All-American Bryan Steele Qualifies for NCAA Track & Field Semifinals

6/9/06 --All-American senior Bryan Steele (Gaithersburg, Md.) qualified for the NCAA 400-meter hurdles semifinals on Thursday, June 8 in Sacramento wining his heat, stopping the clock at 50.30.

Steele, named Northeast District Division I Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association, finished a whopping 27 seconds ahead of Washington’s Shane Charles. He posted first place showings in the 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays, Northeast Conference Championships and the NCAA East Regionals. Steele also helped the 4x100-meter relay team to an ECAC crown.

One of the most prolific runners in school history, he is an eight-time All-NEC performer and was dubbed Long Island University Male Athlete of the Year for the second time this year (2004, 2006).

Classmate Michael Hillian (Voorhees, N.J.) advanced to the 400-meter dash semifinals on Wednesday, June 7 with a time of 46.37.

Both events take place this evening at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex on the Campus of Sacramento State. The 400-meter dash is at 5:35 p.m. PDT and the 400-meter hurdles will start at 6:20 p.m. PDT.

The finals for both the 400-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles take place on Saturday, June 10

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