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Patrick Casey Competes at 3:15pm mountain time on Friday in the mile prelims and at 4:10pm mountain time on Saturday in the mile run finals.

The meet will be streamed live switching from ESPN3 and NCAA.com and aggieathletics.com at other times.

TV/Online Streaming Schedule below:

Friday, March 11
9 a.m.-2:55 p.m. http://www.ncaa.com/championships/track ... oor-men/d1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
2:55 p.m.-7:40 p.m. http://www.ESPN3.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (Click on blue watch now button)

Saturday, March 12
11-3:55 p.m. http://www.ncaa.com/championships/track ... oor-men/d1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
4 p.m.-6:50 p.m. http://www.ESPN3.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (Click on blue watch now button)

Link to Event Schedule (All times Central Time Zone):
http://www.ncaa.com/info/trackfield-ind ... 1/schedule" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks to Lyle Weese for this info.

How's Patrick feeling? Did he kick whatever had him down, lung ailment (maybe)?

A bad cold, and then soreness after BSC. Doing fine now I am told.

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MSU article on Casey going to Texas. Kennedy and Casey both sound confident. I've seen very little state media coverage, but maybe I missing it.

Everyone in the mile field has run under 3:59. It will be interesting to say the least. I've never understood the lack of interest in our track athletes. But then I know and love this ancient sport. Montana can take pride in our team. If he wins I'm sure there will be some coverage around the state. Soon we'll be outside, and on the road a lot. I know our jav throwers are ready.

mchammer wrote:Everyone in the mile field has run under 3:59. It will be interesting to say the least. I've never understood the lack of interest in our track athletes. But then I know and love this ancient sport. Montana can take pride in our team. If he wins I'm sure there will be some coverage around the state. Soon we'll be outside, and on the road a lot. I know our jav throwers are ready.

http://billingsgazette.com/sports/colle ... 03286.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not much, but something.

Here is the article from the Helena IR

http://helenair.com/sports/article_1b8e ... 002e0.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like the Helena story. Written by a runner.

Just watched the race... Casey led his heat the whole way until the last turn and faded... looks like he missed making the finals... looked great until the final stretch... seem to run out of steam... very proud of his efforts this year.

This did not copy paste well, but here are the results and he did pretty darn well.....Here is the link and I hope this works better than my Copy/Paste. Then again on preview it looks OK.
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Place Athlete Name Yr Affiliation Time Qual Heat(Pl)
1 Chris O'Hare SO Tulsa 4:00.87 Q [4:00.861] 1 (1)
2 Miles Batty JR BYU 4:00.87 Q [4:00.870] 1 (2)
3 Ryan Foster SR Penn State 4:01.10 Q 1 (3)
4 Michael Hammond JR Virginia Tech 4:01.11 Q 1 (4)
5 Jeff Thode SO Iowa 4:01.15 q 1 (5)
6 Dumisane Hlaselo JR Florida 4:01.21 Q 2 (1)
7 Duncan Phillips JR Arkansas 4:01.28 q 1 (6)
8 James Cameron SO Washington 4:01.33 Q 2 (2)
9 Riley Masters JR Maine 4:01.36 Q 2 (3)
10 Erik van Ingen SR Binghamton 4:01.39 Q 2 (4)
11 Rich Peters FR Boston U. 4:01.42 2 (5)
12 Patrick Casey SO Montana State 4:01.54 2 (6)
13 Julian Matthews JR Providence 4:01.55 2 (7)
14 Matthew Gibney SR Villanova 4:02.25 1 (7)
15 Cory Leslie JR Ohio State 4:03.12 1 (8)
16 Mac Fleet SO Oregon 4:08.16 2 (8)



Heat 1 [View Splits]

Place Athlete Name Yr Affiliation Time Qual
1 Chris O'Hare SO Tulsa 4:00.87 Q
2 Miles Batty JR BYU 4:00.87 Q
3 Ryan Foster SR Penn State 4:01.10 Q
4 Michael Hammond JR Virginia Tech 4:01.11 Q
5 Jeff Thode SO Iowa 4:01.15 q
6 Duncan Phillips JR Arkansas 4:01.28 q
7 Matthew Gibney SR Villanova 4:02.25
8 Cory Leslie JR Ohio State 4:03.12

Heat 2 [View Splits]

Place Athlete Name Yr Affiliation Time Qual
1 Dumisane Hlaselo JR Florida 4:01.21 Q
2 James Cameron SO Washington 4:01.33 Q
3 Riley Masters JR Maine 4:01.36 Q
4 Erik van Ingen SR Binghamton 4:01.39 Q
5 Rich Peters FR Boston U. 4:01.42
6 Patrick Casey SO Montana State 4:01.54
7 Julian Matthews JR Providence 4:01.55
8 Mac Fleet SO Oregon 4:08.16

I imagine he's thoroughly disappointed. To go in as favorite to win with the best time in the nation and a 3rd place finish last year, and then not even get into the final. He actually ran faster this year.

From MSU:

“There was no lack of effort in Pat's race today,” said head coach Dale Kennedy. “Unfortunately he didn't have the snap in the end that he needed. He won't let this keep him down, though, as there will still be opportunities for him down the road.”

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