Track & Field

Valley Student-Athletes Qualify for NCAA Preliminary Rounds

INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track & Field and Cross-Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2024 Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships preliminary competitions. NCAA Release – HERE
 
A total of 50 individual events and 4 relays among 68 student-athletes will represent the league and their school at the 2024 NCAA Preliminary Round meets next week.
 
The preliminary competitions are scheduled for May 22-25. University of Kentucky will host the East Preliminary and the University of Arkansas will host the West Preliminary.
 
The qualifiers out of these two regions will compete in the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which are held from June 5-8 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

East Live Results
West Live Results

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EAST REGION:

Belmont:  Kaitlyn Vanderkolk (10K), Tyra Finkeldey (Pole Vault), Logan Gray (Shot Put), Rebekah Stucker (Discus, Hammer), Maddie Quinn (Javelin), Kevin Vanderkolk (3000S)

Indiana State: Rachel Mehringer (100m H), E. Grace Quinlan (High Jump), Brooklyn Giertz-Pfaff (Pole Vault), Lillian Gibbs (Javelin), Casey Hood Jr. (4x100), Daunte Majors (4x100), Isiah Thomas (4x100), Tahj Johnson (4x100), Terrance O’Bannon (4x100), Collin Forrest (4x100), Piere Hill (4x100), William Staggs (Pole Vault), Shomari Rogers-Walton (Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x100m), Ali Ilupeju (Long Jump), Jaden Smith (Triple Jump), Brett Norton (Shot Put), Elias Foor (Discus, Hammer)
 
 Murray State: Faith Bostick (100m, 4x400) Kayla Bell (800m, 4x400), Chelby Melvin (400m H, 4x400), Simone Joseph (4x400), Lucia Herrero-Yanez (4x400), Amirr Evans (4x400), Meghan Fletcher (High Jump, 4x400), Diamonasia Taylor (High Jump)
 
WEST REGION:

Bradley: Julia Nielsen (800m), Nadia Potgieter (5K), Jack Crull (1500)

Drake: Emilie Meyer (800m), Centaine Noom-Duckworth (Hammer), Chinemerem Iwuagwu (Hammer), Isaac Basten (1500m), Brogan Griffin (1500m), Aziz Jdai (3000S), Anthony Barmes (Hammer)

Illinois State: Mattison Plummer (3000S), Claire Fuhlhage (3000S), Macy Byer (Discus), Raydoffa Braziel (400m,4x400), Caleb-Emmanuel Lerus (4x400), Enyinnaya Nwagwu (4x400), Sam Atkinson (4x400), Jaiden Reed (4x400), Dewayne Johnson (110m H, 4x400), Mathis Chavand (5K), Charles Cruse (Pole Vault), Devin Turner (Long Jump), Amiri Buchanan (Shot Put), Jacob Klink (Shot Put)
 
Northern Iowa: Emma Hoins (3000S), Jack Sumners (110m H), Brendan Safley (Pole Vault), Spencer Kessel (Shot Put)

Southern Illinois: Rachel Anderson (3000S), Shane Ashton (400m H, 4X400), Darius Fuller (Triple Jump), Xavier Preston (4x400), Bryson Wilson (4x400), Jeremiah Hamilton (4x400), Dallas Hodge (4x400), Marius Coleman (4x400)