• East Regional Championships - Florida [results]

Brian Chaput threw 250-09 to win the javelin title (Kirby Lee/The Sporting Image)

Saturday's competition kicked off with the men's javelin throw as defending NCAA Champion Brian Chaput of Pennsylvania launched a mark of 250-09 to take the win. Paul Pisano of Connecticut placed second with his throw of 243-08.

Georgia Tech's Chaunte Howard continued her outstanding season in the high jump by clearing 6-03.25 to win the title.

Over in the 4x100 meter relay, Florida State took home the men's title with their time of 39.02 while Miami claimed the women's title with their time of 43.87.

Treniere Clement of Georgetown earned top honors in the women's 1500 meter final with her time of 4:17.64.

The men's 110 meter hurdles saw somewhat of an upset as Richard Phillips of George Mason earned the title in 13.52 (3.5w) to defeat hometown favorite Josh Walker of Florida in 13.53.

It was a hot 100 meter hurdle final for the women as Lashinda Demus of South Carolina captured the race in 12.99 (2.1w). Ebony Foster of NC State grabbed second in 13.04 and Andrea Bliss of Florida took third in 13.05.

True freshman Reggie Witherspoon of Florida came out as the fastest men's quarter-miler in the region with his winning time of 45.53 in the 400 meters. Florida had the fastest woman as well, with Novlene Williams winning in a time of 51.53.

After winning the 100 meter hurdles, Lashinda Demus came back to make it a complete double by taking the 400 meter hurdles in 54.77.

The men's 400 meter hurdles was no disappointment as freshman Kerron Clement of Florida clocked 49.01 to win the title over SEC rival LaRon Bennett of Georgia in 49.04.

Lauryn Williams of Miami stood out above the crowd once again in the 100 meters with her winning time of 11.16.

It was a tremendous women's shot put competition as Laura Gerraughty of North Carolina popped a 60+ performance with her winning throw of 60-10. Kim Barrett of Florida managed to get second with her heave of 59-11.75 while teammate Candice Scott earned third in 56-08.50.

Jerome Mathis of Hampton, who placed second overall at the NCAA Championships last year, won the men's 200 meters in 20.32. Florida State's Brian Dzingai clocked 20.40 to get second while Florida's Kyle Farmer placed third in 20.41.

Penn State's Connie Moore claimed the women's 200 meter title with her time of 22.45 (2.5w) while Georgia's Krysha Bayley took second place in 22.89.

Friday afternoon started with Amber Campbell of Coastal Carolina winning the hammer throw with her mark of 220-06. The senior edged out Florida's Candice Scott (219-02) and Georgia's Jenny Dahlgren (216-03).

In the men's hammer throw, Thomas Freeman of Manhattan excelled to a mark of 233-04 to win the talented event. Spyridon Jullien of Virginia Tech placed second with his throw of 222-05 while Lucais MacKay of Georgia took third at 217-00.

Tony Allmond of South Carolina was tops in the long jump with his leap of 25-08.75 (2.0w). The women's long jump went to Chi-Chi Aduba of Penn State who recorded a mark of 21-04.25. Hyleas Fountain of Georiga took second with her leap of 20-11.75 (2.9w).

The women's 5,000 meter title went to Kim Smith of Providence with her time of 15:51.03.

The Florida men and women captured the East Regional Championship titles.


• Mideast Regional Championships - LSU [results]

Muna Lee captured both the 100 and 200 meters with a strong tailwind (LSU sports photo)

The men's javelin got things started on Saturday as Leigh Smith of Tennessee claimed the title with this throw of 247-09.

The 4x100 meter relay kicked off the running events as Arkansas made it a complete sweet as the men took the title in 39.18 while the women clocked 44.91.

Over in the women's 400 meters, Dee Dee Trotter of Tennessee captured the title with her time of 51.43. LSU took home places 2-3-4 with Hazel-Ann Regis (51.60), Nadia Davy (51.66) and Monique Hall (51.98).

It was a sub-45 performance for LSU's Kelly Willie in the 400 meters with his winning time of 44.81.

There was plenty of wind (4.0) to assist everyone in the men's 100 meter final as Tyson Gay of Arkansas took victory with his time of 10.02 to just edge out Mardy Scales of Middle Tennessee (10.02) and Marc Burns of Auburn (10.03).

