Despite a ninth-place in the triple jump by Ryan Grinnell, Boise State's
track team finished 25th in the nation at the NCAA Track and Field Championships
in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Boise State scored 10 points to tie Oklahoma,
Oklahoma State, California and Rice for 25th. Texas A & M upset Oregon for the team title. Hammer thrower Simon
Wardhaugh and javelin specialist Pontus Thomee scored ten points between them to
give the Broncos their total.
Grinnell, the #4 seed in the triple jump, posted a mark of 52-feet, 6.75
inches to place ninth. He had jumped 53-feet, 9.75 inches just a few weeks
ago and would have taken fifth with that jump. Grinnell also placed 11th
in the high jump and did not qualify for the finals in the long jump.
Here are the final results:
Men - Team Rankings - 21
Events Scored
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1) Texas A&M
48
2) Oregon
46
2) Florida
46
2) Florida State
46
5) LSU
37
6) South Carolina
33.50
7) Stanford
30
8) Arizona State
29
9) Arkansas
27
10) Southern California 26
11) Georgia
19
12) Auburn
18
13) Kansas State
16
13) Brigham Young 16
15) Kentucky
15
16) Virginia Tech
14.50
17) Nebraska
14
17) Mississippi State 14
17) Washington State 14
20) Washington
13
20) Baylor
13
20) Texas
13
23) Bethune-Cookman 11
23) Arizona
11
25) Oklahoma State
10
25) California
10
25) Boise State
10
25) Rice
10
25) Oklahoma
10
30) Missouri
9
30) North Carolina
9
32) Wake Forest
8
32) Georgia Tech
8
32) Middle Tennessee State 8
32) Iowa State
8
32) Northern Arizona
8
37) Illinois
7
37) Minnesota
7
37) Villanova
7
40) New Mexico
6
40) Butler
6
40) Texas-El Paso
6
40) Clemson
6
40) Albany
6
40) Liberty
6
40) Northern Iowa
6
40) Brown
6
48) Manhattan
5
48) Virginia
5
48) Notre Dame
5
48) Tennessee
5
52) Western Kentucky
4
52) Iona
4
52) Louisville
4
52) Purdue
4
56) Delaware State
3
56) Ohio State
3
56) Maryland-Eastern Shore 3
56) Harvard
3
56) Eastern Michigan
3
56) Georgetown
3
62) Texas A&M-CC
2
62) Michigan
2
62) Air Force
2
62) Alabama
2
62) Penn State
2
67) TCU
1
67) Hampton
1
67) Syracuse
1
67) Northwestern State 1
67) Central Michigan
1
67) Northeastern
1
67) Texas Tech
1
67) Cornell
1
Event 16 Men Triple Jump
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Auto: 16.30 Best 12 and ties by mark from qualifying to final
45 minutes flight specific warm-up, 10 minutes before finals.
Wind direction 1 hour prior. Two flights, two qualifying pits.
Advance best 9 plus ties by mark to reverse order finals.
American: 18.09m 7/27/1996
Kenny Harrison, Mizuno
College Best: 17.92m 5/20/1995 James Beckford,
Blinn
NCAA Meet: 17.57m 6/5/1982
Keith Connor, SMU
Name
Year School
Finals Wind
Points
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Finals
1 Will Claye
FR Oklahoma
17.24m 2.5 56-06.75 10
16.99m(2.5) 17.19m(2.0) 17.24m(2.5) FOUL
PASS FOUL
2 Julian Reid
SO Texas A&M
17.10m 2.5 56-01.25 8
17.10m(2.5) 16.98m(1.4) 16.54m(1.5) 16.93m(3.5)
16.93m(3.0) 15.10m(0.3)
3 Christian Taylor
FR Florida
16.91m 2.5 55-05.75 6
16.65m(0.9) FOUL FOUL
16.80m(2.1) 16.91m(2.5) 16.81m(2.3)
4 Zuheir Sharif
JR Texas A&M
16.76m 2.8 55-00.00 5
FOUL 16.49m(1.8) FOUL
16.76m(2.8) 16.26m(2.2) FOUL
5 Nkosinza Balumbu
SR Arkansas
16.40m 2.1 53-09.75 4
16.40m(2.1) 16.19m(2.6) 14.05m(1.5) 16.23m(2.1)
16.34m(2.5) 16.14m(1.0)
6 Tyron Stewart
SO Texas A&M
16.27m 2.3 53-04.50 3
16.27m(2.3) 14.48m(1.8) FOUL
PASS PASS PASS
7 Melvin Echard
SO Texas A&M
16.07m 2.3 52-08.75 2
15.77m(1.7) 15.92m(2.1) 16.06m(3.3) 16.01m(1.9)
16.07m(2.3) 15.76m(2.9)
8 Clarence Smith
SR Penn State
16.03m 0.4 52-07.25 1
15.15m(+0.0) 14.99m(3.6) 16.03m(0.4) 13.74m(2.1) FOUL
15.80m(1.6)
9 Ryan Grinnell
SR Boise State
16.02m 2.7 52-06.75
13.39m(3.0) 16.02m(2.7) FOUL
FOUL 15.31m(0.4) FOUL
10 Christopher Carter SO Houston
15.95m 2.0 52-04.00
15.95m(2.0) FOUL
15.88m(1.8)
11 Alphonso Jordan
JR Georgia Tech
15.90m 1.2 52-02.00
FOUL 15.90m(1.2) FOUL
12 Austin Davis
SO North Carolina 15.76m
1.4 51-08.50
FOUL 15.74m(2.5)
15.76m(1.4)
