INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Twenty-five Hokies have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida on the campus of North Florida, as announced by the NCAA on Thursday afternoon.
The meet will take place from May 23-25 at Hodges Stadium, and FloTrack will stream all three days.
The distance group is the biggest of Tech's five disciplines to be represented at the meet, with eight student-athletes making the trek to the Sunshine State.
Six of Tech's gold medalists at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships qualified in their respective events for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, including Rachel Pocratsky (800/1,500), Miles Green (400 Hurdles), Bashir Mosavel-Lo (800), Jacory Patterson (400), Fitsum Seyoum (3,000 steeplechase) and Deakin Volz (Pole Vault).
The other region, the NCAA West Preliminary, will be held at California State University in Sacramento, California. The qualifiers out of these two regions will compete in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 5-8 in Austin, Texas.
NCAA track and field fans can watch live and on-demand coverage of the NCAA Division I East and/or West Preliminary Championships on FloTrack with a Pro subscription. Coverage of the preliminary competitions will be available May 23-25. To access the East Preliminary coverage please click here. To access the West Preliminary coverage please click here.
The complete list of participants is available on the following website.
For more information regarding the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, including how to purchase tickets, log on to NCAA.com/trackandfield.
Pole Vault (1)
Deakin Volz
Jumps (3)
Chauncey Chambers (Triple Jump)
Stefanie Aeschlimann (Triple Jump)
Eszter Bajnok (Long Jump/Triple Jump)
Throws (6)
Tyson Jones (Shot Put)
Isaiah Rogers (Shot Put)
Enid Duut (Discus Throw)
Pavla Kuklova (Hammer Throw)
Emma Thor (Hammer Throw)
Kajsa Wennberg (Hammer Throw)
Sprints (5)
Cole Beck (100/4x100)
Michael Davenport (4x100)
Miles Green (400 Hurdles)
Jacory Patterson (400/4x100)
Joseph Tay (4x100)
Arlicia Bush (400)
Nykah Smith (200)
Distance (8)
Matthias Cannon (1,500)
Jack Joyce (1,500)
Bashir Mosavel-Lo (800)
Peter Seufer (5,000)
Fitsum Seyoum (3,000 steeple)
Sarah Edwards (1,500)
Sara Freix (10,000)
Rachel Pocratsky (1,500)
