Northover 10th at NCAA Championship
June 9, 2007
Sacramento, CA
Senior Zara Northover of the Northeastern University women's track & field team capped off her career with a 10th-place finish in the shot put at the NCAA Championship on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. Northover threw the shot put 51'3 in the finals. She had tossed the shot 52'8.25 in the preliminaries on Thursday to qualify.
It was Northover's fourth NCAA Championship appearance and the second time she made it to the finals. She placed 12th overall at the NCAA Championship as a sophomore in 2004.
Northover won three events (shot put, discus, hammer) and set a meet record of 53'2.25 in the shot put en route to Most Outstanding Field Performer honors at the CAA Championship April 20-21. She then placed second at the Penn Relays before winning the shot put at the ECAC Championship. Her ECAC toss of 55'0.75 was a Northeastern record and an ECAC Record. Two weeks ago, Northover placed second in the shot put at the NCAA East Regional Championship with a throw of 54'5.25 to qualify for the NCAA Championship.
Northover, who has dual citizenship with the United States and Jamaica, will compete internationally for Jamaica this summer. She will train for the 2008 Olympics with hopes of representing Jamaica.
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American: 20.18m 6/25/1988 Ramona Pagel, Mazda
College Best: 18.99m 5/7/1983 Meg Ritchie, Arizona
NCAA Meet: 18.65m 6/4/1998 Tressa Thompson, Nebraska
Hornet Stad: 18.63m 7/21/2000 Connie Price-Smith, Nike
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Jessica Pressley JR Arizona State 18.00m 59-00.75 10
16.19m 15.97m 17.07m 17.23m 18.00m FOUL
2 Abigail Ruston SR Texas State 17.44m 57-02.75 8
17.13m 16.37m 17.40m 17.24m 17.44m FOUL
3 Sarah Stevens SO Arizona State 17.40m 57-01.00 6
16.99m 16.79m 16.40m 16.55m 17.40m FOUL
4 Kacey Onwuchekwa SR Texas A&M 17.36m 56-11.50 5
15.80m FOUL 17.36m FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Michelle Carter SR Texas 17.23m 56-06.50 4
16.94m 17.02m 17.23m 16.61m FOUL 16.85m
6 Mariam Kevkhishvilli FR Florida 16.81m 55-02.00 3
15.82m 16.16m 16.00m 16.23m 16.19m 16.81m
7 Rachel Jansen JR Northern Iowa 16.64m 54-07.25 2
FOUL 16.64m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
8 Shernelle Nicholls JR Missouri 16.60m 54-05.50 1
15.54m 15.32m 16.60m 15.87m 15.69m 15.92m
9 Brittany Pryor SO Virginia Tech 16.19m 53-01.50
15.07m 15.39m 15.72m 16.19m 15.69m FOUL
10 Zara Northover SR Northeastern 15.62m 51-03.00
15.62m 15.49m 14.99m
11 Jeni Steiner SR Nebraska 15.34m 50-04.00
14.78m 14.29m 15.34m
12 Gail Lee SR Memphis 15.05m 49-04.50
14.55m 15.05m 14.89m
