LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Colby College's Sophie Stokes Cerkvenik (Britt, Minn.) showed Friday that she is a national title contender after finishing with the top preliminary time among the 22 participants in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Women's Track and Field Championships.
Stokes Cerkvenik finished in a time of 14.50 in winning heat two and easily had the best showing. Fitchburg State's Annie Woolley also ran in heat two and had a time of 14.57 for the second-best clocking. The other two heat winners both had 14.60.
"When I was at the start, all I was thinking about was to go out there and win my heat since the winner of each heat automatically qualifies and advances to the finals," Stokes Cerkvenik said. "My coach and I have been working hard all season, and it feels good to be advancing with today's results, but there's still more work to do tomorrow."
Stokes Cerkvenik can run faster -- she had a 14.34 school record at MIT's last chance qualifier meet. She came into the event as the 11th seed with that 14.34. Stokes Cerkvenik will be the lone hurdler from the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
There will be nine competitors in Saturday's 2 p.m. championship final. The top eight finishers will earn All-American honors. The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse has a nine-lane track.
NCAA Division III 2018 Outdoor
Track & Field Championships
La Crosse, Wis. - 5/24/2018 to 5/26/2018
Event 15 Women 100 M Hurdles
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3 Heats. Advance top 1 from each heat plus next best 6 to final
Hurdles in all lanes.
DIII Champ: # 13.60 1998 Bridget Cochran, Chris. Newport
Stadium: ^ 13.67
Comp# Name Year School Prelims Wind H#
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Preliminaries
1 #167 Sophie Stokes Cerkv JR Colby 14.50Q -2.9 2
2 #209 Nicole Bartoletta SR Geneva 14.60Q -3.9 1 14.593
3 #338 Jessica Fields SO Redlands 14.60Q -2.6 3 14.600
4 #205 Annie Woolley SR Fitchburg St. 14.57q -2.9 2
5 #471 Raevyn Fontaine SR Wheaton (Mass.) 14.62q -3.9 1 14.613
6 #144 Jenna Dyksen SR Calvin 14.62q -3.9 1 14.617
7 #220 Gabrielle Brown JR Hamline 14.66q -2.9 2
8 #130 Jayci Andrews JR Bridgewater St. 14.68q -2.9 2
9 #361 Darielle Cross SO Rowan 14.77q -3.9 1
10 #247 Catalina Lee Kim SR La Verne 14.81 -2.6 3
11 #458 Sabrina Pray SR Westfield State 14.85 -2.6 3
12 #398 Erin MacDougall JR SUNY Geneseo 14.88 -2.6 3
13 #233 Amber Edwards SR Ithaca 15.12 -2.6 3
14 #353 Kylee Bartlett JR Rochester 15.15 -2.6 3 15.142
15 #221 Anna Futterer SR Hamline 15.15 -3.9 1 15.144
16 #463 Favor Ezewuzie SO Wheaton (Ill.) 15.16 -2.6 3
17 #519 Clair Shepardson FR Wis.-La Crosse 15.20 -3.9 1
18 #415 Annalisa DeBari SR Tufts 15.26 -3.9 1
19 #160 Sabrine Griffith SO Claremont-Mu 15.27 -2.9 2
20 #404 Kaila Carter SO TCNJ 15.30 -2.9 2
21 #492 Izabelle Ith FR Williams 15.37 -2.9 2
-- #363 Aspen McMillan JR Rowan FS -3.9 1
