MAC Sends 19 to NCAA Track & Field Championships
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The 2017 NCAA Track & Field Championships begin today and runs through Saturday at Historic Hayword Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. The Mid-American Conference will be represented by 19 student-athletes from six member institution. Akron leads the conference with six qualifiers. Kent State follows with five, while Eastern Michigan and Miami both have three qualifiers. Bowling Green and Northern Illinois round out the field with one representative each.
Action begins on Wednesday, June 7th at 3:30 p.m. ET with men's combined events. The live coverage throughout the championships will be broadcast on ESPN3/WatchESPN. A full broadcast schedule can be viewed
here.
Akron
Six student-athletes are set to represent the University of Akron track and field program at this week's NCAA Outdoor Championships. "We have a quality group of athletes here," Akron head coach Dennis Mitchell commented. "All of them are ready and in a position to be able to score. It is time for all the work and preparation they have put in to pay off. The most mentally tough and competitive athletes flourish in this format. I like how tough our athletes are."
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Rachel Walny, Bowling Green
The Mid-American Conference runner up in the 10,000, Walny advanced to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships by placing 11th at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round. Seeded No. 18, Walny needed to climb into the top 12 to earn a spot to the national championships and she broke her own school record to make that vault into the top 12, running the event in 33:55.49.
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Willy Fink, Eastern Michigan Men
Fink has had a storied career with the Green and White, as this is his third time heading to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He qualified last year in the 3000m steeplechase, in addition to also making it in the 5000m in 2015. Not only has he found success during the outdoor season, but he also earned Second Team All-American honors at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships when he nabbed 11th in the 3000m.
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Eastern Michigan Women
Senior Alsu Bogdanova and junior Jordann McDermitt are headed back to Track Town USA in the 5000m and 10,000m, respectively.. Last season, both Bogdanova and McDermitt qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, each earning a spot in the 5000m run. The duo gained valuable experience, with McDermitt finishing 17th in 16:31.77, while Bogdanova was two spots behind her in 19th with a time of 16:38.80. The Green and White were just one of two schools in the nation to have multiple student-athletes running in the event.
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Kent State
The five championships bound Golden Flashes include two TrackTown USA veterans in Reggie Jagers III and Danniel Thomas, and first-time qualifiers Samory Fraga, TJ Lawson and AJ Stevens.
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Miami
Representing the Red & White at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon are sophomore Danielle Collier (javelin) along with seniors Andrew Dusing(1500m) and Martha Szekely (hammer throw). All three of Miami’s competitors, the program’s most since sending three (Kristina Bolterstein, Kevin Dwyer and Pat Sovacool) in 2008, are all making their national meet debut.
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Hope Schmelzle, Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois University track & field senior Hope Schmelzle (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South) took third in the NCAA West Region Preliminary in the 3,000-meter steeplechase that earned her a spot at the NCAA Championships.
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