University of Portland junior Joe Driscoll placed ninth Wednesday in the 10,000 meters at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene.

Driscoll, the school's record holder in the event, earned all-America status as one of the top eight Americans in the event.

He ran a 29:56.17 Wednesday, less than five seconds out of seventh place. Driscoll is now the sixth Portland male runner to earn all-America status in outdoor track.

Eric Kiauka competes in the 3000-meter steeplechase semifinals this evening, with the finals scheduled for Saturday.

Flash Results, Inc.                                       Hy-Tek's MEET MANAGER
05/31/01 8:15 PM            NCAA Division I Outdoor                      Page 1
                        2001 Track & Field Championships                       
              Eugene, OR - Wednesday 05/30/01 to Saturday 06/02/01             
                                                                               
                         Event 8 Men's 10,000 Meter Run                        
                     Results - Finals - Wednesday 05/30/01                     
                                                                               
              American: 27:13.98 Meb Keflezghi (Nike)             04/04/01     
       Collegiate Best: 27:22.47 Henry Rono (Washington State)    06/11/78     
         Hayward Field: 27:29.90 Henry Rono  (Nike)                   1982     
                  Meet: 28:01.30 Suleiman Nyambui (Texas-El Paso) 06/01/79     
                                                                               
RANK COMP# ATHLETE NAME           YR SCHOOL                           TIME  PTS
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   1   700 Ryan Shay              SR Notre Dame                   29:05.44 10.0
   2   528 Murray Link            SR Arkansas                     29:25.75  8.0
   3   719 Jason Hartmann         FR Oregon                       29:28.97  6.0
   4   508 Christopher Mutai      SR Alabama                      29:30.30  5.0
   5   576 Tom McArdle            SO Dartmouth                    29:32.39  4.0
   6   517 Fasil Bizuneh          SO Arizona State                29:33.18  3.0
   7   739 Keith Kelly            SR Providence                   29:51.75  2.0
   8   884 Dave Bazzi             SR Washington                   29:53.26  1.0
   9   730 Joe Driscoll           JR Portland                     29:56.17     
  10   795 Jonathon Riley         JR Stanford                     30:00.46     
  11   741 Adam Sutton            SO Providence                   30:02.59     
  12   526 Sharif Karie           SR Arkansas                     30:11.82     
  13   570 Ed Torres              SO Colorado                     30:12.26     
  14   788 Brian Sell             SR St. Francis-PA               30:45.36     
  15   867 Josh Horton            JR U.C. Santa Barbara           30:57.00     
  16   506 Japheth Koech          SR Alabama                      31:00.59     
  17   693 Kenneth Svendsen       SR North Carolina-Charlotte     31:16.81     
  18   904 Joe Hall               SR Wyoming                      31:32.33     
   -   894 Steve Bohan            SR West Virginia                     DNF