Results
OSHKOSH, WI – Rowan University’s Sean Corey competed in the javelin at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday. The national championships were held, May 22-24 at J.J. Keller Field in Titan Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
In the first round of flight two, Corey’s (so. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill E.) best throw was 186’ 3” (56.76 meters). The top nine of the 17 qualifiers advanced to the final. The last athlete that made the final had 190’ 2” (57.97 meters). The javelin was won by Stephen Burns from Rochester Institute of Technology with a toss of 207’ 10” (63.35 meters).
Prior to the championships, Corey had the top throw in Division III with 215’ 4” (65.65 meters) when he won the javelin at the Collegiate Track Conference (CTC) Championships (Apr. 19). Four times this season Corey recorded automatic qualifying throws and he also had four provisional tosses. The NCAA automatic is 205’ 1” (62.50 meters) while the provisional is 188’ (57.30 meters).
Corey won the javelin at the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championships (May 3), 204’ 0.5” (62.19 meters); the Rowan Open (Apr. 11), 197’ 9” (60.27 meters); the Penn Invitational (Apr. 5), 195’ 6” (59.60 meters) and the Battleground Relays (Mar. 29), 195’ 8” (59.63 meters). He was selected the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Athletic Region Field Athlete of the Year.
Corey had automatic throws at the Wake Forest Invitational (Mar. 21), 214’ 6.5” (65.39 meters); the Penn Relays (Apr. 26), 208’ 1” (63.43 meters) and the New Balance NYC Qualifying Challenge (May 10), 205’ 1” (62.52 meters). He was named the NJAC Field Athlete of the Week five times and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week twice during the season.
Results for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships are available at the NCAA website (www.ncaa.com) and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh website (www.titans.uwosh.edu/2008NCAATFChampionships/index.html).