The wind reading was just as fast again (4.0) during the men's 200 meter final, but Arkanas was clearly in charge of the race. Taking the top three spots, Tyson Gay claimed the title in 20.16 as Wallace Spearmon placed second in 20.21 and Omar Brown taking third in 20.50.

Muna Lee of LSU, just like Tyson Gay, won both the 100 and 200 meter titles with plenty of wind at their backs to assist in the victory. Lee took charge in the 100 with her time of 11.00 (4.9w) and 200 meters in 22.22 (4.0w).

Another LSU sprint sensation took top honors in the 100 meter hurdles as Lolo Jones crossed the tape in 12.83 (2.9w). Alabama's Beau Walker finished second in 12.96.

Shelly-Ann Gallimore of Auburn continued their tradition in the triple jump as the senior managed to hold a winning mark of 44-09.50 (2.8w). Nicole Toney of LSU took second place with her mark of 43-07.75 (2.5w).

Michigan's Melissa Bickett was the top thrower in the discus as she won with a mark of 186-03. Gaute Myklebust of Memphis won the men's discus with his toss of 198-03.

Janae Strickland of Missouri was able to win the women's shot put with her heave of 55-01.50.

The men's pole vault went to Arkansas newcomer and senior Jeremy Scott with his clearance of 18-02.75. Scott is a former Division III Champion and record holder while he was at Allegheny College.

On Friday, it was hometown flavor for LSU's Britney Henry who won the hammer throw with her mark of 205-11. Over in the men's hammer throw, Ohio State's Dan Taylor claimed the event with his mark of 223-08.

Akron's Kira Sims captured the pole vault competition with her clearance of 13-05.75 fresh off her Mid-American Conference title two weeks ago.

Arkansas' 4x100 meter relay ran a solid 44.74 to notch the second-fastest women's qualifying mark despite two poor handoffs on Friday, but in the aftermath, sophomore sensation Veronica Campbell came up with a strained left hamstring, thus eliminating her from the rest of the competition

Leevan Sands of Auburn continued his outstanding season to win the long jump with his mark of 26-09.75 (2.4w). LSU's John Moffitt was second at 26-06.25 (3.1w) while his teammate, Lejuan Simon, placed third at 26-03.50.

Sands then went on to claim the triple jump on Saturday with his mark of 56-09.25 (3.1w). Aarik Wilson of Indiana placed second at 55-05.75.

The men's shot put saw Jeff Chakouian of Kentucky grab the title with his heave of 66-03 while Steve Manz of Michigan State placed second with his throw of 63-04.25. Dan Taylor of Ohio State ended up with a foul, but should still advance to the NCAA meet with his high ranking.

The men's 5,000 meters was missing Alistair Cragg of Arkansas when he was pulled out of the event with a medical exemption. However, the NCAA rules clearly state that a student-athlete must still compete in order to advance to the NCAA Championships. Wisconsin's Simon Bairu took home the title with his time of 14:13.08.

The Arkasnas men and LSU women captured the Mideast Regional Championship titles.

