Thursday, May 24
Jacksonville, Fla.
9:00 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
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NCAA East Outdoor Regionals
Ryan Hopkins
Hopkins Places 39th at NCAA Men’s Track & Field East Regional
5/24/2012 10:05:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Results
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Davidson senior Ryan Hopkins placed 39th in the 10,000-meter run in 32 minutes, 1.75 seconds Thursday night in the NCAA Men's Track & Field East Region Championships hosted by North Florida in Hodges Stadium.
The Greenwich, Conn. native needed to place in the Top 12 to advance to the NCAA Championships.
He qualified for the event by virtue of his school-record performance at the Penn Relays on April 26 of 29:49.01. He ranked 41st in the field of 48 runners entering the meet.
Hopkins was the first Davidson runner to qualify for the NCAA Regionals on time alone. David Ritchie (400-meter hurdles), Douglas Noreen (800-meter run) and Beaux Jones (javelin) were the last Wildcats to compete in the event in 2007. They advanced to the event as automatic qualifiers by virtue of claiming the individual Southern Conference Championships in their respective events. Automatic bids are no longer awarded to conference champions.
Hopkins, who recently received the Tommy Peters Award as Davidson College's top male athlete, won the SoCon Championship in the outdoor 5,000-meter run this season and holds both the 5000m and 10,000m outdoor school records.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Davidson senior Ryan Hopkins placed 39th in the 10,000-meter run in 32 minutes, 1.75 seconds Thursday night in the NCAA Men's Track & Field East Region Championships hosted by North Florida in Hodges Stadium.
The Greenwich, Conn. native needed to place in the Top 12 to advance to the NCAA Championships.
He qualified for the event by virtue of his school-record performance at the Penn Relays on April 26 of 29:49.01. He ranked 41st in the field of 48 runners entering the meet.
Hopkins was the first Davidson runner to qualify for the NCAA Regionals on time alone. David Ritchie (400-meter hurdles), Douglas Noreen (800-meter run) and Beaux Jones (javelin) were the last Wildcats to compete in the event in 2007. They advanced to the event as automatic qualifiers by virtue of claiming the individual Southern Conference Championships in their respective events. Automatic bids are no longer awarded to conference champions.
Hopkins, who recently received the Tommy Peters Award as Davidson College's top male athlete, won the SoCon Championship in the outdoor 5,000-meter run this season and holds both the 5000m and 10,000m outdoor school records.
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