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O'Hare Geared For Mile Run At NCAA Indoor Championships
Sophomore member of Golden Hurricane attempts to win national title in eight laps

	Sophomore Chris O'Hare will run the Mile at the NCAA Championships March 11 in College Station, Texas.

March 10, 2011

TULSA, Okla. - Chris O'Hare is set to compete in the Mile run at the 2011 Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships March 11 in College Station, Texas at the Rhonda & Frosty Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.

The sophomore member of the Golden Hurricane track and field team will run in the first of two heats during the preliminaries. The top four of each heat plus the next two fastest times will advance to the finals.

O'Hare's race is scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m., following the national anthem at 3:55 p.m. and the women's Mile at 4:00 p.m.

If he qualifies for the finals, then the championship race will take place at 5:10 p.m. March 12.

Both the preliminaries and finals will be streamed live by ESPN3.com, and the entire 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships will are on a tape-delay on Wednesday, March 16 from 1:30 - 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

O'Hare enters the event with the third-fastest time in the NCAA this year, as he ran a school-record 3:56.48 at the Tyson Invitational Feb. 11. The first heat will feature O'Hare and junior Miles Batty of BYU, who currently boasts the second-fastest collegiate time at 3:55.79.

The fastest time in the nation this season belongs to sophomore Patrick Casey of Montana State, who ran an adjusted time of 3:54.59. He will run in the second heat.

O'Hare is attempting to become the second member of the Golden Hurricane to finish in the top eight in the mile and earn All-American status.

Senior Mark Davidson competed in the 2009 version of the Indoor Championships and finished eighth in the mile with a time of 4:03.09. That was the first and only time in school history that a male member of the TU track and field team was named an All-American.

Complete coverage of the 2011 Division I NCAA Indoor Championships here

Two heats. Top 4 plus next 2 fastest advance to Final.

HEAT 1 OF 2 - PRELIMS

Lane	Name	Yr	School	Seed Time

1. 	Duncan Phillips	Jr	Arkansas	3:58.82

2. 	Michael Hammond	Jr	Virginia Tech	3:58.41

3.	Ryan Foster	Sr	Penn State	3:58.49

4.	Cory Leslie	Jr	Ohio State	3:57.97

5.	Jeff Thode	So	Iowa	3:58.72

6.	Miles Batty	Jr	BYU	3:55.79

7.	Chris O'Hare	So	Tulsa	3:56.48

8.	Matthew Gibney	Sr	Villanova	3:58.12







 


 






HEAT 2 OF 2 - PRELIMS

Lane	Name	Yr	School	Seed Time

1. 	Dumisane Hlaselo	Jr	Florida	3:56.84

2.	Patrick Casey	So	Montana State	3:54.59

3.	Julian Matthews	Jr	Providence	3:58.57

4.	Mac Fleet	So	Oregon	3:59.03

5.	Riley Masters	Jr	Maine	3:58.17

6. 	Rich Peters	Fr	Boston U.	3:58.26

7.	James Cameron	So	Washington	3:58.51

8.	Erik van Ingen	Sr	Binghamton	3:57.11