Collinsworth advances on second day of NCAA competition

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EUGENE, Ore. -- Shea Collinsworth advanced to the finals on day two of competition at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on Thursday. 

With a mark of 2:04.30, Collinsworth ran the fourth-fastest 800m time and qualified for the final heat on Saturday.  

Aside from Collinsworth, two other female distance runners competed as well as decathlete Jackson Walker.

Whittni Orton crossed the finish line of the 1500m in 4:21.74 and finished 20th overall.  

In the 3000m steeplechase, Kristi Rush-Briggs posted a time of 10:01.99 and came in No. 14 overall.   

After completing the last five events of the decathlon, Walker tallied a total of 6821 points and finished No. 20.

On Friday, Jacob Heslington will compete in the men’s steeplechase final scheduled for 5:54 p.m. PDT. Clayton Young will race the men’s 5000m final at 7.25 p.m. Both events will be aired live on ESPN. See the table below for results from the first two days of competition. 

Links of note:

Wednesday's Results

Athlete EventMarkPlace 
Chase Horrocks Men's 1500m (Semifinal)
 
3:45.9220th 

Jacob Heslington

 Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Semifinal)8:43.237th 

Daniel Carney

 Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Semifinal)8:56.3917th 
Mitchell Briggs Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Semifinal)8:57.24

18th

 
Tatenda Tsumba Men's 100m (Semifinal)
 
10.2919th 

Tatenda Tsumba

 Men's 200m (Semifinal)20.6216th 
Korey Smith Men's 400m Hurdles (Semifinal)
 
51.4816th 

Max Scheible

 Men's 400m Hurdles (Semifinal)51.9217th 

Zachary Stetler

 Men's Shot Put (Final)18.49m (60'8'')20th 
Rory Linkletter Men's 10,000m (Final)
 
29:02.962nd 
Clayton Young 

Men's 10,000m (Final)

29:39.8017th 
Jackson Walker Decathlon (100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m)344623rd 

Thursday's Results

Athlete EventMarkPlace 
Whittni Orton Women's 1500m (Semifinal)
 
4:21.7420th 
Kristi Rush-Briggs 

Women's 3000m Steeplechase (Semifinal)

10:01.9914th 
Shea Collinsworth 

Women's 800m (Semifinal)

2:04.304th 

Jackson Walker

 Decathlon (Final)682120th 

Friday, June 9

TimeAthleteEventNetwork
5:54 p.m.Jacob HeslingtonMen's 3000m Steeplechase (Final)

ESPN

7:25 p.m.
 
Clayton YoungMen's 5000m (Final)ESPN

Saturday, June 10

TimeAthleteEventNetwork
3:00 p.m.
 
Andrea StapletonWomen's High Jump (Final)ESPN
4:44 p.m.
 
Shea CollinsworthWomen's 800m (Final)ESPN