Mideast Regional race recaps by Nathan Timm Women's 5,000 meters: The unofficial splits were: 74, 2:31, 3:46, 5:03, 6:23, 7:42,9:04, 10:22 (?), 11:42, 13:03, 15:00 with Molly Hudlle of Notre Dame and Jamie Krzyminski of Michigan State at her side last in the race. Notre Dame's Molly Huddle captured the 5,000 meter title at LSU on Friday night Molly Huddle took the pacing chores for the most of the entire tour of LSU's fine track facility. Huddle looked extremely comfortable through the mile, but the eased up through the second mile. This pace allowed the pace of seven runners who had broken away in stay in contention. This pack included Missouri's Amanda Bales, UTC's Shannon Womack, Kentucky's Caitlin Phillips, Notre Dame'e Stephanie Madia and Belmont's Christy Csorna who were all in the hunt. This pack of seven stay highly contested especially during the second mile.  Huddle and Krzyminski broke the field after two miles. Krymiski attempted to challenge, but Huddle had nothing to do with it. She picked up the pace and then ran kicked for the win in 16:12. Krzyminski followed in 16:13. In some of the closest fights for Austin of the night, Bales fought off surges from Madia, Philips, and Womack in the final mile. Southwest Missouri State's Casey Owen's patience paid off, who was nowhere in contention early on, and even out of the pack of seven, hauled down Bales and company in the final 800 meters to take third in 16:26. Madia, Csorna, and Phillips faded in the final mile. Bales held the fourth position heading into the final straightaway, but Womack edged her out in 16:26.56. Bales grabbed the last spot to Austin in 16:26.71 Quotes: Winner, Molly Huddle on her second consecutive regional win and the conditions: “I just really wanted to focus on finishing number one in these conditions. It's good to have a race in humid conditions under my belt. Nationals is my focus. Jamie gave me someone to run with.” Shannon Womack (fourth place) on her surprise berth to Nationals and the intense pack battling for the final three spots to nationals: “I was pretty much just trying to hang on. I wanted to stay focused and keep the pace. We all knew we were fighting for the top five so I just really tried to stay with the pack. I'm just excited to be in Austin. My ultimate goal would be to make the finals. ” Amanda Bales (fifth place) on the her race and the move to the 5000 meters: “I felt like my heels were getting clipped the whole race. I've been running and training for the 1500 all year. I ran the 5000 for points at conference and my coach was like how do you feel about the 5000? I hadn't run a real fast 1500 all year. I decided to go with 5K. It's tough. I've only been running 35-40 miles a week this track season. I'm just real thankful. I have to give the glory to God for this race.” Women’s 1,500 meters: Unofficial Splits : 66, 2:15, 3:21 (All McWilliams with Gallo right behind) In one of the most highly contested races of the day, Tiffany McWilliams of Mississippi State took it out, but Michigan’s Lindsay Gallo stuck to her pre-race to plan to stick right behind her. These two took control over the field, and separated themselves considerably from the field during the third lap. McWilliams was running smooth in front, but Gallo tucked in behind and looked like a cat ready to pounce when ready. Other contenders like Wisconsin’s Hilary Edmondson and Notre Dame’s Kerry Meagher resisted the urge to go after knocking out the fleet feeted pair and ran within themselves. They were in the chase pack with Auburn’s Spring Dawson. On the gun lap, McWilliams still held the upper hand, but Gallo looked primed and ready. At 200 she challenged on the outside, but it wasn’t until the final 50 meters where Gallo pulled on her side and reached for the win. Gallo ran a personal best of 4:11, with McWilliams finishing in 4:12. This sets up quite the rematch for the National race. Edmondson looked strong in the final lap and finished ahead of Meagher and Dawson. Quotes: Hilary Edmondson, third place, on her conservative strategy: “I was happy with it. I knew this wasn’t the day to go for it. I decided to be safe and felt good in the later part and had some left. I’ll leave it for Nat’s.” Men’s 1,500 meters: In what is becoming a routine affair in men’s middle distance racing - extremely slow starts are making the 1500 into a kicker’s race. Redundant of yesterday’s races were pedestrian paces resulting in a congested field. Notre Dame freshman Kurt Benniger went through the 800 in 2:11 to lead the field, and the pace picked up gradually from there, but didn’t truly elevate until the final lap. This set up the sprint off in the final 150. Tim Keller was the make a move with Benniger, Morrison, Mulvaney, and Rob Myers in contention during the third lap. Favorites like Wisconsin’s Josh Spiker and Indiana’s Sean Jefferson found themselves trapped at times, but Jeffferson blasted the final 200 to move into fourth down the homestretch. Benniger got the rough end of the deal in the fab five heading into the final bend lacking the speed right now for the high voltage speed switch needed to counteract the pacing adaptation. Chris Mulvany, Rob Myers, Said Ahmed, Jefferson, and Benniger battled down the homestretch for the first five positions and secured their bids to Nationals. Sean Jefferson, fourth