LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Colorado swept the 3,000-meter steeplechase events Saturday in the NCAA Midwest Regional at Nebraska. Jenny Barringer set a stadium record and missed the regional record by 15-hundredths of a second. Billy Nelson won the men’s race.
Barringer’s time of 9:44.46 bettered the Ed Weir Stadium record by 27 seconds, and was the best time — by 11 seconds — in the nation this season. The top five in each event qualify for the national championships, and Nelson’s teammate, Pete Janson, did so with a fifth-place finish in the steeplechase.
Colorado’s 400 relay team of Hugh Charles, Ryan Campbell, Nate Terry and Jeremy Dodson also qualified for nationals with a second-place finish in a new school record of 39.47.
Dodson also will run the 200 at the nationals after his fourth-place finish.
Colorado State’s Jason Schutz earned points in two events, the maximum of 10 with his win in the discus and a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw. Schutz threw the discus 182 feet, 10 inches — 4 feet better than the runner-up.
The Rams’ Drew Morano finished third in the 400, and Janay DeLoach was fifth in the long jump.
One top seed gone.
Dusty Coleman hit a two-run home run and Aaron Shafer pitched a five-hitter for his third complete game of the season as Wichita State took down top-seeded Oklahoma State 5-3 on Saturday night in a baseball regional after the Cowboys’ ace was declared ineligible.
Oklahoma State announced earlier in the day that left-hander Andrew Oliver was ineligible. He was 7-2 with a team-high 96 strikeouts and a 2.20 ERA.
Bruins eliminated.
Second-seeded UCLA was sent home from the NCAA Softball World Series after it was shut out 2-0 by Florida, and two-time defending champion Arizona also lost.
Bruins golf champs.
Tom Glissmeyer, the two-time Colorado high school state champion from Colorado Springs’ Cheyenne Mountain, helped Southern Cal to a third-place finish at the NCAA championship. Glissmeyer shot his best round of the tournament, a 74, to finish at 19-over-par 307 and tie for 43rd. UCLA won the team title by one stroke over Stanford and two over USC. The Bruins’ Kevin Chappell won the individual crown with a 2-under 286.
