By Chiann Nobrega
On Day Three of the NCAA Championships, our SOJC Track class produced seven stories, five for professional news outlets. Check out the stories below about the Friday events.
Alex Castle worked for The Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine, to cover the exciting moment when Penn State junior Isaiah Harris won the men’s 800-meter NCAA title.
Long jumper Tejaswin Shankar, a freshman from Kansas State, became the third athlete from India to win a Division I title. Jake Willard had the story for DyeStat.
Chiann Nobrega wrote for 406 Montana Sports to cover two Montana natives: Zach Perrin, who ran the men’s 5,000, and discus thrower Kyle Douglass.
Writing for the The Press and Dakotan in Yankton, S.D., SOJC track alumna Sierra Webster covered discus thrower Ben Hammer and high-jumper Zack Anderson, both from the University of South Dakota.
And f the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nate Mann wrote an advance story about Harvard’s Gabby Thomas, who will be going for an NCAA title in the 200 meters on Saturday.
We also wrote for our website:
Melissa Ingabire covered the men’s 400-meter event–specifically, USC sophomore Michael Norman, who won the title in a time that broke the NCAA meet and facility records.
And Oregon distance runner Sam Prakel competed in his last event as an Oregon Duck. Collin Catman had the story.