place: “I just wanted to get in the top five. I raced in LA last weekend, so I’m a little tired. I’ve ran some good workouts as of late. It’s just kind of a tune-up for Nationals.” Kurt Benniger, fifth place: “A Kicker’s race doesn’t suite me too well. I wanted to go for the front, but I was waiting for some to go. There were a lot of great guys in that race. I haven’t worked too much on speed much, but that’s what the final weeks are for.” Women’s 800 meters: Unofficial Splits: 28, 59 Tennessee’s duo of Nicole Cook and Bennett took the front running responsibilities at the start. LSU’s Keisha Bernard-Thomas followed closely behind with McWilliams in the fourth position. Things heated up in the final 200 meters, where Bennett overtook Cook for the lead. Bernard-Thomas held onto third, and McWilliams took fourth. Akron’s Beata Rudzinska made a late surge in the final 300 to earn her spot to Nationals. Quotes Nicole Cook, runner-up, on the role of her teammate: “It’s good to know you have one of your teammates with you and makes it even better. You have to stick to your own plan and your race, but it’s good to know your teammate is right there with you.” Men’s 800 meters: Splits 25, 53 (Chris Seats, Western Michigan) WMU’s Chris Seats took the pedal into the driver’s position early on, with Kentucky’s Jean Balan closely locked in on his heels. Indiana State’s Jason Briggs was in the mix as well. Michigan’s Andrew Ellerton, who is making a name for himself, looked as comfortable as he did in the prelims whre he held his form and composure in the final straightaway to grab the victory. Tennessee frosh Paul Cross was patient early on and ran a consistent race and worked his way from as far back as sixth to take second. Briggs held off Balan in final straightaway. Cross’s teammate, Marc Sylvester grabbed the last auto bid to Austin by taking fifth. Shook was able to win the steeplechase in 9:55.98 Women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase: Unofficial Splits: 1:13, 2:30, 3:48, 5:09, 6:30, 7:51 (All Shook) In a race that featured a dual between many Big Ten Conference and MAC elite this race brought a load of excitement. While Toledo’s Brianna Shook lead from the gun, and won comfortably – the action behind her was far from lacking drama. Shook had a gap already early, but Arkansas’s Maureen Scott, Indiana’s Kelly Seifker, and Miami’s Andrea Kremer were her early chasers. Those three lead the pursuit early on, but Butler’s Victoria Mitchell and Purdue’s Amber Ferner moved into the mix closing on the mile. Siefker’s partner in Hoosier pride, Audrey Geisler moved up into contention at that point. As Shook cruised past the mile in 5:09 – the pack was Mitchell, Ferner, Kremer, Geisler, Illinois frosh Cassie Hunt, and Siefker as the Austin hopefuls. On lap five, the crew of six dropped Siefker. But, only five get the reserved seating for Austin. Ferner and Mitchell traded off places, while Kremer continually tightened her grip on the pack to cling to the fourth position. Audrey Geisler was holding on dearly with Cassie Hunt looking comfortable in the final stage. On the final lap, Shook kicked reeled in her regional record. Mitchell held onto second for the time being, while Kermer moved into third. The final water barrier held much meaning for this race. Purdue’s overtook Kremer for third and Hunt reeled in Geisler for the fifth position, despite slipping on the last water jump. Briana Shook, first place, on her front running and the conditions: “I ran how I always run. I think it might be easier with some help, but I’ll definitely have that at Nationals. It’s the hottest conditions I’ve raced in. It will prepare me for Texas though.” Andrea Kremer, fourth place, on her thoughts in the midst of a chaotic race: “I was thinking top four. I wanted to put myself in a position to be successful. I wanted to get a clear path to each barrier. I kept telling myself, don’t let those girls go. It’s only going to hurt for ten minutes.” Cassie Hunt, fifth place, on her clutch performance over in the final 150 meters: “I had a fall at Big Tens on the last water jump as well. I wanted to focus on the last water jump. I kind of slipped, but I got back up. I’m excited to be going to Nationals.” Men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase: Unofficial splits: 71(Olinger), 2:19 (Olinger), 3:29 (Olinger), 4:38 (Olinger/Desilets), 5:49(Desilets), 6:59 (Desilets), 8:06 (Desilets) Ohio State’s Brian Olinger took the leader load off the race’s back in the early going. Kent State’s Peter Wiesz, EMU’s Jordan Desilets, Ohio State’s Aaron Fisher were in the pack of followers. Olinger, Desilets, and Fisher separated themselves a bit from the rest of the field just prior to the mile. Desiles pushed ahead of Olinger, and Fisher on the fifth lap. Fisher moved into the second position and looked under control for the entire race. Olinger dropped back from Fisher and would eventually take third. Wiesz duked it out with Memphis’s Mate Nemeth for grab fourth, and Nemeth took fifth. Aaron Fisher, runner- up, on his performance: “Not bad. It was good to get a strong effort in. I was a little hesitant to really get on it. I didn’t want blow one out anything within two weeks of Nat’s. Brian got out and made sure it was an honest race. I’m glad we have two guys going to Nationals.”

