20 Hoosiers Qualify for NCAA East Preliminary Round

NCAA East Women's Declared Athletes
NCAA East Men's Declared Athletes

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The NCAA announced the lists for participants for the 2015 NCAA DI Track & Field Championship East and West Preliminary Rounds and 20 Indiana student-athletes will have a chance to compete at the East Preliminary Round May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla., for a chance to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 10-13 in Eugene, Ore.

The top-48 athletes in each event (24 teams in relays) in the East and West regions qualified for preliminary round competition and the top-12 at those region meets will qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Indiana's qualifiers, with event, seed and time/mark:

Women's Team

Sophie Gutermuth -- Pole Vault (3^rd, 4.35m)

Amanda Behnke -- 10,000m run (10^th, 33:59.60)

Nakel McClinton -- Hammer Throw (13^th, 60.81m)

Brianna Johnson -- 3,000m Steeplechase (37^th, 10:20.10)

Nakel McClinton -- Discus (39^th, 49.39m)

Jill Whitman -- 5,000m run (43^rd, 16:27.05)

Men's Team

Evan Esselink -- 10,000m run (6^th, 28:55.98)

Terry Batemon -- Pole Vault (7^th, 5.36m)

Josh Roche -- 3,000m Steeplechase (15^th, 8:48.01)

Rorey Hunter -- 1,500m run (16^th, 3:43.70)

Daniel Kuhn -- 800m run (19^th, 1:47.80)

Tre'tez Kinnaird -- 800m run (21^st, 1:47.91)

Andrew Miller -- Hammer Throw (24^th, 64.13m)

Matthew Schwartzer -- 5,000m run (26^th, 14:03.92)

Dyrek Chowning -- Discus (28^th, 55.40m)

Derrick Morgan -- 400m (34^th, 46.92)

Dyrek Chowning -- Hammer Throw (35^th, 62.39m)

Jason Crist -- 5,000m run (39^th, 14:08.53)

Owen Skeete -- 5,000m run (45^th, 14:13.01)

Stephen Keller -- Pole Vault (47^th, 5.05m)

Paul Galas -- High Jump (48^th, 2.07m)

Kyle Duvall -- 1,500m run (48^th, 3:45.85)

Indiana University Athletics

20 Hoosiers Qualify for NCAA East Preliminary Round

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