June 25, 2006 ISU ATHLETES FINISH COMPETITION AT THE USA T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – Indiana State freshman Sean Wright and assistant coach Aubrey Herring each advanced to the finals of their respective events in the final days of the USA Track and Field Championships/Junior Championships on the campus of IUPUI over the weekend. Senior Charlie Sparks also competed for Indiana State on the final day of competition in the men’s discus. Wright finished eighth in the junior men’s 400-meter dash and was one of four athletes with collegiate ties in the finals. The native of South Bend, Indiana was the only competitor in the finals with collegiate ties east of the Mississippi and finished with a time of 47.36. Herring, a former All-American and NCAA Champion for Indiana State, breezed through the preliminary round and semi-finals of the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a tenth-place 13.68 and seventh-place 13.48 marks, respectively. In the finals, Herring crossed the line in seventh with a time of 13.45 in a race that was determined by tenths of a second. Sparks wrapped up his career at Indiana State with a mark of 173 feet 7 inches that was short of making the finals. The native of West Bend, Wisconsin finishes his career as the record holder in the discus after a 198 feet 5 inch mark at the Illinois Invitational earlier this year. The competition marks the end of the track and field season at for 2005-06. The short turn around begins for cross country runners when the countdown for the 2006 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute begins with the Sycamore Pride meet on August 26. Complete Results (USA T&F Offcial Website)
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