D'Arpino sets school record in 200 meters

Friday, May 26

Austin, Texas

10:00 AM

Oregon State

NCAA West Regionals

Venessa D'Arpino broke her school record in the 200 meters for the sixth time this season.

Photo by: Oregon State Athletics

May 26, 2017 | Women's Track & Field

Day 2 results

By: Athletic Communications

AUSTIN, Tex. – Redshirt sophomore Venessa D'Arpino broke her own school record in the 200 meters on Friday at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships at the University of Texas.

D'Arpino placed fourth in her heat and 26^th overall in 23.60 to eclipse her old mark of 23.63, set at the Fresno State Bulldog Invitational on April 22. She was ranked 44^th and beat her seeding by 18 places, but just missed out on advancing to the quarterfinals by .08 seconds, as the final qualifier finished in 23.52.

It was the sixth time this season D'Arpino set the school record. She first broke Rosie Williams' old record of 23.96, set in 1988, by running 23.83 at Stanford on April 1. She then ran 23.82, 23.81, 23.72 and 23.63 in subsequent meets before lowering it one more time on Friday night.

D'Arpino set the school record in the 100 (11.70), 200 (23.60) and 400 (54.14) this spring. On Thursday, she outperformed her seeding by 22 places and took 26th in the 400 at 54.21, just .07 behind the 24^th and final runner to advance to the quarterfinals.

Also on Friday, sophomore Juliana Mount placed eighth in her heat and 24^th overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:43.17. She was ranked 33^rd and bettered her seed by nine places.

Senior Morgan Anderson runs in the 5,000 meters on Saturday. She is seeded 42^nd in 16:17.50, the No. 2 all-time mark. She will be OSU's only competitor.

Javelin specialists McKenzie Byrd and Kindel Bailey finished their seasons on Thursday.

A junior, Byrd took 13th in her heat and 44th overall with a mark of 131-8. A sophomore who has battled elbow problems in May, Bailey had two fouls and passed on her final attempt. The top 12 finishers advanced directly to the NCAA Championships, June 7-10 at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Also on Thursday, senior Kara Hallock placed 27th overall in the long jump at 19-8.25; the top 12 placers advanced directly to NCAAs. However, her season is not over as she qualified for the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon by placing second at the Pac-12 championships with a score of 5,551 points.

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Thursday's results
400 METERS: 26. Venessa D'Arpino, 54.21; did not advance.
LONG JUMP: 27. Kara Hallock, 19-8.25; did not advance.
JAVELIN: 44. McKenzie Byrd, 131-8. 48. Kindel Bailey, NM; did not advance.

Friday's results
200 METERS: 26. Venessa D'Arpino, 23.60; did not advance.
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE: 24. Juliana Mount, 10:43.17; did not advance.

Saturday's entrant
5,000 METERS: Morgan Anderson (16:17.50).

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