June 8, 2006
Track and Field
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FIFE TO COMPETE IN STEEPLECHASE FINALS ON SATURDAY

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Indiana State seniors Jordan Fife and Charlie Sparks wrapped up the first day of competition at the NCAA Track and Field championships with a qualifying mark and a conclusion to a record-breaking career. Fife was the final qualifier on the day in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Sparks finished out of contention, but leaves a record-breaking legacy at Indiana State.

Fife ran his fastest time of the year with a qualifying 8:43.89 in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. The performance was just shy of his all-time best and ISU record time of 8:42.43. The fastest qualifying time of the day came from Arizona State’s Aaron Aguayo, crossing the line at 8:38.28.

Sparks mark of 172 feet 6 inches was short of his previous marks in the year and placed 22 out of 26. Despite the finish, the native of West Bend, Wisconsin finishes his career as the all-time record holder at Indiana State and the Missouri Valley Conference in the discus with a mark of 198 feet 5 inches set this year at the Illinois Invitational.

The NCAA Championships will continue through the week with the 3,000-meter steeplechase finals being held Saturday afternoon at 2:20 p.m. PDT. For complete results visit www.ncaasports.com.

3,000-meter steeplechase results
Preliminaries
1 Aaron Aguayo JR Arizona State 8:38.28Q
2 Mircea Bogdan SR Texas-El Paso 8:40.58Q
3 Andrew Lemoncello SR Florida State 8:38.55Q
4 Josh McAdams SR Brigham Young 8:40.71Q
5 Brian Olinger SR Ohio State 8:39.33Q
6 Luke Llamas SR Cal Poly-SLO 8:40.88Q
7 Itay Magidi JR Clemson 8:39.59Q
8 Corey Nowitzke JR Eastern Michigan 8:41.09Q
9 Ryan Warrenburg SR Arizona State 8:39.91Q
10 Augustus Maiyo SO Alabama 8:41.24Q
11 Jon Pierce JR Stanford 8:40.72q
12 Jake Morse SO Texas 8:41.82q
13 Patrick Mutai SO Texas-El Paso 8:42.22q
14 Jordan Fife SR Indiana State 8:43.89q
15 Pete Janson SO Colorado 8:49.58
16 Zach Sabatino SR Tennessee 8:52.26
17 Barnabas Kirui FR Mississippi 8:52.86
18 Matt Loiselle JR Central Michigan 8:55.51
19 Chandler Goodwin SO Brigham Young 8:56.04
20 Joe Gray JR Oklahoma State 8:56.15
21 Vance Twitchell JR Utah State 8:57.74
22 Mark Floreani SR Texas 9:02.34
23 Jan Foerster JR Virginia 9:07.97
24 Tom Slosky SO Duquesne 9:13.50
25 David Rae SR Purdue 9:19.65
26 Soeren Lindner SR Virginia 9:26.76

Men’s Discus Throw
Preliminaries
1 Vikas Gowda SR North Carolina 59.76mq 196-01
59.32m FOUL 59.76m
2 Adam Kuehl JR Arizona 59.15mq 194-01
58.07m 57.29m 59.15m
3 Karl Erickson SR Minnesota 57.06mq 187-02
54.77m 57.06m 55.07m
4 Matt Lamb FR Washington State 57.02mq 187-01
57.02m 54.35m 54.79m
5 Sean Shields SR Arizona 56.05mq 183-11
55.44m 56.05m FOUL
6 Derek Randall JR Texas 55.96mq 183-07
55.96m 54.73m 54.29m
7 Garrett Johnson JR Florida State 55.93mq 183-06
FOUL 55.93m 53.40m
8 Jason Morgan SR Louisiana Tech 55.63mq 182-06
FOUL FOUL 55.63m
9 Chase Madison SO Iowa State 55.32mq 181-06
55.32m 54.89m 51.42m
10 Jason Rider JR UCLA 55.31mq 181-05
54.31m 55.31m 54.73m
11 Wes Stockbarger SO Florida 55.26mq 181-03
53.27m 55.26m FOUL
12 Greg Garza SO UCLA 55.22mq 181-02
54.90m 54.63m 55.22m
13 Niklas Arrhenius JR Brigham Young 54.98m 180-04
52.30m 54.98m 54.93m
14 Russ Winger JR Idaho 54.83m 179-11
54.83m FOUL 54.20m
15 Brian Robison SR Texas 54.20m 177-10
54.20m FOUL FOUL
16 Derek Anderson SR Northeastern 54.19m 177-09
FOUL 54.19m FOUL
17 Teremaine White JR SE Louisiana 53.89m 176-10
49.98m 52.38m 53.89m
18 Martin Maric SO Georgia 53.73m 176-03
FOUL 53.30m 53.73m
19 Arthur Turland JR Louisville 53.21m 174-07
51.06m 53.21m 51.19m
20 Cody Roberts JR Kansas 52.92m 173-07
FOUL 52.92m FOUL
21 Matt McKinney SR Colorado State 52.89m 173-06
52.34m FOUL 52.89m
22 Charles Sparks SR Indiana State 52.59m 172-06
51.32m 52.59m 50.75m
23 Randall Hafner JR Akron 52.02m 170-08
52.02m 51.96m 51.32m
24 Tommy Killen FR TCU 51.95m 170-05
FOUL 51.95m FOUL
25 Auston Papay SO Akron 50.86m 166-10
50.86m 50.42m 49.52m
-- Will Conwell SR Washington FOUL