Last-Ditch Efforts Pay Off for CSUN
It happens every May in the weekend preceding the NCAA Division II track and field championships.
Athletes who have narrowly missed Division II qualifying standards make final efforts to improve their performances by the few seconds or inches that will send them to the Division II meet.
Cal State Northridge used those meets to its advantage last weekend, qualifying four athletes for the Division II championships that began Thursday at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.
Tina Cheney qualified in the women’s 1,500-meter run with a personal best of 4 minutes, 24.49 seconds at Santa Monica City College on Saturday night.
Ken Burke qualified in the men’s high jump by clearing 7 feet, 0 1/2 inch at Cal State Los Angeles on Sunday, and Lisa Gill scored a personal best of 4,895 points in the heptathlon at Cal State Long Beach to also qualify.
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