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Nicole Choquette 800m B1G Championships

Women's Track & Field

Nicole Choquette Advances to B1G 800m Final

Illini with five event finals on Sunday

Women's Track & Field

Nicole Choquette Advances to B1G 800m Final

Illini with five event finals on Sunday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Graduate student Nicole Choquette booked her spot into Sunday's Big Ten 800-meter final with an at-large qualification in the preliminary round as the Illinois women's track and field team wrapped up day two of 2018 Outdoor Big Ten Championships.

Full Results | Sunday Heat Sheets

Racing in heat three of four, the 2018 indoor bronze medalist set the second best at-large time of the qualifying round with a time of 2:07.99. The time placed her runner-up in her heat and seventh among qualifiers.

Choquette will race at 1:03 p.m. central time as she looks to improve on her sixth-place finish from last season's outdoor conference meet.

Falling just shy of reaching finals on Saturday, Chisom Nwoko three-hundredths of a second off qualifying position with a time of 53.27. The time was good for runner-up in heat two of competition.

Competing in two events on Saturday, Briana Driver set her second furthest jump of the season in the long jump and then tied her season-best performance in the 100m dash prelims. Driver leaped 19'7.5" (5.98m) on her first attempt, and surpassed 19 feet on all three of her jumps, but fell shy of reaching finals. The junior returned for 100-meter qualifying, timing 11.81 to tie her time from earlier in the season at the Jim Click Shootout.

The Fighting Illini will conclude action at the 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. central time, with a final field event and four track events. The meet can be streamed live on FloTrack and BTN Plus through a subscription to the platform.

Team Scores:

1.Minnesota – 85

2.Wisconsin – 39

3.Michigan – 35

4.Iowa – 34

4.Indiana – 34

6.Penn State – 32

7.Nebraska – 28

8.Purdue – 25

9.Maryland – 16

10.Michigan State – 14

11.Ohio State – 7

12. Illinois – 2

13. Rutgers – 0

Illinois' Sunday Schedule

10am – Women's Triple Jump: Hargrove (heat 1 #4)

11am – Men's Pole Vault: Gordon (flight 1 #5), LaRocca (flight 1 #8), Jazo (flight 1 #11)

11:30am – Men's High Jump: Deloye (flight 1 #2), Wells (flight 1 #6)

11:45am – Women's 4x100m Relay (Final)

11:55am – Men's 4x100m Relay (Final)

12:35pm – Men's 110m Hurdles (Final): Wells

12:55pm – Men's 100m (Final): Quinn, Maat

1:03pm – Women's 800m (Final): Choquette

1:28pm – Men's 400m Hurdles (Final): Kendziera

1:42pm – Men's 200m (Final): Quinn

1:49pm – Women's 5K (Final): Craddock, Fix, McGrath

2:11pm – Men's 5K (Final): Lathrop, Gold, Lee

2:33pm – Women's 4x400m Relay (Final)

2:45pm – Men's 4x400m Relay (Final)

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Players Mentioned

Nicole Choquette

Nicole Choquette

Distance
Graduate Student
Briana  Driver

Briana Driver

Sprints/Jumps
Junior
Chisom Nwoko

Chisom Nwoko

Pole Vault
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Nicole Choquette

Nicole Choquette

Graduate Student
Distance
Briana  Driver

Briana Driver

Junior
Sprints/Jumps
Chisom Nwoko

Chisom Nwoko

Sophomore
Pole Vault