NCAA East Preliminary Championships Field Announced

LEXINGTON, Ky. – – The Kentucky track and field teams will have 40 entries at next week’s NCAA East Preliminary Championships, as the meet’s field was announced on Thursday.
 
The UK men’s team qualified 21 entries, while the UK women’s team qualified 19.
 
Additionally, Tim Duckworth – NCAA decathlon leader – became the first Wildcat to book his trip to the NCAA Championships finals site as the multi-events won’t be contested at the preliminary championships.

East Prelims will be contested May 24-26 on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, Florida. California State University, Sacramento will host West Prelims the same days.
 
For each individual event contested at each of the preliminary sites, the top 48 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition.  For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams were accepted into the competition.
 
Twelve performers from each preliminary site advance to the NCAA Championships – hosted for the sixth straight year at Oregon’s Hayward Field – June 6-9. 
 
For the heptathlon and decathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list were accepted into the Championships. Heptathlon and decathlon are not contested at preliminary championships sites.
 
But as it relates to the NCAA Championships, qualifying entries into the preliminary championships is less significant than the number of entries who make it through prelims and advance to Eugene for the NCAA Championships.
 
The East and West regions are comprised of all Division I institutions in 25 states apiece for each of the two regions. The East and West Preliminary Championship will be held with parallel schedules at two sites next weekend.
 
NCAA track and field fans can watch a live stream of the NCAA Division I East and/or West Preliminary Championships as FloTrack Pro subscribers. The subscription will include access to all FloTrack live broadcasts, video on-demand from all events, documentaries, technique videos and more. Coverage of the preliminary competitions will be available May 24 – 26 at www.FloTrack.com. 
 

Men’s entries (21)
Seed. Name: Seed time/mark
100m
46. Fred Dorsey: 10.37
 
400m
4. Dwight St. Hillaire
 
800m
31. Ian Jones: 1:49.37
 
1,500m
8. Ben Young: 3:42.75
40. Kendall Muhammad: 3:45.38
 
10k
9. Jacob Thomson: 29:10.55
 
110m hurdles
2. Daniel Roberts: 13.27
32. Caleb Wilt: 13.98
 
4x100m relay
9. Kentucky: 39.35
 
Long jump
13. Mohammed Abubakar: 25’8.75″/7.84m
26. Travis Riley: 25’0.5″/7.63m
32. Fred Dorsey: 24’10″/7.57m
 
Shot put
11. Noah Castle: 63’1.5″/19.24m
14. Charles Lenford Jr.: 62’8.75″/19.12m
21. Nikolas Huffman: 61’2.25″/18.65m
 
Discus
11. Noah Castle: 190’1″/57.95m
28. Charles Lenford Jr.: 178’7″/54.44m
 
Hammer throw
18. David Cline: 218’3″/66.53m
27. Logan Bryer: 208’7″/63.57m
 
Javelin
20. Elijah Marta: 221’9″/67.60m
24. Ethan Shalaway: 220’4″/67.16m
 
Women’s entries (19)
Seed. Name: Seed time/mark
Women’s 100m
16. Kianna Gray: 11.27
22. Celera Barnes: 11.31
 
Women’s 200m
6. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: 22.59
9. Kayelle Clarke: 22.88
10. Kianna Gray: 22.92
 
Women’s 3k steeplechase
10. Katy Kunc: 10:06.37
 
Women’s 100m hurdles
1. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: 12.40
7. Jacklyn Howell: 12.93
 
Women’s 400m hurdles
1. Sydney McLaughlin: 52.75
18. Faith Ross: 58.28
 
Women’s 4x100m relay
2. Kentucky: 42.30
 
Women’s 4x400m relay
1. Kentucky: 3:25.99
 
Women’s high jump
4. Ellen Ekholm: 6’0″/1.83m
48. Carly Hinkle: 5’8″/1.73m
 
Women’s pole vault
11. Olivia Gruver: 13’11.25″/4.25m
 
Women’s long jump
13. Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile: 20’9″/6.38m
 
Women’s triple jump
3. Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile: 45’11.25″/14.00m
12. Latavia Coombs: 43’1″/13.13m
 
Women’s shot put
41. Nicole Fautsch: 50’6.75″/15.41m
 

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