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Barowski Runs Olympic Trials Qualifying Time at Stanford
April 03, 2016 | Women's Track and Field
STANFORD, Calif. (4/2/16) - Senior Cecilia Barowski said it after her preliminary race at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships after she qualified for the finals.
The All-America, who finished sixth in the finals, said “I would love to go under 2:03, and hit the trial standard. If I run under 2:03, I don't care if I come in dead last - as long as I secure a spot for July - that's my ultimate goal.”
Goal met.
Barowski ran 2:02.62 this afternoon at the Stanford Invitational to meet the USA Olympic trials qualifying standard. The time is a Princeton and an Ivy League record, as no runner has ever run under 2:03 in Ivy League history. She led the race start to finish and bested 54 other competitors at the Invitational.
“Ceil just took the bull by the horns,” Princeton head coach Peter Farrell said. “In an incredibly confident move she turned to the other seven women in the race and implored "this isn't a conference race looking to score points for your team or a qualifying heat for nationals, we're only here (Stanford) to run fast so who's gonna help with the pace?" Three stepped up and nodded but when those three stalled after 180 meters Ceil carried the load for the rest of the way with incredibly even splits : 29 :30 :30 :30 for a 2:02.62 punching her and my ticket to the Olympic Trials on July 1 in Eugene Ore.”
Results
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (4/2/16) - Sophomore Kennedy O'Dell competed in three throwing events, the shot put, discus and hammer; while junior Ariel Becker took on the javelin at the Muhlenberg Invitational in Allentown, Pa., this afternoon.
O'Dell was the runner-up in the shot put as she reached 12.13 (39-9.75) on her third and only countable throw of the competition. She went on to take third in the discus with a toss of 43.46 (142-03) on her fifth attempt. Foul trouble hindered placement in the hammer.
Becker was third in the javelin with a throw of 37.74 (123-10). It came on her third attempt, though she would have taken third on her final throw as well as it landed at 36.34.