Three Qualify For Nationals on Day Two Of East Prelims

Thursday, May 27

Jacksonville, Fla.

3:00 P.M.

Indiana University

NCAA East Preliminary Round

2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship East Preliminary

Three Qualify For Nationals on Day Two Of East Prelims

5/27/2021 10:03:00 PM | Track and Field

Results - Day One Results - Day Two

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On day two of the NCAA East Preliminary Round, the Indiana Track & Field women captured three national championships and four advanced to Saturday's quarterfinal in their respective events.

For the first time in her Indiana career, Anna Watson is headed to nationals in Eugene. Watson cleared a height of 4.27m (14' 0") in the pole vault to advance.

Also in the field, the dynamic duo of Khayla Dawson and Maddy Pollard took the second and third qualifying spots in the shot put for National Championships. Dawson put a mark of 17.71m (58' 1.25") while Pollard saw a season best mark of 17.53m (57' 6.25"). Both will return in the discus semifinal on Saturday.

Kelsey Harris and Bailey Hertenstein advanced to Saturday's quarterfinal of the 1500m. Harris came in second in her heat with a time of 4:16.17 to earn an auto bid to the next round. Hertenstein kicked it up a gear in the last 200m to move into the last auto spot with a time of 4:20.46.

Natalie Price will suit up and run the quarterfinal of the 400m after capturing an automatic bid with a time of 52.97. The quarterfinal will be run on Saturday.

Alyssa Robinson found herself in the quarterfinal by laying down a time of 23.22 to come in second in her heat.

The Hoosier men will look to punch more tickets to the NCAA Championships on Friday, May 28. The final day for the men at the NCAA East Preliminary will commence at 1 p.m. with Jyles Etienne in the high jump.