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Rives Competes at Second Consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships

Fractions of a second was all that separated Belmont’s most decorated sprinter in program history from advancing to the finals of the 200m at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday night in Fayetteville, Ark. Despite setting a new Belmont record in the event in both the opening and semifinal rounds, sprinter Lynette Rives (Clarksville, Tenn.) was unable to move on to become the first athlete in school history to compete in the finals of any event. Click here for more on this story.

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