University of Minnesota Athletics
Dorniden Wins 800 Meters at Meyo Invitational
2/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Sophomore Heather Dorniden won the 800-meter run and qualified for the NCAA Championships to highlight a strong performance from the
Jamie Cheever had a strong outing in the 800 meters as well, placing sixth overall and provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships with a career-best time of 2:06.34.
Senior Emily Brown also provisionally qualified for the national meet in the 1 mile, with a second-place time of 4:46.18.
Highlighting the field events was the Gophers' performances in the shot put. Senior Liz Alabi placed third in the event with a throw of 50 feet, ½ inch. Alabi won the weight throw title on Friday. Liz Podomonick placed fourth in the shot put with a mark of 49-7 ¼, while Kari Schmidt placed eighth in 47-5.
Senior Kadian Douglas qualified for the finals in the 60 meters, finishing in ninth with a time of 7.71.
Dawn Solberg ran a career-best time in the 60-meter hurdles, timing 8.72 and placing ninth.
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