NCAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: FAMILY FUN FOR JOHNSON UCLA POLE VAULTER TAKES TITLE.Byline: Daily News staff and wire reports AUSTIN, Texas - Like father, like daughter. UCLA's Chelsea Johnson, a legitimate contender for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, won the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Track and Field Championships on Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium Mike A. Myers Stadium is the home of The University of Texas Longhorn track and field and soccer teams and also home to the USATF Elite Running Circuit Austin Track Club. The 20,000 seat stadium hosts the historic Texas Relays annually in April, as well as the University . Johnson cleared 14 feet, 4 1/4 inches for the title and was the only athlete to clear 14 feet. Jan Johnson Jan Johnson (born 11 November,1950) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1972, where he holds the school record in the pole vault at 18'1/2". , Chelsea's father, won the NCAA pole vault title for Kansas in 1970 and earned a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics. ``I most definitely came here looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the win,'' Johnson said. ``My confidence had been down for the last month and a half. But this week I had some really good practices, which got it back up again, though I wasn't expecting to get first place. ``I'm not happy with my height because my PR (personal best) is 15 feet, but I'm happy to bring in the points for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX .'' UCLA teammate Jackie Nguyen was fifth at 13-5 1/4. After nine events, UCLA is second with 34 points, four behind leader Nebraska, with defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit third with 31 and host Texas fourth with 21. UCLA, LSU and Texas are expected to fight it out for the team title as the competition concludes today. Favored Arkansas led the men's competition after six events with 25 points. Florida was second with 23, followed by TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. with 18 and SMU SMU Southern Methodist University SMU Solid (Waste) Management Unit SMU Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia; Philippines) SMU Singapore Management University SMU Saint Mary's University of Minnesota with 16. The UCLA women's quest to win the team title started with a second-place finish in the 400-meter relay. The team of Sani Roseby, Sheena Johnson, Dawn Harper and Monique Henderson finished in 43.39 seconds. LSU won in 42.61. Sheena Johnson finished third in the 100 hurdle finals with a time of 12.75. Teammate Dawn Harper also scored for the Bruins by finishing eighth in 13.41. Nichole Denby of Texas won the event in 12.62, third-fastest ever by a collegiate hurdler. Sheena Johnson had a busy day as she posted the second-fastest time in the 400 hurdles at 55.6 to qualify for today's finals. Henderson ran the second-fastest 400 time in 51.53 seconds to qualify for today's finals. Texas' Sanya Richards won her heat in 50.86. Cal State Northridge's Carol Stevenson finished eighth in the discus, scoring a point for the Matadors, at 178 feet, 11 inches. In other events: Lauryn Williams ran away with the women's 100 title, winning in 10.96 seconds - the fastest time in the world this year. The 5-foot, 3-inch junior from Miami, who talks almost as fast as she runs, bettered her 11.01 clocking, which had stood as the world's best this season. Tyson Gay gave defending champion Arkansas its first men's 100title, winning in 10.06 seconds. Josh Walker of Florida edged Eric Mitchum of Oregon to win the 110 hurdles. Walker won in 13.32 seconds, with Mitchum at 13.38. Hannes Hopley of SMU made sure the Mustangs went out a winner in the men's discus, defending his title. SMU announced in February that it was eliminating its men's track and field program. Hopley repeated his NCAA title with a throw of 203-5. It is the fourth NCAA title in the event for SMU in the past seven years. Florida edged Arizona State and Florida State to win the men's 400 relay. The Gators were clocked in 39.11 seconds. Arizona State was second at 39.14 and Florida State third, also in 39.14. Katy Doyle of Texas A&M, a former softball player who didn't pick up a javelin until her first season in college five years ago, won the event at 185-7. Becky Breish of Nebraska, the 2003 shot put champion, won the women's discus with a throw of 204-5, more than 13 feet farther than runner-up Beth Mallory of Alabama, who threw 191-4. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: UCLA's Chelsea Johnson follows in her father's footsteps by winning the NCAA pole vault title. Jan Johnson won in 1970. Alex Jones/Associated Press |
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