Wake Forest University
NCAA Indoor Championships
Heppenstall Qualifies for NCAA 800m Final
3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeTrack)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Wake Forest men's track and field sophomore Robert Heppenstall qualified for the final in the 800m run at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships Friday night at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium in College Station, Texas.
Heppenstall finished fourth in his heat with a time of 1:47.96 and fourth overall in the field of 16 runners. The top three runners in each heat and the next two fastest times advanced to Saturday's finals and Heppenstall's time was better than that of any runner in the first heat.
The automatic qualifiers, top three in each heat, were Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni of UTEP, Drew Piazza of Virginia Tech, Daniel Kuhn of Indiana, Joseph White of Georgetown and Isaiah Harris of Penn State. Like Heppenstall, Blair Henderson of LSU qualified based on time.
Korir paced all runners with a time of 1:47.62.
Saturday's 800m run is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. (ET). ESPN3 will stream the finals live on March 11 starting at 4:55 p.m. ET. A re-air of the championship will take place on Sunday, March 12 starting at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The NCAA Indoor Championships will conclude the 2016-17 indoor track and field season. The Demon Deacons start their outdoor season March 17-18 in High Point, N.C.
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