Track: Weaver makes finals in 800m run at NCAA National Championships
Olivet College senior Jalen Weaver will run tomorrow in the finals of the 800-meter run at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Indoor Track & Field Championships.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – Olivet College senior Jalen Weaver will run tomorrow in the finals of the 800-meter run at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Indoor Track & Field Championships. His time of 1:53.15 in the preliminaries placed him second in his heat and also second-fastest out of 14 runners. The finals will be tomorrow afternoon at the JDL Fast Track in Winston Salem, North Carolina, at 3:55 p.m.
Weaver's time broke the Olivet indoor record. Mitchell Black from Tufts (Mass.) University had the fastest preliminary time at 1:52.91. Weaver improved nine spots on his seed, as he entered the race with the 12th-fastest time this season.
You can watch a replay of the preliminary race by viewing it on the NCAA website. This link contains the full replay of all preliminary events. The 800m preliminaries start at 2:53.15.