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Illinois freshman Carlene Robinson gets ready for the first of two 800m prelims. |
Arkansas freshman Paige Farrell gets ready to run on her home track. |
Kentucky senior Beth Heimann was running in her fourth-straight NCAA Indoor meet. |
L-R: Robinson, Ashley Freeman, Farrell, Heimann, and Neisha Bernard-Thomas. |
The top two finishers, and the runners with the next four fastest times from both heats combined... |
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...would advance to Saturday's final. |
L-R: Chloe Jarvis, Melanie Hardy, Robinson, Aneita Denton, Freeman, Heimann, Bernard-Thomas, and Farrell. |
Denton and Bernard-Thomas duke it out for the lead. |
A misplaced photo from the start of the first women's mile prelim. |
Back to the 800, Arkansas' Denton edges into the lead heading into the start of the second lap. |
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Arkansas' Paige Farrell trails the field. |
Arkansas' Denton continues to lead and Tulsa's Melanie Hardy runs on her shoulder in the outside of lane one. |
Another misplaced photo from the start of the second women's mile prelim. |
At the 400 mark, L-R: Beth Heimann, Chloe Jarvis, Melanie Hardy, and Aneita Denton. |
The field remains relatively bunched up with two laps to go. |
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Neisha Bernard-Thomas, the 2004 NCAA Outdoor 800m champion, ran in the back of the field with two laps to go. |
Carlene Robinson, a redshirt freshman at Illinois, is a native of Manchester, Jamaica. Bernard-Thomas is a native of Grenada. |
Aneita Denton, who had finished second in an impressive 2:01.96 at the SEC Indoor Championships... |
...had pulled away from the field with one lap to go. Denton is a native of Jamaica. |
Beth Heimann leads the chase pack. |
