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Following a 1.77-meter clearance on her first attempt in Wednesday’s NCAA Championship high jump preliminaries, junior Becky Christensen seized one of 16 coveted spots to compete in the finals for the event on Friday. At Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, the Celina, Tex. native and four-time NCAA high jump finalist finished in a three-way tie for 12th. Christensen made easy work of the opening height of 1.74, clearing it on her first attempt. It took her two attempts at the 1.77 mark, but then faced the 1.80-meter bar. Despite three solid attempts...
...saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” That certainly would be the case with junior high jumper Becky Christensen, who, despite being sparing in words, is not sparing in her ability to flat out jump. “[Becky’s] not one of the most vocal people on the team,” co-captain Sally Stanton said. “But she is definitely one of the most consistently good competitors on the team.” With a tough act to follow having won the high jump at the outdoor...
...finish. Classmate Jamie Olson led the Crimson runners at Heps with her 18:03.40 finish, placing 13th overall.In the indoor and outdoor track seasons, the men and women continued the trend set in the fall, offering consistency from the upperclassmen and breakout performances from the first-timers.Junior Becky Christensen continued to dominate the high jump, winning both the indoor and outdoor Heptagonals by clearing 1.79 meters in each meet. Perhaps more impressive was Christensen’s outright win of the Penn Relays, the largest track and field competition in the United States, in which she cleared 1.83 meters...
Harvard track and field sent five student-athletes down to Florida State University’s Mike Long Track on Friday and Saturday for the 2008 NCAA East Regional Championships. Junior high jumper Becky Christensen highlighted the Crimson effort, clearing an outdoor season-best 1.81 meters—she tied her career-best jump of 1.83 meters at the indoor NCAA Championships in March—en route to a fourth-place finish and an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships on June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday’s jump came on her third attempt...
...meter hurdles with a time of 54.81, while in the hammer throw, junior Neville Irani’s 54.45-meter toss and freshman Eric Clayman’s 52.27-meter throw earned them 19th and 21st, respectively.On the women’s side, junior high-jumper Becky Christensen led the way with her first-place, 1.78-meter leap.Sophomore Eda Karesin launched the javelin 46.46 meters to place third, just 20 centimeters behind the second-place finisher, a senior from Towson. Karesin’s throw cleared the NCAA Regional qualification mark, though she already qualified for Regionals during March?...