Trio of Terriers to Compete at NCAA East Preliminaries
May 22, 2012 | Women's Track & Field
May 22, 2012
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Barwise Names to America East All-Academic Team
The Boston University women’s track & field team will have three athletes compete at the NCAA East Preliminaries this weekend during the three-day meet on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
The Terriers will be led by junior Allison Barwise, who is the top-seeded competitor in the high jump, which takes place on Friday. The America East Most Outstanding Field Performer qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials on May 13 with a height of 1.87m, which is the second-best mark in the NCAA during the outdoor season. Barwise was fifth in the high jump at the NCAA Championships during the indoor season, en route to an All-America selection.
Also on the women’s side, sophomore Monica Adler will compete in the 1500m run. Her best time this season was 4:19.83, which she achieved at the ECAC Championships. Sophomore Rosa Moriello will compete in the 5000m run as she qualified thanks to her second-place time of 16:09.73 at the America East Championships. Adler will run in the first round on Thursday, with the quarterfinals on Saturday. The semifinals of 5000m run also take place on Saturday.
The NCAA Championships will take place from June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa, on the campus of Drake University.
