CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Hardin-Simmons
freshman Derek Footer has qualified for the 2012 NCAA Division III
Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the 110 hurdles.
Footer
has the fifth best time in the nation with a 14.36 and he becomes the
second HSU men's track and field athlete to qualify for nationals in the
four year history
of the program.
The
event will be contested at Claremont Mudd Scripps Universities in
Claremont, Calif. The 110 hurdle prelims will be contested on Friday at
7:25 CST. The finals
are slated for 7:25 on Saturday.