Demas, Kats capitalize on big stage
6/9/2016 7:14:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Sam Houston State senior Danielle Demas has generated her share of electric performances with the Bearkats track and field program. She may have saved the best for last.
Demas ran a 12.97 (+1.7) in the 100-meter hurdles prelims to take seventh at the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships and qualify for Saturday's finals from Eugene, Ore. The mark is both a school record and qualifies Demas for the U.S. Olympic Trails while solidifying her mark as a first-team All-American.
Demas earned her spot in the field with an eighth place time of 13.11 at the NCAA Division I West preliminary competition at the University of Kansas a week ago. The race marks the senior's second trip to the national championships. She placed 10th last year with a 13.05 mark in the 100 hurdles.
In the women's hammer throw, senior Ashley Jenkins secured 12th with a toss of 200 feet, 10 inches. The result follows last year's ninth-place result in the event. Jenkins closes out her career holding each of the program's top five spots all-time in the event while claiming the Southland championship two straight years.
Fellow senior Elizabeth Lyssy took 23rd in the javelin throw with a toss of 146 feet, 6 inches. Lyssy entered the NCAA West Preliminary Competition in Kansas seeded 42nd of 48 before finishing among the top 12 to qualify and logged eight top-three finishes during the outdoor campaign.
