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 Richard Skirball |
March 12, 2004 Skirball Advances to NCAA Finals BOSTON - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Richard Skirball (Granite City) advanced to Saturday's finals of the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center. Skirball, a senior, was the sixth of nine qualifiers for the finals, which will take place today (Saturday) at 4:20 p.m. EST. Skirball ran the fourth-fastest time in his heat at 1 minute, 51.98 seconds. His time broke his own school record of 1:52.68 set back in 2002. Josh Weber, of Northwood, held the fastest time going into the finals by winning the prelimiary heat in 1:51.39, less than a second faster than Skirball.
Men 800 m Run
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Meet: * 1:47.78 1995 Savieri Ngidhi, Abilene Christian (TX)
Name Year School Prelims
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1 Josh Weber SR Northwood 1:51.39Q
2 Adam Arellano SO Adams State 1:53.28Q
3 Bernard Manirakiza SR Abilene Chr. 1:51.68Q
4 Shane Roder JR South Dakota 1:53.32Q
5 Marius Skarbauskas SO New Haven 1:51.86q
6 Richard Skirball SR SI-Edwards. 1:51.98q
7 Adrian Findlay JR St. Aug. 1:52.21q
8 Jon Seymour JR Sn. Conn. 1:52.22q
9 Paul Mach SR Seattle Pac. 1:53.40q
10 Eric Isley SO NW Missouri 1:53.46
11 Andy Prentice SO St. Martin's 1:54.04
-- Pat Lehman FR Minn-Mankato DQ
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