Wildcats Complete Third Day at NCAA Nationals
May 31, 2002 | Track & Field
May 31, 2002
BATON ROUGE, La. - Josef Karas of Kansas State had season-bests in three events Friday to finish the first day of the decathlon in 12th place at the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships being hosted by LSU.
Karas finished the opening day of the decathlon with 3,859 points for the Wildcats. Claston Bernard of LSU led the competition with 4,385 ponts, with Ryan Harlan of Rice in second at 4,273 and Justin Youngblood of Texas-San Antonio in third with 4,202. Karas will open the second day just 101 points out of eighth place in a battle for a potential scoring and All-America spot.
Karas had season-bests in the 100-meter dash (11.04), high jump (6-3.25) and 400-meter dash (51.36) on Friday. His other marks included 23-9.25 in the long jump and 42-1.50 in the shot put. He finished fourth in the long jump for his best event-placing of the day.
Also Friday, Joseph Lee placed ninth in the final of the men's 800, running 1:50.82, while Jared MacLeod was sixth in his semifinal of the 110-meter hurdles at 13.96, failing to qualify for Saturday's final.
Full results of the semifinals in the men's 100-meter dash were unavailable late last night, but information on the LSU Athletics web site said that K-State's Terence Newman suffered an injury late in the race and finished well behind the pack, failing to qualify for Saturday's final.
No Wildcat women had events on Friday, the third day of the four-day competition. The Wildcat women had 13 points through 12 of 21 events, placing in a tie for ninth in the team standings.
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (Through 12 of 21 events)
1. UCLA 44; 2. South Carolina 40; 3. Florida 24; 4. USC 19; T5. Washington State, N.C. State, Nebraska 16; 8. Stanford 15; T9. KANSAS STATE, Colorado 13... Other Big 12 Schools: 11. Iowa State 10.5; T19. Oklahoma State 8; T30. Texas 6; T43. Missouri, Oklahoma 3; T47. Baylor 2.
MEN'S TEAM SCORES (Through 9 of 21 events)
1. LSU 29; T2. South Carolina, Florida 19; T4. Texas, Tennessee 18; 6. Georgia 15; 7. Eastern Michigan 14; 8. UTEP 12; 9. Auburn 11; T10. Arkansas, Kansas, SMU, Notre Dame 10... Other Big 12 Schools: 14. Colorado 9; T25. Nebraska, Texas Tech 5; T29. Baylor 4.
MEN'S EVENTS
DECATHLON FIRST DAY - 1. Caston Bernard, LSU, 4,385 points; 2. Ryan Harlan, Rice, 4,273; 3. Justin Youngblood, Texas-San Antonio, 4,202... 12. Josef Karas, K-State, 3,859.
DECATHLON 100 - 1. Aaron Moser, LSU, 10.59 (954 points); 2. Stephen Harris, Tennessee, 10.61 (949); 3. Bernard, 10.82 (901)... T12. Karas, 11.04 (852).
DECATHLON LONG JUMP - 1. Youngblood, 24-10 (952); 2. David Lemen, Georgia, 24-3.75 (913); 3. Harlan, 23-10 (876); 4. Karas, 23-9.50 (874).
DECATHLON SHOT PUT - 1. Bernard, 51-3.50 (828); 2. Harlan, 50-9.50 (819); 3. Kevin Thompson, Tennessee, 50-1.25 (806)... 11. Karas, 42-1.50 (657).
DECATHLON HIGH JUMP - 1. Bernard, 7-1.75 (973); T2. Harlan and Bryan Anderson, Montana, 6-10.25 (887)... T11. Karas, 6-3.25 (723).
DECATHLON 400 - 1. Harris, 48.35 (892); 2. Youngblood, 48.50 (885); 3. Anderson, 48.79 (871)... 15. Karas, 51.36 (753).
800 METER FINAL - 1. Otukile Lekote, South Carolina, 1:45.17; 2. Sam Burley, Penn, 1:45.39; 3. Moise Joseph, Florida, 1:45.74... 9. Joseph Lee, K-State, 1:50.82.
110 HURDLES SEMIFINAL (Top 4 each heat, next best time to final) - Heat 1: 1. Todd Matthews, Clemson, 13.56; 2. Lewis Edmonson, Prairie View, 13.68; 3. Ryan Wilson, USC, 13.74... 6. Jared MacLeod, K-State, 13.96. MacLeod had 13th-best time in semifinals and did not advance.
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