Metropolitan State College of Denver Athletics

USA T&F 800m Prelims Complete Results

USA Junior T&F 1500m Prelims Complete Results

EUGENE, Ore. - Metro State's Anthony Luna finished 24th out of 36 runners in the 800 meters prelims at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Thursday.  The championships concluded on Sunday.  Freshman Scott Ingram placed 14th out of 22 runners in the 1500 meter run prelims at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday.  He missed qualifying for the finals by two places.

Luna finished in 1:49.59, less than two seconds off of first place professional runner Christian Smith's time of 1:47.84.  Luna finished sixth among college competitors and was the only NCAA Division II runner in the competition.  The remaining 11 college competitors were all from NCAA Division I schools.  Michael Rutt of the University of Connecticut was the top college runner in the 800m, finishing seventh in 1:48.24.

Ingram ran the 1500m in 3:56.73, less than two seconds off of a qualifying time for the finals.  Professional runner Blake Shaw won the junior competition in 3:50.75.  Ingram was 10th among 15 college runners.  Twelve of the 15 competitors were from NCAA Division I schools.  Ingram was the only Division II runner.  The remaining two were representing NAIA universities and Ingram finished ahead of both of those competitors.