HSU's Footer Qualifies For NCAA Finals
By: Hardin-Simmons Athletics
Updated: May 25, 2012
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Hardin-Simmons
freshman hurdler Derek Footer moved into the NCAA finals with a 14.51
in the preliminaries on Friday evening at Claremont
Mudd Scripps Colleges in Claremont, Calif.
Footer
finished third in his heat and was one of the six fastest non-winning
times in the prelims to advance to the NCAA Finals on Saturday. The
final is slated for
4:25 CST on Saturday.
Footer is looking to become the school's first Divsision III men's track All-American in the four-year history of the program.
110 Hurdles Results
Place Competitor Cl. School Time Wind
1 Justin Johnson FR St. Norbert 14.15Q 1.9
2 Adam Scalesse SO Coast Guard 14.26Q 2.2
3 Sutton Coleman SR Rose-Hulman 14.35Q 2.7
4 Junior Saint Preux FR McMurry 14.34q 2.2
5 Matt Jurcak SR Case Western 14.36q 1.9 14.351
6 Matt Bundy JR Wesley 14.36q 2.7 14.359
7 Ryan Lopez-Jordan SO Marietta 14.45q 2.7
8 Joe Pruckno SR Utica 14.50q 2.2
9 Derek Footer FR Hardin-Simmons 14.51q 1.9
10 Austin Curbow SR Otterbein 14.60 1.9
11 Aaron Loferski JR Wis.-Platteville 14.67 2.2
12 Marcus Smith JR Wis.-Whitewater 14.71 1.9
13 TJ Valley SO Wis.-Platteville 14.74 2.2
14 Mike Judd FR Wis.-Whitewater 14.76 2.2
15 Larry Johnson JR Wartburg 14.79 1.9
16 Ronnie Posthauer FR Wabash 14.82 2.2
17 Ethan Miller SR Central College 14.92 2.7
18 Alexander Pawlak SR Concordia (Wis.) 15.04 2.7
19 Adam Nichols JR Wis.-La Crosse 15.08 1.9
20 Tyler Jackson SR Washington U. 16.95 2.7
Heat 2
1 Justin Johnson FR St. Norbert 14.15Q
2 Matt Jurcak SR Case Western 14.36q 14.351
3 Derek Footer FR Hardin-Simmons 14.51q
4 Austin Curbow SR Otterbein 14.60
5 Marcus Smith JR Wis.-Whitewater 14.71
6 Larry Johnson JR Wartburg 14.79
7 Adam Nichols JR Wis.-La Crosse 15.08
