Five Punch Tickets To Austin On Day One of NCAA East Prelims
5/23/2019 11:55:00 PM | Track and Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Indiana Track & Field saw five of its own earned their tickets to Austin, Texas on the first day of NCaa Track & Field Outdoor East Prelims. Adam Coulon, Brock Mammoser, Ben Veatch, Nycia Ford, and Maggie Allen all were tabbed for spot in the national meet.
Nycia Ford was the first Hoosier to make her way to the national meet as she placed 10th in the hammer throw. The senior threw a distance of 61.82m (202' 10").
Coulon and Mammoser will compete in Austin, Texas in the pole vault. The duo both cleared a height of 5.31m (17' 5"). The height ties a personal best for Mammoser.
Late Thursday night, both Veatch and Allen placed in the top-12 to earn a spot at NCAA Championships. Allen placed fifth with a time of 33:32.14 while Veatch took the seventh qualifying spot in a time of 28:57.61.
Rikkoi Brathwaite, Aaron Bennett, Teddy Browning, Kenneth Hagen, Joe Murphy, Jalen Royal, Adam Wallace, Cooper Williams Haley Harris, and Kelsey Harris all advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective events.
Brathwaite will return in the 100m tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. EST after clocking a time of 10.43 to grab the 23rd qualifying spot.
Browning, Murphy, and Hagen advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1500m after both earning automatic qualifying spots. Murphy clocked the second fastest time of 3:45.13. Browning finished right behind him with a time of 3:45.64. Hagen won his heat with a time of 3:53.40. On the women's side, Haley Harris grabbed the 20th qualifying spot in the quarterfinal with a time of 4:22.73.
The 800m quarterfinal races will feature five Hoosiers. In the men's field, Cooper Williams clocked a time of 1;49.57 to place first in his heat and third overall. Bennett nabbed a time of 1:50.39 in his first east prelims race to advance to the quarterfinal. Adam Wallace will also compete tomorrow as he saw a time of 1:50.52 to move on. Grabbing the final qualifying time for Indiana was Jalen Royal who grabbed a time of 1:50.81. Kelsey Harris was the lone Hoosier to qualify on the women's side as she crossed in a time of 2:06.20.
Indiana will reutn tomorrow for day two of the NCAA East Prelims. Maddy Pollard is due up first for the Hoosiers in the discus at 12 p.m. EST. Brathwaite will kick it off on the track in the 100m quarterfinal beginning at 6:15 p.m. EST.
Nycia Ford was the first Hoosier to make her way to the national meet as she placed 10th in the hammer throw. The senior threw a distance of 61.82m (202' 10").
Coulon and Mammoser will compete in Austin, Texas in the pole vault. The duo both cleared a height of 5.31m (17' 5"). The height ties a personal best for Mammoser.
Late Thursday night, both Veatch and Allen placed in the top-12 to earn a spot at NCAA Championships. Allen placed fifth with a time of 33:32.14 while Veatch took the seventh qualifying spot in a time of 28:57.61.
Rikkoi Brathwaite, Aaron Bennett, Teddy Browning, Kenneth Hagen, Joe Murphy, Jalen Royal, Adam Wallace, Cooper Williams Haley Harris, and Kelsey Harris all advanced to the quarterfinals in their respective events.
Brathwaite will return in the 100m tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. EST after clocking a time of 10.43 to grab the 23rd qualifying spot.
Browning, Murphy, and Hagen advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1500m after both earning automatic qualifying spots. Murphy clocked the second fastest time of 3:45.13. Browning finished right behind him with a time of 3:45.64. Hagen won his heat with a time of 3:53.40. On the women's side, Haley Harris grabbed the 20th qualifying spot in the quarterfinal with a time of 4:22.73.
The 800m quarterfinal races will feature five Hoosiers. In the men's field, Cooper Williams clocked a time of 1;49.57 to place first in his heat and third overall. Bennett nabbed a time of 1:50.39 in his first east prelims race to advance to the quarterfinal. Adam Wallace will also compete tomorrow as he saw a time of 1:50.52 to move on. Grabbing the final qualifying time for Indiana was Jalen Royal who grabbed a time of 1:50.81. Kelsey Harris was the lone Hoosier to qualify on the women's side as she crossed in a time of 2:06.20.
Indiana will reutn tomorrow for day two of the NCAA East Prelims. Maddy Pollard is due up first for the Hoosiers in the discus at 12 p.m. EST. Brathwaite will kick it off on the track in the 100m quarterfinal beginning at 6:15 p.m. EST.
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