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Contact: Ryan Workman, Sports Information
Director
E-mail: sid@coe.edu
Schnell, Rader
qualify for NCAA Indoor National Championships
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa–Freshman
Ashley Schnell (Lincoln, Neb./North Star)
and senior Holly Rader (Sumner, Iowa/Sumner)
have qualified for the 2008 NCAA Indoor National Championships.
Schnell will run in the 800-Meter Open, while Rader will
participate in the Weight Throw.
Schnell ran a 2:14.43 800-meter
at the Iowa Hawkeye Open on January 19. Schnell won the
race, while beating out five NCAA Division I runners. The
800-Meter preliminaries will be ran at 6:55 p.m. Friday
night.
Rader earned a spot at nationals
with a fourth place finish at the Iowa Conference Championships.
The top two throws at the IIAC Finals earned automatic berths
to the NCAA's, while the third place thrower and Rader provisionally
qualified. Rader's throw of 16.6 meters was her top throw
of the season. The Weight Throw is the first scheduled event
for the NCAA Championships on Friday, which kick off at
12:30 p.m.
Ohio Northern University is hosting
this year's championship. Full results can be found at this
website.
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