Richards broke her own American junior record (Kirby Lee/The Sporting Image)

Day two on Saturday started with the men's javeling throw as Jarrad Matthews of Texas A&M managed to come away with the title at 243-06.

There was another record set in the men's discus as Hannes Hopley of SMU recorded a mark of 222-00 (67.66m) to win the competition. This is also the final season of the SMU men's program as it will be eliminated next year. Nebraska's Carl Myerscough, after winning the shot put on Friday with his mark of 66-09.75, placed second in the discus at 209-10.

Over in the running events, the Texas women proved to be strong once again in the 4x100 meter relay with their winning time of 43.34. Nebraska claimed the men's title with their time of 39.62.

The women's 100 meter hurdles took advantage of a strong tailwind (5.1) as Nebraska's Priscilla Lopes came through the line in 12.77. Raasin McIntosh of Texas took second with her time of 12.85 while Nichole Denby placed third in 13.00.

Jermaine Cooper of Texas was the top male in the 110 meter hurdles with his time of 13.62 (3.2w) as Nebraska's Nenad Loncar placed second in 13.76.

It was no surprise to see Baylor go 1-2 in the men's 400 meter final with sophomore sensation Jeremy Wariner recording 44.50 to take the title ahead of teammate Darold Williamson in 44.51. Jerry Harris of TCU took third in 44.89.

The day after Sanya Richards of Texas stole the headlines with her time of 50.49 in the prelims of the 400 meters, the sophomore came back to win the final on day two in 50.66. Richards' time of 50.49 in the prelims broke her own American junior record as well.

The men's pole vault featured some outstanding competition as the top three all cleared 17-11. In order of fewer misses, Paul Gensic of Air Force captured the title, followed by Texas Tech's Sage Thames and Bobby Most.

Perhaps the performance of the entire weekend belonged to Chaytan Hill of Kansas State in the triple jump. The Wildcat junior went 46-10 to win the triple jump. However, the wind reading was 2.1, so she just missed a new collegiate record and nearly set the American record. Nebraska's Ineta Radevica, who nearly broke the collegiate record several weeks ago, finished second with her mark of 45-10.75 (2.1w).

It took a photo finish to determine the men's 100 meter winner as the title eventually went to Brendan Christian of Texas. The Longhorn edged out Michael Frater of TCU, 10.084 to 10.087 (2.7w).

Wind was definately a strong factor of help in the women's 100 meter final with a reading of 5.5. Marshevet Hooker of Texas took advantage and recorded a winning time of 11.18.

The men's 800 meters was all Jonathan Johnson of Texas Tech once again as one of the favorites for the NCAA title clocked 1:47.81 to defeat Dmitrijs Milkevics of Nebraska who earned second in 1:47.95.

After her second place finish in the 100 meter hurdles, Raasin McIntosh of Texas came out on top in the 400 meter hurdles with her time of 56.15.

The wind also played a role in the 200 meters as Ashlee Williams of Texas won the women's title in 22.40 (5.3w) and Stanford Routt of Houston rolled in to win at 20.03 (3.5w).

Michelle Carter of Texas was able to hold off Becky Breisch for the women's shot put title, 56-07.50 to 56-03.75.

Kyle Lancaster of Kansas State leaped to 7-04.50 in the high jump to take the title for the Wildcats.

The men's hammer throw went to Jerome Bortoluzzi of SMU with his mark of 217-08 while Loree Smith of Colorado State took the women's hammer with her throw of 60.57m.

April Holliness of Baylor laped to an impressive mark of 21-10.25 to claim the women's long jump while Aundre Edwards of TCU earned the top mark in the men's long jump at 25-11.50.

Colorado's Dathan Ritzenhein, who is also qualified in the 10,000 meters with the nation's fastest time, won the 5,000 meters in 14:04.73. The women's 5,000 meters went to Melissa Gulli of Texas A&M who rolled in at 16:36.03.

Beth Hinshaw of Rice took top honors in the women's pole vault with her height of 13-05.75.

The Nebraska men and Texas women captured the Midwest Regional Championship titles.

