INVADERS' BELL SIXTH & DMR SECOND AT INDOOR NATIONALS
February 26, 2006
(INDIANAPOLIS) Ricardo Bell, competing in his first USA National Championship, finished sixth in the 800 on the final day of the 2006 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston, Massachusetts on February 26, 2006.
Lewis Edmonson competing in the semi-finals of the 60 meter hurdles did not advance to the finals on the final day of competition.
The Indiana Invaders men's Distance Medley Relay team took second with a time of 9:57.74. The men finished second to The Farm Team who posted the sixth fastest time in the US for 2006.
This is the eighth competitive indoor season for the Invaders since the
initial formation of their athlete roster in the fall of 1998. Since
1999 in addition to one World Indoor Champion, the Invaders have won two
individual Indoor National Titles, had four runner-up finishes, placed
14 athletes in the top five, and had 41 finishes in the top 10.
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Indoor '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total(s)
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Qualified: 8 8 12 12 4 12 7 5 68
Top 10: 2 3 5 6 4 10 7 5 42
Top 5: 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 14
2nd: - - 1 - - - 2 1 4
1st: 1 - - - - 1 - - 2
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(totals exclude relays)
Team Director Greg Harger said, "Since the formation of the club in 1999
we've had 68 athletes qualify for the Indoor Championships with 42 Top
Ten finishes which includes two wins and four runner-up finishes." Coach
Harger added, "On paper, we exceeded resonable expectations coming into this weekend, which is very encouraging since our focus is for the most part on having an even bigger impact at the Outdoor Championships what with the opportunity of competing in front of the home town crowd with the US Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis this June. But, before we look outdoors, we must enjoy Adam Shunk's competitive outing as he heads off to Moscow representing Indiana and the USA in the World Indoor Championships."
2006 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships:
http://www.usatf.org/events/2006/USAIndoorTFChampionships/
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