Congratulations to Rice junior Claire Uke who has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the shot put. The NCAAs will take place this coming weekend in Albuquerque.

The NCAA Meet will take place March 14-15, not this weekend.

Sorry for any confusion.

Women's shot put will take place Saturday night. There are 16 athletes, with Claire Uke throwing 12th.

The top 9 will advance to the finals with 3 additional throws (prelims are just 3 throws). The final 9 will go in reverse order of their standing after the prelims.

(03-14-2014 11:45 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Women's shot put will take place Saturday night. There are 16 athletes, with Claire Uke throwing 12th.

The top 9 will advance to the finals with 3 additional throws (prelims are just 3 throws). The final 9 will go in reverse order of their standing after the prelims.

Claire made the finals with her 3rd throw (16.73m/54-10¾), which put her in 8th place. However she fouled on each of her additional three throws, so she finished 8th as well.

Details of all events are here: http://www.ncaa.com/2014-di-indoor-track-and-field

Despite the "Men's Track & Field" headline, you can scroll down to the Saturday Field Events section, then select Women's Shot Put's "Compiled" button -- and then the "Field Series Flight 1" button, to see the throw-by-throw results.

Congrats, Claire!!!

Nice performance. She was seeded 15th entering the meet (out of 16) and her 54-10 3/4 throw was a new PR. Congrats

(03-16-2014 09:17 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Nice performance. She was seeded 15th entering the meet (out of 16) and her 54-10 3/4 throw was a new PR. Congrats

She picked a great meet to set a PR in. Outstanding job.

Congrats on the new PR. Is that an indoor PR, or overall PR? I believe they separate records that way to begin with (indoor versus outdoor) so was curious.

Is she an All-American due to her finish?

(03-16-2014 10:58 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  Is she an All-American due to her finish?

It looks like Claire's 9th-place finish would give her 2nd Team All-American honors.

Here written in clearer form is the rubric used since 2011, from the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association website:

USTFCCCA Wrote:First-team USTFCCCA All-America honors are awarded to those who earn any portion of a team point at the national championships, or reach an eight-entrant final. Second-team All-America honors are handed out to those whose final placing in the national meet range from ninth to 16th place. Those who participated at the final site but did not place in the meet’s top 16 are listed as honorable mention for the All-America award.

(03-16-2014 11:37 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 10:58 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  Is she an All-American due to her finish?

It looks like Claire's 9th-place finish would give her 2nd Team All-American honors.

Here written in clearer form is the rubric used since 2011, from the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association website:

USTFCCCA Wrote:First-team USTFCCCA All-America honors are awarded to those who earn any portion of a team point at the national championships, or reach an eight-entrant final. Second-team All-America honors are handed out to those whose final placing in the national meet range from ninth to 16th place. Those who participated at the final site but did not place in the meet’s top 16 are listed as honorable mention for the All-America award.

She finished 8th, so she should make the first team.

(03-17-2014 08:54 AM)dragon2owl Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 11:37 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 10:58 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  Is she an All-American due to her finish?

It looks like Claire's 9th-place finish would give her 2nd Team All-American honors.

She finished 8th, so she should make the first team.

Arrgh! I should have read/recalled my own earlier post!

(03-15-2014 11:34 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  Claire made the finals with her 3rd throw (16.73m/54-10¾), which put her in 8th place. However she fouled on each of her additional three throws, so she finished 8th as well.

Thanks for the correction, dragon. Mea culpa.