Midwest Regional quotes compiled by Alex Moore Men's Javelin Winner: Texas A&M's Jarrad Matthews “My best throw was my third one. I had a little better pull and got it a little farther back. My penultimate step (the last cross over) was a little better. I had my arm a little farther back with a longer pull. Luke finished fifth. I wanted to come in and win especially since it was my home turf and the Big 12's kind of upset me a little bit. I wanted to redeem myself. It is regionals, and I knew I had the chance to get the record. I felt that I had a shot at it. I try to pay attention to what Luke is doing. I try to watch and up motivate him a little bit. Anthony was pulling down on it a little. With the wind like this you can't do that or it's going to hurt you a lot. Before Nationals, I have two weeks just to train. After today, I know what I need to work on. I need to be quicker on my right and not try to throw so hard.” Men's Triple Jump Winner: Rice's Jason Powell “Coming into this week, my potential was good but I've had a lot of problems this season, a lot of scratches and of course I've had meniscus problems all year long, so I've only jumped like three times this season. Coming in I was ranked eighth, and I was hoping to make the top five. We brought in a special trainer who came in and stretched me, so I felt really good today. He said I was going to jump great and I was like, ‘okay.' I put the first one out there and I jumped like 51.11. That was a PR off the bat. I felt all right and my knees didn't really hurt. I just kept stretching. Every jump today was a PR. I ended up PRing by two feet six inches, and the rest is history. I feel pretty good going into Nationals, and I feel that I can jump farther and I'm pretty sure that I can.” Women's Javelin Winner: Texas A&M's Katy Doyle “It felt good but didn't feel perfect. You have to release it level just like throwing a dart. You really had to do that today with the conditions.” Men's 400m Relay Winner: Nebraska : Dusty Stamer “It's great. It's awesome. I can't believe it. That was the best we've done all season. A couple of lanes jumped out. Everyone was running out of their lanes. When I got the baton it was close. I knew we had a chance. (On making the NCAA's) It's great. I can't believe it yet.” Women's 400m Relay Winner: Texas : Sanya Richards “I think it was a great race. Yesterday was really, really hot, but we got through it. It was a good day for us to be out here. Today it was windy, but I was happy that we got to stick around and finish out victorious. Each time we get to run it's great practice for the next meet. Everything is going really, really well and hopefully we'll go faster and be that much more competitive at Nationals.” Women's 1500m Run Winner: Oklahoma 's Jessica Eldridge “Going into the race my coach told me to get out there and not necessarily lead, but he wanted to make sure that the race was normal pace and somewhat fast. He told me if it was too slow to go ahead and lead. This is pretty much what I wanted, to get to Nationals. At Nationals, I'll just run the best I can.” Men's 1500m Run Winner: Rice's Adam Davis “I felt fairly clean coming home. I sat on them as long as I could because my strategy was to follow them and then make something happen in the very end. Because I'm an 800m runner, I was relying on my speed at the mend. My pace helped that. The wind was pretty strong on the backstretch and I'm sure the time was very slow. Again, I just sat back and went head on into the wind hoisting energy. I tried to relax as long as I could until I made my final move.” Women's 100m HH Winner: Nebraska 's Priscilla Lopes “It's a very nice track. I came out here and ran a PV yesterday and ran a PV today. I was very pleased. This competition, like the girls, they are very, very good. They push me. I push them. It's a very good field. I'm looking forward to the Canadian trials. I started slowing down right when I needed to and doing really good.” Men's 110m HH Winner: Texas ' Jermaine Cooper “In between I was hitting hurdles and that caused me to slow down in between hurdles. I just adjusted my approach to each hurdle. It wasn't one of my better races, but at the same time it's a win. I did what I came to do, got in a good workout while I was here and now it's time to prepare for Nationals. I knew when I came off the last hurdle, I didn't see anyone, so I just kind of opened it up a little bit and slowed down two meters before the line, knowing that I'd won.” Women's 400m Dash Winner: Texas ' Sanya Richards “It was a bit windy, so I had to change my strategy a little bit. I'm a little disappointed, I wanted to go a little faster today, but sometimes the conditions won't allow that. I knew it wasn't as fast as I ran yesterday. Yesterday I ran 150m back and kind of held my pace and then made a move. Today, I wanted to run must first 100 a little bit harder and relax into the whole backstretch and then make a move.” Men's 400m Dash Winner: Baylor's Jeremy Wariner “When I got to the 200-mark, I felt comfortable. My coaches told me to work the turn. I knew not to start kicking too early. I gained like five yards before I started kicking off the curve. I looked out of the corner of my eye and thought that they were right next to me and that there was going to be a battle for first. (On beating teammate Darold Williamson) I'm not surprised. I knew I could do it. It's been both of us all year. I just knew it was my time. He'll get me one weekend, I'll get him the next.” Women's 100m Dash Winner: Texas' Marshevet Hooker “I had to keep pushing hard throughout the race. There are some great competitors out there. Some of the girls that I ran