NCAA Track and Field West Regionals Begin Thursday
5/24/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
2017 NCAA West Preliminary Round
Austin, Texas - Mike A. Myers Stadium (The University of Texas)
Thursday, May 25 - Saturday, May 27
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin men's and women's track and field team will send 14 student athletes and one relay to compete against the best athletes in the region at the 2017 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round on Thursday, May 25 through Saturday, May 27. The three days of competition will take place inside Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Qualifying individuals and relays from the regional round advance to the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon from June 7-10.
Aaron Piper (100m), Khalil Lacey (100m), William Gibson (400m), Tedrick Hawkins (400m), Kerry Gleason (400m Hurdles), Antonio Ruiz (Pole Vault), Noah Gilfillan (Pole Vault), Daven Murphree (Pole Vault), Isaiah Pittman (200m), and Trenton Bridges (Discus) will represent the SFA men individually. On the women's side, Aliyah Davis (200m), Imani Nave (200m), and Dominique Jackson (400m Hurdles) will represent the Lumberjacks.
The men's 4x400 meter relay team is SFA lone competitor in the relay events. The combination of Charles Fentress, Hawkins, Pittman, and Gibson made up the qualifying time for the mile relay, with Gleason and D'Lance Sharp performing in alternative races.
The assembly of SFA men and women will attempted to place in the top 12 in their respective events this weekend in order to take a stab for nationals in early June. The top 12 individuals and relays from the East and West Preliminaries will automatically earn berths into the NCAA Championship field at the University of Oregon's historic Hayward Field.
Five Lumberjacks will start their regional run on Thursday evening. Jackson and Gleason will start the SFA action at 4:30 pm with the first round of men's and women's 400m hurdles. Pittman will compete in the long jump competition starting also at 4:30 pm. The first round of the men's 400m sprint, featuring Gibson and Hawkins, will get underway at 7:45 pm.
The men's pole vault competition kick starts Friday's events. Ruiz, Gilfillan, and Murphree will vault starting at 12:00 pm. The first round of the women's 200m will gun at 7:30 pm for both Davis and Nave. Friday will also showcase the quarterfinals from the 400m races as well as the 400m hurdles.
Saturday starts off with Bridges in the men's discus making his first throw at 1:00 pm. Later that evening the quarterfinals of the women's 200m will run, around 7:35 pm, and the men's 4x400m relay will cap the competition at 9:45 pm that night.
To follow along with the Jacks all weekend in Austin, check out the links at the top of the page or follow SFA Track and Field on Twitter (@SFA_TFXC).
SFA's NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifiers
Aaron Piper (100m)
Khalil Lacey (100m)
William Gibson (400m)
Tedrick Hawkins (400m)
Kerry Gleason (400m Hurdles)
Antonio Ruiz (Pole Vault)
Noah Gilfillan (Pole Vault)
Daven Murphree (Pole Vault)
Isaiah Pittman (200m)
Trenton Bridges (Discus)
Aliyah Davis (200m)
Imani Nave (200m)
Dominique Jackson (400m Hurdles)
4x400m Relay - Charles Fentress, Tedrick Hawkins, William Gibson, Isaiah Pittman, D'Lance Sharp
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