Men's 200-Meter Dash
Notes: Moravian junior Eric Woodruff set an NCAA DIII meet record and stadium record with his time of 20.85 seconds in heat three of the preliminary round of the men's 200-meter dash. Woodruff defended his national title in the final in a time of 21.04. Springfield College senior Stephen Headley was second in 21.15. Headley was third in the 200 meters last year. Gwynedd-Mercy College sophomore Dan Dunkleberger was third in 21.30.
Eric Woodruff Quotes
How do you feel being back-to-back national champion? “I just feel great right now. It’s just great to come back out here again and to be healthy and strong. Coming into it, I figured if I am going to run, I may as well just compete. And if you’re going to compete, you might as well just do your best. And if you’re going to do your best, you better go out and win. I just came out here and did exactly that. I came out here and did my best, and it all paid off in the end.”
His thoughts about waiting until near the end of the meet to run: “I ran a pretty good time in the preliminaries. I think somewhere around 20.25. It was just a matter of reassuring yourself that I knew I had it in me to do it, and I went out there and ran my race. I was happy with my performance, and it all paid off in the end.”
200 Meter Dash
Round 1, Heat 1
Wind = +1.8 m/s
1 Delannie Spriggs, Sr, Salisbury University 21.29Q
2 Dan Dunkleberger, So, Gwynedd-Mercy College 21.41q
3 Greg Bailey, Jr, Methodist University 21.55q
4 Kenneth Turner, Fr, McMurry University 21.61
5 Lynn Oyawiri, So, Wisconsin Platteville 21.84
6 Rick Wolke, So, Augsburg College 21.88
Round 1, Heat 2
Wind = +1.1 m/s
1 Stephen Headley, Sr, Springfield College 21.14Q
2 Max Orenstein, Jr, Ithaca College 21.42q
3 Jeff Wetmore, Jr, Ithaca College 21.60
4 Cailean Robinson, So, Wheaton College (Ma) 21.69
5 Sam Flood, Jr, Wisconsin Stout 21.95
6 Josh Zu-Bolton, Fr, McMurry University 22.07
Round 1, Heat 3
Wind = +1.5 m/s
1 Eric Woodruff, Jr, Moravian College 20.85Q
NCAA Championships record
Was 20.87; Joe Franklin, Southern N.O., 1976
& David Coates, U-W La Crosse, 1994
Stadium record
Was 21.06; Tony Brown, Widener University, 1999
2 Davivorn Dowe, So, University of Dubuque 21.33q
3 Kendall Wade, Sr, Wisconsin Stout 21.50q
4 Joshua Woods, Fr, Capital University 21.67
5 Luke Reschke, Sr, Monmouth College (Il) 21.82
Final
Wind = +0.9 m/s
1 Eric Woodruff, Jr, Moravian College 21.04
2 Stephen Headley, Sr, Springfield College 21.15
3 Dan Dunkleberger, So, Gwynedd-Mercy College 21.30
4 Delannie Spriggs, Sr, Salisbury University 21.49
5 Max Orenstein, Jr, Ithaca College 21.61
6 Kendall Wade, Sr, Wisconsin Stout 21.81
7 Greg Bailey, Jr, Methodist University 21.95
8 Davivorn Dowe, So, University of Dubuque 61.08