Huskies Set Program Record With 49 Prelim Entries

SEATTLE – For the second straight season, Washington has set a program record for most NCAA West Preliminary Championship entries. The Huskies will have forty-nine entries for the meet, which will be hosted by Texas A&M in College Station, Texas from May 26-29. The West Prelims are the path through which athletes reach the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
 
When the meet was last held, in 2019, Washington qualified 45 entries to shatter the program's previous best, which was 38 entries from 2013. This year the Huskies surpassed the 2019 squad by four.
 
Forty-two athletes will make up the 49 entries, as seven Huskies qualified in two individual events.
 
The top-48 athletes from the western half of the country, in every individual event, and top-24 relays, will compete over one or two rounds in College Station to try and finish in the top-12. Those that place in the top-12 continue on to the NCAA Outdoor final site in Eugene, Ore. from June 9-12.
 
In addition to the West Prelim qualifiers, the multi-event qualifiers were announced, as the top-24 nationally go straight through to Eugene. Lyndsey Lopes, the Pac-12 heptathlon champion, and third-place finisher Ida Eikeng will both be in the NCAA Outdoor heptathlon field, though both will also compete in open events at West Prelims.
 
Women's Qualifiers – 25 entries
Beatrice Asomaning – Discus
Makenna Barton – Pole Vault
Camila David-Smith – 10,000m
Ida Eikeng – 100m Hurdles, Javelin
Victoria Gersch – 4x400m Relay
Anna Gibson – 1500m
Madison Heisterman – 1500m
Haley Herberg – 5000m, 10,000m
Kathleen Horn – Javelin
MaKayla Kelby – Shot Put, Discus
Lyndsey Lopes – Long Jump
Andrea Markezich – 10,000m
Darhian Mills – 400m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay
Marlena Preigh – 800m, 4x400m Relay
Katie Rainsberger – 3000m Steeplechase
Olivia Ribera – 200m, 4x400m Relay
Allie Schadler – 1500m, 5000m
Naomi Smith – 5000m, 10,000m
Carley Thomas – 800m
Aaliyah Wilson – 100m
 
Men's Qualifiers – 24 entries
Zach Annanie – Javelin
Julian Body – 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles
Cruz Culpepper – 1500m
Julius Diehr – 3000m Steeplechsae
Cass Elliott – 400m Hurdles
Isaac Green – 5000m
Luke Houser – 5000m
Talon Hull – 10,000m
Andrew Jordan – 10,000m
Connor Jost – Hammer
Evan Mafilas – 200m
Elijah Mason – Discus
Dustin Nading – 1500m
Tibebu Proctor – 10,000m
Chase Smith – Pole Vault
Mick Stanovsek – 1500m
Dalton Sugg – Javelin
Sam Tanner – 1500m
Sam Van Peursem – Shot Put
Joe Waskom – 3000m Steeplechase
Jayden White – Hammer
Jonah Wilson – Shot Put, Discus