Hornets’ Lea Wallace Advances to NCAA Finals–Twice
Lea Wallace at the Big Sky Conference Championships
On Wednesday, we learned that Lea Wallace had won her heat in the NCAA 800 semi-finals.
Today, Wallace came in 6th place in the 2nd heat of the 1500. Fortunately, the 2nd heat was a lot faster than the 1st heat and she advanced on time.
Wallace’s 4:17.65 was the sixth fastest of the semi-finals.
Of Wallace racing in both the 800 and 1500, Hornet’s coach Scott Abbott says, “This is a very tough double and she is finding out how tough it is, but she is handling everything very well.”
She’ll be running the 800 meter finals tomorrow evening (approximately 5:20 pm Sacramento time), and the 1500 meter finals on Saturday morning (approximately 10:18 Sacramento time).
Friday’s races will be streamed live from NCAA.com, but you’ll have to watch Saturday’s on CBS.
Updated at 11:16 PM.