June 11, 2005

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - George Mason University senior Marc Kellman (Coram, N.Y.) placed 12th in Saturday's finals of the triple jump at the NCAA 2005 Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of California State University - Sacramento (Sacramento State University).

Kellman fouled on his three attempts in the event and did not advance to the next 9-man round. Rodrigo Mendes (17.04m) of Brigham Young won the event, followed by Allen Simms (17.03m) of USC and Aarik Wilson (16.94m) of Indiana.

"He had a disappointing meet, but he had a great year," stated interim head coach Skeeter Jackson on Kellman's performance. "With the quality of the field, if he had jumped well, he could have placed in the top five. He was an All-American indoors and I thought he had a great breakthrough season."

Kellman had a stellar campaign for the Patriot men, earning All-America honors in the triple jump at the 2005 NCAA indoor championships after finishing fifth overall. He also won the triple jump at the Raleigh Relays and placed first in the event at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships. He owns the top five Patriot marks this season in the triple jump and leaped a personal best 15.83m at the IC4A Championships, where he finished second.

Kellman's 12th-place showing is a great improvement on his 23rd finish from a year ago at the meet.

Mason concludes its outdoor track and field season for 2005.

Flash Results, Inc.                                             Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
                             NCAA Division I 2005 Outdoor
                              Track & Field Championship
                       Sacramento,  CA  - 6/8/2005 to 6/11/2005
                                 Last Completed Event
Event 16  Men Triple Jump
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 Auto: 16.50   Advance best 12 and ties from qualify to finals.
 15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 15 minutes before finals.
 Wind direction 1 hour prior.
 Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final.
    American:   18.09m  7/27/1996   Kenny Harrison, Mizuno
College Best:   17.92m  5/20/1995   James Beckford, Blinn
   NCAA Meet:   17.57m  6/5/1982    Keith Connor, SMU
 Hornet Stad:   17.78m  7/17/2004   Melvin Lister, unattached
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Wind           Points
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Finals
  1 Rodrigo Mendes            SR Brigham Young           17.04m   2.2  55-11.00  10
     17.04m(2.2) 16.90m(0.7) 16.93m(3.2) 16.30m(0.6) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)
  2 Allen Simms               SR Southern California     17.03m   1.6  55-10.50   8
     FOUL(NWI) 16.92m(1.8) 15.59m(2.6) 16.61m(0.5) 17.03m(1.6) 15.02m(1.5)
  3 Aarik Wilson              SR Indiana                 16.94m   1.6  55-07.00   6
     FOUL(NWI) 16.94m(1.6) 16.62m(0.8) 16.33m(1.4) 16.83m(2.8) 15.13m(1.1)
  4 Rafeeq Curry              JR Florida State           16.40m   1.6  53-09.75   5
     15.64m(3.1) 16.03m(+0.0) 16.40m(1.6) FOUL(NWI) 15.93m(1.2) FOUL(NWI)
  5 Jaanus Uudmae             SR Arkansas                16.21m   1.5  53-02.25   4
     FOUL(NWI) 16.17m(1.4) FOUL(NWI) 16.14m(0.3) 16.21m(1.5) FOUL(NWI)
  6 Brian Veal                SR Texas State             16.18m   3.2  53-01.00   3
     16.18m(3.2) 15.70m(1.5) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) 15.48m(1.7) FOUL(NWI)
  7 Samyr Laine               JR Harvard                 16.10m   1.7  52-10.00   2
     15.98m(1.1) 15.99m(1.5) 16.10m(1.7) FOUL(NWI) 15.49m(3.2) 15.39m(2.4)
  8 Brandon Atkinson          SR Mississippi             16.07m   2.8  52-08.75   1
     16.07m(2.8) FOUL(NWI) 15.87m(0.4) FOUL(NWI) 15.58m(0.5) 15.63m(1.2)
  9 Everett Bruce             SR North Carolina A&T      15.97m   0.4  52-04.75
     15.62m(2.1) 15.87m(1.4) 15.97m(0.4) FOUL(NWI) 15.32m(1.5) 15.96m(1.4)
 10 Ryan Zimmerman            JR Arizona State           15.52m   4.1  50-11.00
     15.52m(4.1) 14.13m(1.8) FOUL(NWI)
 11 Michael Whitehead         SO Michigan                15.23m   0.4  49-11.75
     14.12m(1.1) 15.17m(+0.0) 15.23m(0.4)
 -- Marc Kellman              SR George Mason              FOUL
     FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI) FOUL(NWI)