against today are going to be my real serious competition at Nationals, and I treat it as that. I wanted to get to Nationals, and I ran hard. I think I have a lot to learn, and I've had a lot of learning experiences this year. I'm going to keep on running to the best of my ability.” Women's 800m Run Winner: Tulsa's Melanie Hardy “I figured either way you're going to get tired, so you might was well tire out in the front. When everyone's comes to try to catch you, you kind of change gears and go with them. If you tire in the back, it's so much harder for you to try to kick again and catch up to the front. So, just run tired in the front and when they try to catch you, just try to go with them. It worked. I feel pretty good going into Nationals. I'm feeling good throughout this trials, throughout the finals. I was thinking the girls, we've been fighting, there were two or three, but they never came for me like I thought they were going. I'm feeling pretty good, but at Nationals I know that the girls are going to be ready to roll. Everybody's going to be fighting to make it to the top eight.” Men's 800m Run Winner: Texas Tech's Jonathan Johnson “It was fun. I knew it was a bit windy out here. It kind of made it tough on the back stretch, but I knew to stay out of trouble and try to get the lead. I had to be ready for war. (Going into Nationals) I feel like I'm ready to go. I've been ready to go. With the conditions and as windy as it is, you really ask for more than I just did.” Women's 400m IH Winner: Texas' Raasin McIntosh “I tried to focus after the 100 hurdles. I'm learning that no matter what goes on the 100 hurdles, just focus on just taking one step at a time. I felt like I had a really good start on the 100 hurdles and really thought I'd won. I hit the last hurdle and the Nebraska girl came and passed me. Then I decided to get a strong finish in the 400 hurdles. I'm a little disappointed in my time, but I have a little hamstring soreness. I just tried to win it, and we'll handle everything else at Nationals.” Men's 400m IH Winner: Minnesota's Mikael Jakobsson “I wanted to go 13 steps as much as possible. I just kept going 13-5 hurdles and I think that helped me get a fast start. I just tried to run 14 steps as fast as I could. I'm from Sweden, and I have to run about a second faster to make the Olypmics. I think I can run a lot faster than I did today. This wind is pretty tough.” Women's 200m Dash Winner: Texas' Ashlee Williams “I knew there would be a strong wind, so I just came to the race. I just wanted to run a good time for Nationals, to post a good time, and this is a great time to do it. I've been working on my stretch and core work. I know I'm going into the race way more confident, because I know I'm stronger in those areas.” Men's Pole Vault Winner: Air Force's Paul Gensic “The wind was at our tail this year and more in our favor. It was a personal record for me by 4 cm. I'm feeling pretty good going into Nationals. I'm excited. This region is incredible, with the Texas Tech guys- they're both incredible athletes. Just coming down here and coming into Texas and beating those guys, it's just exciting to get the win. We're all good buddies out there pushing each other. There are some friendly rivalries going.” Women's Shot Put Winner: Texas' Michelle Carter “I've been working really hard. I was hoping that I'd have a good through today. I didn't know it was a better throw. I thought I did it bad, but I was so happy.” Women's 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Nebraska's Ann Gaffigan “I was a little nervous because when I've been to Texas it's been very hot during Cross Country and throughout track last year and I didn't do very well. I was glad to get past that mental barrier and had a good race. I'm excited about Nationals in a couple of weeks.” Men's 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Colorado State's Mike Nicks “I thought I'd dropped him and then I heard the crowd. I looked back, and he was right behind me. I was just happy to get top five, that was really my goal. I didn't really care to win, but I was so close, I thought I might as well.” Men's Discus Winner: SMU's Hannes Hopley “This has been one of my favorite spots to throw but I've just never been physically ready. We've never had a meet at the end of the year, so I've never been physically ready to throw far when we've competed here. This was the first time I've actually been ready because Nationals is in two weeks. This is the first time I've been physically ready, mentally ready. My technique has been great. It was just the perfect conditions at the right time. The wind was perfect. These are the conditions that some discus throwers dream about.” Women's 4x400m Relay Winner: Texas: LaTashia Kerr “It's a tradition with the UT track team that we never lose a 4x4. We go out there and do our thing, and that's exactly what we did. Nobody's going to beat us unless they fight for it. No one's leaving Austin with our trophy. In Austin, it's competitive.” Men's 4x400m Relay Winner: Baylor: Darold Williamson “At Baylor we do have a big tradition with a beautiful past. The athletes here at Baylor, we just want to come out and have a good time and win. We're going to Nationals where we'll run smart. Just be safe and run hard. I run after Jeremy (Wariner) and running after him, I just relax. I know I'm going to have a gap, so I just go ahead and finish the race. They all make it easy for me. I definitely believe we're going to break three minutes. Honestly, if we don't break three minutes, someone else is. I think that's what it's going to take to win a national championship, and that's what we plan to do.”

