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DAC Women’s Outdoor Championships
Semi-Final Results - Click Here
Finals Results - Click Here
DAC Story Atkins and Miller - Click Here
Dickinson State senior track star, Ramon Miller ran the third leg of the 4x400M relay in Friday’s qualifying heat at the Olympic Games, and the Bahamas went onto to a silver medal finish in Saturday’s final in Beijing, China. In the semi-finals, the Bahamas ran 2:59.88 and finished second behind Great Britain (2:59.33). The Bahamas team earned an automatic qualifying berth into the finals where they ran a season’s best 2:58.03 and edged Russia (2:58.06) to take second place. The United States team won the gold medal (2:55.39).
Olympic Games rules permit six athletes in track and field relay events to be awarded medals where athletes are competing in the qualifying rounds but not the finals, so Ramon Miller has earned a silver medal.
Miller commented that, "I have had a great experience at DSU, it was also great in Beijing and I look forward to a better experience next spring in track." Miller, who has won multiple national championships for Dickinson State, will complete his final season for the Blue Hawks in 2008-09. La’Sean Pickstock Wins Junior 400M at Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations Meet
Bahamas National Junior Meet - Complete Results
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La’Sean Pickstock shock the stadium at the BAAA National Junior Championship securing the 400 meter title in 47.32 seconds defeating 2007 silver medalist Juan Lewis 47.35 seconds.
Defending champion Demetrius Pinder suffered an injury earlier in the season and was unable to compete.
Pickstock fresh of the NAIA National Championships having ran a personnel best time of 47.19 seconds caught Lewis at the line edging him out for the win. Blue Hawks Take 2nd at NAIA Nationals; Women Complete Best Season in School History
NAIA Championship Meet - Complete Results
Dickinson State’s bid to win their fourth men’s title in five years fell just four points short this weekend, but the Blue Hawks were able to secure 2nd place in the team standings--their sixth consecutive season that they finished in the one of the top two slots.
They crowned two individual national champions, one relay champion and 14 All-Americans. The women’s team also had an excellent meet, getting team points from six athletes--two of which earned All-American status--and their 18 points was the best in school history. Christa Hofland’s best toss in the shot put, 43’ 1 ¾”, was good enough for 7th place and Chadee Moss took 8th in the triple jump, leaping 38; 3 ¼”. They also set a school record in the 4 x 100M relay (Crystal Eneas, Kelsey Aide, Moss and Kyla Wasser), finishing 10th in 48.15 in the semi-finals.
The men were led by Allan Ayala and Roman Miller who played key roles in the national champion 4 x 400M relay team (3:09.20) and who also took home individual championships. Ayala, last year’s runner-up in the 400M intermediate hurdles, left it on the track in the finals on Saturday. He set a personal record of 51.11 and was a sizeable 0.42 seconds in front of his nearest competitor.
Miller healthy this season after nursing a stress fracture last spring, blazed to a 46.51 clocking to win the 400M sprint. Teammate Sean Pickstock ran in sixth place in 47.58 and earned All-American honors.
It was most unfortunate that the Blue Hawks were unable to get the baton around the track in the 4 x 100M relay race, as they had the top qualifying time entering Saturday’s final. Baton exchanges are never assured and DSU was the victim this time. The Blue Hawks would not allow it to define their meet however, and within the next three hours, both Ayala and Miller accepted top honors in their respective events and John Ingraham, who did not figure into many scorecards, took a key 3rd place in the 200M. After the 5K races, Ayala, Pickstock, Ingraham and Miller brought home the 4 x 400M relay championship.
Antillio Bastian (47’ 11 ¼”) and Kurt McCormack (46’ 11 ¾”) went 5th and 8th respectively in the triple jump. Star jumper Dominic Goodman sustained an ankle injury on his first effort and was not able to perform at his best and did not score for the Hawks.
Michael Sands made the finals in the 100M though the field was deep and his 10.76 clocking could manage only 8th place and one point for the team total.
Also scoring for the Blue Hawks was their 4 x 800M relay team. At least two of the members, seniors Ryley McPeters (1:54) and Sergio Jimenez (1:51) ran lifetime bests, while the other two runners, Robert Hernandez (1:54) and Wilson Barmasai (1:53) at least ran their season’s best all when it counted most. The quartet set a new school record (7:35.69) and earned All-American honors, grabbing a well-deserved 4th place in Friday’s final. Their feat was not too surprising however to distance Coach Galen Morton, as all four athletes reported that they had more in the “tank” after their 7:40.69 qualifying mark on Thursday.
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