ECU Men's 4x400 Finishes 15th At NCAA Championships
June 14, 2004 | Men's Track and Field
AUSTIN, Texas. -- The East Carolina men's 4x400 relay team finished the 2004 outdoor season with 15th place finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships this past weekend at Mike A Meyers Stadium on the campus of University of Texas at Austin.
The Pirates, ranked 11th in the nation heading into the championships, posted a time of 3:07.76 in the preliminaries falling two seconds short of qualifying for the finals. ECU finished third in its heat behind the eventual national champion Bears of Baylor University, who posted a time of 3:01.87 in the prelims.
ECU's relay team was made up of seniors Ricky Bell (Havelock, N.C.) and Darrus Cofield (Raleigh, N.C.) along with juniors B.J. Henderson and Thomas Lewis (Fayetteville, N.C.).
NCAA Championships (June 9-12)
Men's 4x400 Relay (Finals)
1. Baylor 3:01.03
2. Minnesota 3:01.80
3. Mississippi State 3:03.57
15. East Carolina 3:07.76
