Tyson David Punches Ticket to NCAA Championships
2/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Feb. 15, 2009
Husky Classic Complete Results 
SEATTLE, Wash. - The men's track and field team concluded competition Saturday at the Husky Classic at Dempsey Indoor. The Crimson Tide tallied five NCAA qualifying marks, including one automatic qualifier.
SEC Champion at 5,000m and 10,000m, Tyson David ran an automatic qualifying time in the 5,000m run Saturday winning the race in 13:36.76. He now stands at No. 2 in school history, just over one second behind the late David Kimani's 13:35.21. David ran over a 15 second personal best.
David's time is the third fastest 5k among college ranks this year behind Oregon's Galen Rupp and Liberty's Sam Chelanga who went 1-2 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this year. Rupp's time of 13:18.12 run this weekend is a new American record breaking a record that stood since 1982. David is also the leader in the SEC at 5,000m now.
Andrew Kirwa and Abraham Kutingala ran provisional qualifying times in the 5,000m crossing the line in 14:00.20 and 14:04.93, respectively. Kirwa improved his time at No. 6 in school history while Kutingala broke into the top 10 now holding the 10th fastest time.
Emmanuel Bor ran a provisional qualifying time of 7:58.69 in the 3,000m run. The time was a personal best for Bor and improves his time at No. 4 in school history in the event. Bor now has the fourth fastest 3,000m time in the country.
Tyler Campbell set a new personal best in the high jump clearing a provisional mark of 7-00.50 finishing tied for fourth. He now leads the SEC and is ranked 20th in the nation as a freshman. Campbell is tied for the seventh best jump in school history indoors.
Tyler Boswell finished tied for 10th in the high jump clearing a height of 6-06.75.
In the 60m dash, Ray Jadusingh and David Chaplin both qualified for the finals. Jadusingh finished in second place and was just .05 seconds from joining the all-time 60m sprinters in school history with his time of 6.77. Chaplin's season best time came in the prelims where he won his heat with a time of 6.93.
Jadusingh finished in fifth place in the 200m dash running 21.77. Chaplin ran another season best time of 21.82 to finish tied for seventh.
Aaron Stockstell and Terrell Mickens competed in the 800m run turning in times of 1:51.85 and 1:56.68, respectively.
Michael Nichols and Shaun Gaiser finished fifth and tenth in the long jump with leaps of 23-06.75 and 22-05.75, respectively.
Matt Watson, in the 400m, tied his season best from a week ago running 47.96 finishing in second place. Brandon Spradley finished tied for fourth place running a time of 48.76.
The 4x400m relay team of Spradley, Jadusingh, Chaplin and Stockstell ran a time of 3:14.05 to finish fourth overall.
"All together, we had five NCAA qualifiers and many personal bests," head coach Harvey Glance said. "For those that didn't get personal bests, most had seasonal bests. This was an outstanding meet for us, but we still have work to do to get better in the off week before the SEC Championships."
Alabama will take a week off from competition before heading to Lexington, Ky. for the SEC Indoor Championships hosted by the University of Kentucky. The meet will be held Feb. 27-March 1.
