Fitchett Qualifies for Final in 100-Meter Hurdles on Day Two of NCAA Championships
May 25, 2007

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Carson, CA - Junior Grace Fitchett (Los Angeles, CA/Paramount HS) took advantage of her fourth and final race to qualify for the finals and earn All-America honors as she blazed down the 100-meter hurdles track with the fourth fastest time of 13.74 as day two of the NCAA Championships, held at the Irwin Kelk Complex on the campus of John C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, came to a close.

In the race, the Paramount native recorded her fastest time of the year, breaking her previous mark of 13.86 set at the Oxy Invitation on May 12, 2007. In the process, Fitchett blew by the CCAA 100-meter hurdles champion in Laiah Blue from UC San Diego, who grabbed the eighth and final qualifying spot with a time of 13.95.

Also competing with Fitchett in the hurdles was Alexandria Anderson (Moreno Valley, CA/Cal State L.A.), whose time of 14.32 was not fast enough to earn a qualifying mark in tomorrow’s championship.

Earlier in the day, Fitchett, along with Deborah Bowser (Long Beach, CA/Cerritos JC) who was the CCAA 200-meter champion, both came up short in the 200-meter dash, with Fitchett turning in a time of 24.61 and Bowser a time of 25.05.

Fitchett’s quest for All-American status is set for tomorrow at 6:10 pm Eastern Time.