Tim Harris to Compete at NCAA Indoor Championships

March 7, 2006

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<?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship start lists have been published. Sophomore Tim Harris (Miami, Fla.) is seeded seventh in the 800-meters to make his first appearance at the national meet.

Harris ran 1:47.99 in the 800 meter run at the St. Valentine’s Invite in Boston to qualify provisionally for the meet.  That mark also broke an 11-year school record and he was the top collegiate finisher at that meet. 

Harris won the 800-meter at the ACC Indoor Championships.  He qualified first in preliminaries and finished the finals in 1:49.12, winning by over a second.  The victory was Harris’ third of the season and fourth of his career.  It was Harris’ second All-ACC performance, along with his second place finish in 2005.

The NCAA Championships are on March 10-11 in Fayetteville, Ark. at the TysonIndoorTrackCenter.