• West Regional Championship - Cal State Northridge [results | photos]

Ida Nilsson set a new collegiate steeplechase standard out west (Chris Donahue)

Day two featured a new collegiate record in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase by Ida Nilsson of Northern Arizona in 9:43.25. Nilsson edged out the former record holder, Kassi Andersen of BYU, as she recorded a time of 9:44.68.

Doug Lefler of Long Beach State took the javelin title with his throw of 237-04. Oregon's Sarah Malone established the top mark in the women's javelin with her throw of 173-10.

Sheena Gordon of UCLA came out on top in the women's high jump with her clearance of 6-02. The Cal-Poly SLO duo of Kaylene Wagner and Sharon Day also managed to clear 6-02, but had more misses than Gordon.

The 4x100 meter relays started the running events as Arizona State won the women's title in 44.35 just over USC at 44.36 while the Sun Devils were just as successful in the men's race at 38.92.

The women's 1500 meter final was dominated by the top two freshmen as Iryna Vashchuk of USC took the title in 4:12.79 with Arianna Lambie of Stanford finishing second in 4:13.14.

BYU took the top two men's spots in the 1500 meters as Nathan Robison taking first in 3:44.64 and Bryan Lindsay getting second in 3:45.00.

UCLA's deep talent pool showed up once agian in the 100 meter hurdle final as Sheena Johnson claimed the title in a very fast 12.85. Meanwhile, Monique Henderson won the women's 400 meters with her time of 50.65 which is ranked just behind Sanya Richards of Texas on the national list.

Craig Everhart of UCLA finally got his sub-45 second performance in the 400 meters as the sophomore won in 44.89. The Arizona State duo of Lewis Banda and Jason Barton placed second and third in 45.10 and 45.47.

It was UCLA once again in the men's 400 meter hurdles as freshman Brandon Johnson clocked 49.64 to take the title. After winning the 100 meter hurdles, Sheena Johnson of UCLA won the 400 meter hurdles with her time of 54.91.

Tonette Dyer of San Diego State made it a sweep in the 100 and 200 meters as the senior recorded times of 11.21 and 22.91.

Arizona State freshman Aaron Aguayo crossed the line in 8:42.79 to win the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Stanford's Ian Dobosn placed second with his time of 8:43.43.

Oregon's Tommy Skipper nearly cleared 19-feet in the pole vault as the freshman came away with a winning height of 18-10.25.

The women's shot put belonged to Jillian Camarena of Stanford as the senior took the title with her throw of 55-07.75.

It was a one-two punch for UCLA to start off day one on Friday morning as they claimed the top spots in the women's hammer throw. Jessica Cosby won the event with her throw of 214-09 while teammate Cari Soong earned second at 213-05.

UCLA was successful in the men's hammer throw as Dan Ames came away with the title throwing 206-05. Ames wasn't finished as he also won the shot put with his throw of 64-03.25. Teammate Jeremy Silverman took second with his heave of 64-00.50.

Arizona's Rachel Varner took top honors in the women's discus with her throw of 189-09.

USC's Allen Simms took the battle in the long jump leaping to 25-02.50. UCLA's Juaune Armon took second place with his mark of 25-00. Simms came back the next day to win the triple jump as well with his mark of 54-08 (2.2w).

Collegiate record holder Chelsea Johnson of UCLA won the pole vault with her clearance of 13-09.75. Kate Soma of Washington grabbed second with her height of 13-05.75.

The women's 5,000 meter final saw Sara Bei take the title with her time of 16:12.26 while Robert Cheseret of Arizona took the men's title in 14:09.86.

The Arizona State men wrapped up the evening with their time of 3:01.77 to win the 4x400 meter relay.

The UCLA men and women captured the West Regional Championship titles.