Track and Field Begins Postseason at NCAA East Prelims

Thursday, May 23

Jacksonville, Fla.

All Day

Mississippi State

NCAA East Preliminary (O)

Track and Field Begins Postseason at NCAA East Prelims

May 22, 2019 | Track & Field

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by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mississippi State begins its journey to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the NCAA East Prelims on Thursday on the campus of North Florida.

Twenty-eight Bulldogs qualified for the postseason, surpassing the previous MSU record of 24 athletes set in 2016. MSU will see five first-time qualifiers in the individual events with four additional first-timers running on relays.

The top-48 individuals in the East Region qualified for each event. In the relays, the top 24 schools made the meet. Most running events will go through two rounds to cut to a dozen athletes that will advance to Austin, Texas, for the Championships in June. Any distance races beyond the 1500m will run just one round and take the top 12 finishers.

Field events will offer all athletes three attempts, instead of giving the top nine an additional three throws for finals. The top 12 athletes after three attempts advance to Austin.

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Thursday's action begins on the javelin runway as Sarah Blake opens the meet for MSU at 11 a.m. CT. She is followed by Logan Boss in the high jump at 2:30 p.m. The Bulldogs take to the track at 3:30 p.m. with Riley White leading off in the women's 400m hurdles.

State will run three athletes in the men's 400m hurdles at 4 p.m. Asia Poe competes in the long jump at 5:45 p.m. before Karson Kowalchuk and Lester Miller run the 100m at 5:55 p.m. Four Bulldogs will run in the men's and women's 800m to close the night.

Anderson Peters leads MSU's men's javelin corps that swept the SEC podium to open Friday's competition at 11 a.m. Peyton Mickelson will pole vault at 4 p.m. before the quarterfinals of the 100m, 800m and 400m hurdles. Kowalchuk returns to the track at 6:55 p.m. for the first round of the 200m. Sylvia Russell and Stephen Jones close the evening with the men's and women's 3000m steeplechase.

Saturday features the triple jumps and relays. Tiffany Flynn and Alexis Farley open the day at 2 p.m. Gralyn Jones will jump in the postseason for the first time at 5:30 p.m. Reggie Miller high jumps at 3 p.m., and State's first relay, the men's 4x100m, runs at 5:15 p.m. The 200m quarterfinals are at 6:50 p.m.

Stephen Jones runs his second event, the 5000m, at 7:45 p.m. before the men's 4x400m relay ends the meet at 8:45 p.m.

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Thursday, May 23 (all times CT)

11 a.m. - W Javelin First Round - Sarah Blake
2:30 p.m. - W High Jump First Round - Logan Boss
3:30 p.m. - W 400m Hurdles First Round - Riley White
4 p.m. - M 400m Hurdles First Round - Charles Brockman III, Rasheed Tatham, Malcum Tatum
5:45 p.m. - W Long Jump First Round - Asia Poe
5:55 p.m. - M 100m First Round - Karson Kowalchuk, Lester Miller
7:10 p.m. - W 800m First Round - Charlotte Cayton-Smith, Alon Lewis
7:35 p.m. - M 800m First Round - Marco Arop, Dejon Devroe

Friday, May 24 (all times CT)

11 a.m. - M Javelin First Round - Tyriq Horsford, Anderson Peters, Curtis Thompson
4 p.m. - W Pole Vault First Round - Peyton Mickelson
5:15 p.m. - M 100m Quarterfinals* - Karson Kowalchuk, Lester Miller
5:30 p.m. - W 800m Quarterfinals* - Charlotte Cayton-Smith, Alon Lewis
5:45 p.m. - M 800m Quarterfinals* - Marco Arop, Dejon Devroe
6 p.m. - W 400m Hurdles Quarterfinals* - Riley White
6:15 p.m. - M 400m Hurdles Quarterfinals* - Charles Brockman III, Rasheed Tatham, Malcum Tatum
6:55 p.m. - M 200m First Round - Karson Kowalchuk
7:20 p.m. - W 3000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals - Sylvia Russell
8 p.m. - M 3000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals - Stephen Jones

Saturday, May 25 (all times CT)

2 p.m. - W Triple Jump First Round - Alexis Farley, Tiffany Flynn
3 p.m. - M High Jump First Round - Reggie Miller
5:15 p.m. - M 4x100m Relay Quarterfinals - TBA
5:30 p.m. - M Triple Jump First Round - Gralyn Jones
6:50 p.m. - M 200m Quarterfinals* - Karson Kowalchuk
7:45 p.m. - M 5000m Quarterfinals - Stephen Jones
8:45 p.m. - M 4x400m Relay Quarterfinals - TBA

*must advance from first round