CSUN’s Arreola Gains Final in TAC 1,500

Darcy Arreola of Cal State Northridge advanced to the 1,500-meter final in The Athletics Congress national championships Friday, finishing sixth in her qualifying heat in 4 minutes, 20.68 seconds.

Arreola’s heat was won by Wisconsin’s Suzy Favor, the NCAA champion, in 4:19.28.

Diane Richburg, the national leader in the 800 meters, won the other heat in 4:18.41.

Favor and Arreola are two of five collegians who qualified for this evening’s 12-women final. The top two collegiate finishers in today’s race will earn berths on the U. S. team for the World University Games in Duisburg, West Germany, in August.