NCAA Prelim Fields Include 34 Huskies

SEATTLE – Coming off a great Pac-12 Championships showing, the Husky track and field squad now turns its focus to the second phase of the postseason, the NCAA West Preliminary Championships. Fields were announced today, and the Huskies will be sending thirty-four athletes to the meet that runs from May 25-28, hosted by Arkansas in Fayetteville. The West Prelims are the path through which athletes reach the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
  
Thirty-four Husky athletes will make up the thirty-seven entries, as three Huskies will compete in multiple events. Several more Huskies could have declared and competed in more than one event, but had to choose the best path to potential NCAA success.
 
In addition to the West Prelim qualifiers, the NCAA Championship multi-event qualifiers were announced, as the top-24 nationally go straight through to Eugene. Ida Eikeng, the school record-holder and fourth-ranked heptathlete in the NCAA this season, will make her second appearance. Ollie Thorner will advance and compete in his first decathlon championships, becoming the first Husky decathlete at nationals since Jeremy Taiwo in 2013. Both Eikeng and Thorner scored their qualifying marks at the Mt. SAC Relays earlier this season. Thorner is seeded 21st overall in the field.
 
The top-48 athletes from the western half of the country, in every individual event will compete over one or two rounds in Fayetteville 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 8-11.
 
Women's Entries (18 entries)
Beatrice Asomaning – Discus
Makenna Barton – Pole Vault
Sophie Cantine – 1500m
Camila David-Smith – 10000m
Anna Gibson – 1500m
Madison Heisterman – 1500m
Haley Herberg – 5000m, 10000m
Kathleen Horn - Javelin
MaKayla Kelby – Shot Put, Discus
Andrea Markezich – 10000m
Sophie O'Sullivan – 1500m
Olivia Ribera – 200m
Hannah Rusnak – Javelin
Allie Schadler – 5000m
Naomi Smith – 10000m
Carley Thomas – 800m
Ida Eikeng >> Advancing straight to NCAAs in Heptathlon
 
Men's Entries (19 entries)
Sam Affolder – 3000m Steeplechase
Roan Allen – Javelin
Zach Annanie – Javelin
Jonathan Birchman – 400m Hurdles
Cass Elliott – 400m Hurdles
Brian Fay – 5000m
Isaac Green – 5000m
Nathan Green – 1500m
Luke Houser – 1500m
Connor Jost – Hammer
Kieran Lumb – 5000m, 10000m
Elijah Mason – Discus
Tibebu Proctor – 10000m
Anthony Smith – 200m
Sam Van Peursem – Shot Put
Joe Waskom – 1500m
Jayden White – Hammer
Matthew Wilkinson – 400m Hurdles
Ollie Thorner >> Advancing straight to NCAAs in Decathlon