June 10, 2005

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (SMU) - SMU's Karin van Rooyen just missed claiming All-America honors at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, as the senior finished ninth in the women's 10,000m run finals at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex.

Running the 10,000m for only the third time in her collegiate career, the Ermelo, South Africa, native finished in 33:42.56, just 11 seconds out of eighth place. Though she qualified for two events - the 5,000m and 10,000m runs - the cross country All-American elected to participate in only the 10,000-meter event. van Rooyen was SMU's lone representative at the meet.

Event 28  Women 10000 Meter Run
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 Final Only.  Two waterfall, one turn, start  (18 - 9)
    American:   30:52.32  5/3/2002    Deena Drossin, Asics
College Best:   32:19.97  4/30/2004   Alicia Craig, Stanford
   NCAA Meet:   32:28.57  6/1/1998    Sylvia Mosqueda, Cal State Los An
 Hornet Stad:   31:09.65  7/16/2004   Denna Kastor, Asics
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals
  1 Sara Slattery             SR Colorado              33:02.21   10
  2 Caroline Bierbaum         SO Columbia              33:03.37    8
  3 Mary Cullen               JR Providence            33:12.32    6
  4 Lindsey Scherf            FR Harvard               33:19.37    5
  5 Christine Bolf            JR Colorado              33:26.97    4
  6 Annie Bersagel            SR Wake Forest           33:28.63    3
  7 Angela Homan              JR Auburn                33:30.19    2
  8 Mary Davies               FR Oklahoma State        33:31.54    1
  9 Karin van Rooyen          SR Southern Methodist    33:42.56
 10 Casey Owens               SR SW Missouri St.       33:52.95
 11 Brittany Brockman         SO Baylor                33:55.11
 12 Lauren King               SR Notre Dame            33:56.95
 13 Katrina Rundhaug          SO Wisconsin             33:58.84
 14 Violet Chemakwila         SO Texas Tech            34:05.94
 15 Maria Cicero              SR Boston College        34:10.48
 16 Jill Scully               JR Ball State            34:16.47
 17 Victoria Jackson          SR Arizona State         34:23.86
 18 Penny Splichal            SR Arkansas              34:30.15
 19 Valerie Lauver            SO Missouri              34:45.34
 20 Shannon Saunders          FR James Madison         34:53.48
 21 Ali Zeinner-Rush          SR Arkansas              34:55.14
 22 Meredith Lambert          JR Princeton             34:56.22
 23 Laura Stanley             JR Duke                  36:08.83
 24 Faithy Kamangila          FR Oral Roberts          36:23.90
 -- Alicia Craig              JR Stanford                   DNF
 -- Paige Miller              JR Duke                       DNF
 -- Amy Hastings              SO Arizona State              DNF
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