Men’s Track and Field Sends Five to NCAA East Prelims

Marquette sent four student-athletes to the NCAA West Prelims and three competed on day one at Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas on Thursday.

OR had 11 more qualifiers for the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Friday at the NCAA West Regional Championships at Mike A. Meyers Stadium, but one of the biggest stories of the day for the Ducks was one person who didn’t even run. The reigning ACC champion qualified for her first NCAA championship event with a school record time of 9 minutes, 52.89 seconds.

Clarke’s clearance improves upon his already-set third-place mark in Penn history and also ranks fifth in Ivy League record books.

MMC will have two runners in the women’s marathon today (Saturday), seniors Mandy O’Malley and Berkley Rietveld. Concluding NE10 racing, Borofski tallied her 15th-straight NE10 title. He placed seventh in the javelin at the NCAA Championships as a sophomore in 2015 and placed 12th as a junior last season. She earned All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships running in the DMR, finishing sixth. “This meet is not so much about winning your event because it’s a preliminary heat”.

Third time was the charm for Denison junior high jumper Hannah Hall as she earned her first-career All-American trophy on Friday at the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship held at the SPIRE Institute. Gruver finished first in her event. The Toronto, Canada native finished fourth in his heat with a time of 47.68, good for 13th overall.

Xavier Smith competed in the quarterfinals of the 100-meters just missing out on qualifying for the NCAA Championships by one one-hundredth of a second (0.01) running 10.41 seconds. Both added their second All-America finishes for the meet – Herl won the hammer throw Thursday with Dendinger runner-up. In the outdoor season, Borofski was named to the All-East Region team in the 1500-meter run and the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Senior Rose Jackson was NDSU’s third qualifier of the day, clinching her first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a leap of 20-09.25 (6.33m) on her final attempt in the long jump. The NCAA East Regional is being hosted by the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.

Holmes has been logging big jumps all year, his PR of 2.20 meters giving him the eighth seed overall in his first regional meet. She finished fourth in her heat in 2:09.46.

The men’s 400 meters will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 7:45 p.m.

Marrero will run in the quarterfinals of the 800 on Fri., May 26 at 6:30 p.m.

Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers are among the nation’s top teams again this season as they prepare for the start of the NCAA Championships. Flash Results will also provide live results for the meet as fans can follow the Tigers and Lady Tigers in action at http://www.flashresults.com. Little, the two-time Pac-12 champion.