Princeton University
NCAA Championships
Ferrell Finishes Fourth in NCAA 3,000 Meters
March 11, 2006 | Women's Track and Field
March 11, 2006
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Princeton's Cack Ferrell earned another All-America honor Saturday night when she finished fourth overall in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships at Arkansas's Tyson Track.
Ferrell, Princeton's lone representative at the meet, completed the race in nine minutes, 13.42 seconds.
Northern Arizona's Johanna Nilsson won the event in a time of 9:06.61, while Providence's Mary Cullen was second in 9:10.22. Stanford's Arianna Lambie was just ahead of Ferrell in third place in 9:11.40.
Ferrell, a senior from Minneapolis, finished well ahead of two other Ivy League representatives in the event. Harvard sophomore Lindsey Scherf was ninth in 9:26.36, while Yale's Lindsay Donaldson was 17th in 9:37.61.
Final only. Two waterfall start, two turn stagger. (13, 7) American: 8:39.14 3/7/1999 Regina Jacobs Collegiate: 8:49.18 3/13/2004 Kim Smith, Providence NCAA Meet: 8:49.18 3/13/2004 Kim Smith, Providence Tyson: 8:49.18 3/13/2004 Kim Smith, Providence Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Johanna Nilsson SR Northern Arizona 9:06.61 10 2 Mary Cullen SR Providence 9:10.22 8 3 Arianna Lambie SO Stanford 9:11.40 6 4 Cack Ferrell SR Princeton 9:13.42 5 5 Teresa McWalters SO Stanford 9:14.65 4 6 Jenna Kingma FR Arizona State 9:16.13 3 7 Liza Pasciuto SO Colorado 9:21.10 2 8 Jemissa Hess JR NC State 9:22.77 1 9 Lindsey Scherf SO Harvard 9:26.36 10 Frances Koons SO Villanova 9:27.49 11 Kaitlyn Gwyther SR Quinnipiac 9:29.16 12 Cassie Hunt JR Illinois 9:29.72 13 Amanda Trotter JR Stanford 9:30.12 14 Desiraye Osburn SR Wichita State 9:33.48 15 Penny Splichal SR Arkansas 9:36.36 16 Megan Kaltenbach JR North Carolina 9:37.37 17 Lindsay Donaldson SO Yale 9:37.61 18 Kathleen Trotter JR Stanford 9:40.91 19 Amy Hastings JR Arizona State 9:42.55 20 Dee Olson JR Idaho 9:44.89