Six Individuals Qualify for NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The greatest season in BGSU track & field history continues.
Six Falcons have qualified in individual events for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional, the most ever for the program since regional competition began in 2003.
The top 48 marks in each event automatically qualify for NCAA Regionals, with East and West representation. The top 12 individuals competing in both regionals in each event will qualify for the NCAA Championships.
Trista Fintel leads the pack, as she qualified in both the shot put and hammer throw. The graduate transfer from the University of Findlay won both events at the MAC Championships and achieved her top qualifying mark in the shot put (16.38m) at the meet. She also notched her best hammer throw at Hillsdale's Last Chance Meet (63.48m) the week prior.
Both marks rank in the top 25 on the regional qualifying list entering the meet.
Juniors Sabrina Imes and Bianca Staples will lead the Falcons in the triple jump. Imes' qualifying leap of 12.77m at the MAC Championships won her the event and placed her 39th on the regional list. Staples, who competed at last year's regional in the event, placed third at the MAC Championships and achieved a qualifying jump of 12.76m at Hillsdale's Last Chance Meet.
Morgan Patterson is the first BGSU long jumper to qualify for regionals. The junior leapt to a runner-up finish at the MAC Championships with a mark of 6.17m that ranks 35th on the list.
Katherine Mendenhall also becomes the first Falcon high jumper to earn a qualifying mark. The graduate student, who tied for third in the MAC in the event, achieved her best jump at Hillsdale's Last Chance Meet (1.75m), which is tied for 37th in the region.
Kylee Cubbison will represent BGSU in their lone track event, the 1,500m. The MAC champion in the event set the school record at the Jesse Owens Classic with a qualifying time of 4:16.73. She also achieved the 5,000m program record and three indoor records this season.
The NCAA Women's East Regional will take place at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville on Thursday, May 29 and Saturday, May 31. The West Regional is set for the same days at Texas A&M.
Please see the complete list of athletes competing in the East regional here.
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