East Preliminary Performance List -
Men //
Women
West Preliminary Performance List -
Women
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced the student-athletes selected for preliminary competition for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. A total of 95 MAC student-athletes will participate amongst 19 events beginning on Thursday, May 24.
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Toledo and Western Michigan will compete in the East Regional held at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Northern Illinios will compete in the West Region in Sacramento, California.
The meet showcases the region's top 48 competitors in each event. The top-12 finishers from the East Region and the top-12 finishers from the West Region will meet at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The National Championship runs June 6-9 at Historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
NCAA Release
Akron - 22
The University of Akron track and field program will send 22 student-athletes from its men's and women's teams – competing in 16 events – to the NCAA East Preliminary Round at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., from May 24-26. The group looks to join seniors Jackie Siefring (Covington, Ohio) and Patricia Ortega (Logrono, Spain), who earned an automatic-qualifying bid to the NCAA Championships, June 6-9, in Eugene, Ore., in the women's heptathlon.
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Ball State - 1
Lewis, who has captured the last three Mid-American Conference high jump titles, enters the event tied as the 14th seed in the region after successfully clearing the bar at a height of 1.79m on two occasions this season.
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Bowling Green - 3
Redshirt senior Aliyah Gustafson became just the second student-athlete in program history to qualify for regionals in three events, doing so in the shot put, discus and hammer throw. She is joined in the shot put and discus by senior Elizabeth Iverson. R-junior Rachel Walny will represent the Falcons on the track in the 10,000.
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Buffalo - 5
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Central Michigan - 7
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Eastern Michigan Men - 10
Qualifying to the championship preliminaries for Eastern are redshirt seniors Hlynur Andresson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland-Mountain Ridge), Tyler Brown (Findlay, Ohio-Findlay) and Nick Raymond (Erie, Mich.-Erie), juniors Zach Harkey (Huron, Ohio-Huron), Tyler Underwood (Clinton, Mich.-Clinton) and Derek Ziegenfuss (Allentown, Pa.-Parkland), as well as sophomores Colin Etchen (Edgerton, Ohio-Edgerton) and Devonte Findlay(Lauderhill, Fla.-Blanche Ely), and freshmen Tyler Johnson (Dayton, Ohio-Stivers School for the Arts) and Owen Richardson (Basingstoke, England).
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Eastern Michigan Women -7
The seven student-athletes will compete in five track events and two field events throughout the three days of competition. Qualifying to the regional round for Eastern is redshirt senior Alsu Bogdanova (Kazan, Russia-Lyceum #83), seniors Natalie Cizmas (Clinton Twp., Mich.-Chippewa Valley), Dace Dreimane (Ventspils, Latvia-Ventspils Gymnasium No. 1), Jasmine Jones (Greensburg, Pa.-Hempfield Area), Jordann McDermitt (Davison, Mich.-Davison), and Janina Pollatz(Grand Rapids, Mich.-Grand Rapids Christian), and junior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville).
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Kent State - 17
The Kent State University track and field program has 17 student-athletes who have earned spots to compete at the 2018 NCAA East Preliminary Championships, the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced on Thursday. The competition will be held May 24-26 in Tampa, Florida and hosted by South Florida.
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Miami - 6
Qualifying for the meet for the Red & White are seniors Maria Scavuzzo, Alesha Vovk and Jake Brumfield along with sophomores Christopher Torpy, Sean Torpy and Carly Davis. All six are first time competitors in the preliminary meet, which is hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa May 24-26.
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Northern Illinois - 3
Freshman distance runner Ashley Tutt (Channahon, Ill./Minooka) and junior jumper Jehvania Whyte (Kingston, Jamaica/Vere Technical) will represent Northern Illinois University at the 2018 NCAA Track & Field West Preliminary round Friday.
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Ohio - 2
Ohio senior Emma Ryan (Vincent, Ohio) is set to compete in the javelin as the No. 22 ranked student-athlete in the field. Joining her in competition is senior Jordan Porter (South Point, Ohio) will compete in the shot put as the No. 38 ranked competitor.?
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Toledo - 7
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Western Michigan - 5
Redshirt sophomore Sarah Anderson (800-meter run), senior Hanne Christensen (10,000-meter run), sophomore Erin Dowd (400-meter hurdles), redshirt sophomore Gabrielle Collins (long jump), and junior Audrey Oswalt (javelin) will make the trek down to Tampa Bay for the right to compete for a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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