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INDIANAPOLIS -- Penn State junior Kaleb Nastari did not get to the finals in Big Ten Indoor Championships at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Nastari, a United graduate who holds Ohio's high school record in the half mile, finished 16th out of 27 runners in the men's 800-meter preliminaries Friday.
His time of 1:49.91 was sixth in his heat. The top two each of three heats plus the next two fastest times qualify for the finals Saturday.
Nastari had a career-best 1:47.19 earlier this year.
Penn State senior Allon Clay had the top time in 1:46.31. Penn State runners posted four of the top five times Friday.
On Thurday, Nastari was ninth in the 600-meter preliminaries in 1:17.01. He ran 49.64 seconds on the opening 400.
Penn State senior Niko Schultz posted the top time with a meet-record 1:15.22.