EKurui, Jenkins and Sturgis capture first NCAA spots after day 1 of NCAA regionals in Fayetteville...
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas-- Washington State's Evans Kurui (Paul Merca file photo) and Washington's Evan Jenkins clinched the first two spots to Eugene as day one of the NCAA West Regional at John McDonnell Field on the campus of the University of Arkansas Wednesday. Wednesday's competition saw the time schedule get shuffled due to some weather issues. While nearly all of Wednesday's scheduled events were completed, the pole vault was moved to Thursday, with a scheduled start time of 12:40 pm Pacific/2:40 pm local time. Scheduling also affected the javelin, which finished past midnight, local time. In the men's 10000, both Kurui and Jenkins positioned themselves among the top 15 runners in the large field of 48 through the first 6000 meters of the race. 400 meters later, Kurui broke the race open by throwing down a 62 second lap, then followed it up with six laps no slower than 66 seconds. New Mexico's Habtom Samuel and Arkansas' Ernest Cheruiyot caught Kurui ...
