Harris Finishes Fourth in Nation in 800-Meters

March 15, 2008

<?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Fayetteville, Ark. – The University of Miami’s Tim Harris ran a time of 1:49.63 in the 800-meter finals at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center, for a fourth place finish at the NCAA Indoor National Championships.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>

Head Coach Mike Ward said of Harris’performance, “It was so close at the finish, he was only fractions of a second from winning.  I am very proud of Tim.”

With the fourth-place finish Harris has become an All-American for the fourth-time, second-most in school history, behind Davian Clark.