ - Univ Texas used tennis balls instead of tape as specified by NCAA rules to mark "tak-off" marks..

Women Javelin Throw 1, Inga Stasiulionyte, USC, 54.20mq, (177-10). 2, Sarah Malone, Oregon, 52.45mq, (172-01). 3, Katy Doyle, Texas A&M, 48.82mq, (160-02). 4, Dana Pounds, Air Force, 48.74mq, (159-11). 5, Inge Jorgensen, Virginia, 48.43mq, (158-11). 6, Rachel Walker, Texas A&M, 48.33mq, (158-07). 7, Megan Spriestersbach, Washington, 48.19mq, (158-01). 8, Lindsey Stephenson, Michigan, 46.89mq, (153-10). 9, Mallory Webb, Fresno St., 46.75mq, (153-04). 10, Neely Falgout, Boise State, 46.67mq, (153-01). 11, Brenda-Grace Hunt, LA Tech, 46.58mq, (152-10). 12, Katy Cullen, Texas A&M, 45.82mq, (150-04). 13, Brooke Freeburg, Providence, 45.11m, (148-00). 14, Lindsey Blaine, Purdue, 44.69m, (146-07). 15, Kelly Robinson, Towson, 44.36m, (145-06). 16, Ashley Colley, Penn St., 44.08m, (144-07). 17, Signe Bech, Sam Houston St., 44.06m, (144-07). 18, Caira Hane, Nevada, 43.79m, (143-08). 19, Jelena Jurlina, Tulane, 43.49m, (142-08). 20, Julie Ward, Kent State, 43.15m, (141-07). 21, Christie Schreckengost, UNC-Wilmington, 43.01m, (141-01). 22, Renea' Burns, Oklahoma, 41.97m, (137-08). 23, Stephanie Kuhn, Robert Morris, 41.70m, (136-10). 24, Krystal Bowes, Wichita St., 40.86m, (134-01). 25, Dawn Comeaux, NW State-LA, 39.90m, (130-11). 26, Kristen Eash, Penn St., 39.25m, (128-09). 27, Ami Goldhammer, Long Beach, 38.10m, (125-00). 28, Sultana Frizell, Georgia, 35.49m, (116-05).

Women Heptathlon 1, Jacquelyn Johnson, Arizona St., 3433. 2, Andrea Pressley, Jacksonville, 3424. 3, Hyleas Fountain, Georgia, 3380. 4, Tamara McGill, Pittsburgh, 3317. 5, JaNelle Wright, Kansas St., 3304. 6, Jessica Stockard, Missouri, 3266. 7, Ryanne Dupree, Texas-San Anton, 3248. 8, Iveta Grunte, Wichita St., 3247. 9, LaToya McBride, Mississippi, 3243. 10, Ashley Selig, Nebraska, 3241. 11, Koya Webb, Wichita St., 3227. 12, Brooke Meredith, California, 3164. 13, Abby Andrus, Oregon, 3158. 14, Lela V. Nelson, E. Michigan, 3138. 15, Amber Williams, Miami, 3133. 16, Josie Hahn, Vanderbilt, 3117. 17, Saskia Triesscheijn, VA Tech, 3115. 18, Jennifer Johnson, Texas A&M, 3098. 19, Ruthann Gairdner, Rice, 3079. 20, Julie Elliott, Portland, 3076. 21, Grace Vela, Washington, 3031. 21, Sara Jane Baker, Nebraska, 3031. 23, Jennifer McCoy, Ball State, 2994. 24, Danielle McNaney, Liberty, 2993. 25, Annmarie Turpin, Irvine, 2928. 26, Jordan Willmann, Baylor, 2922. 27, Krystal Ward, Houston, 2921. 28, Crissy Gourdin, COST, 2863.

Meet Program of all entries