KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Patty McCormick of the University of Maine missed qualifying in an NCAA championship race by 3.34 seconds when she finished 14th Thursday night in a 5,000-meter preliminary race at the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships.

The top 12 runners advanced to the final. McCormick finished with a time of 16 minutes, 58.64 seconds while the 12th-place runner clocked a 16:55.98.