Track And Field Set For NCAA East Preliminary

Thursday, May 24

Tampa, Fla.

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East Carolina University

NCAA East Preliminary

May 23, 2018 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field

Live Results | Live Video

GREENVILLE, N.C. – After months of competition and working to improve times and marks, nine members of the ECU track and field program will begin the road to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with participation in the NCAA East Preliminary May 24-26 at the USF Track and Field Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

Fans and other interested parties will be able to follow the meet via a live results page available through the NCAA website and linked above. Live video (for a fee) will be provided by FloTrack.

Quoting Coach Kraft: "We are very excited about this upcoming regional championship meet. This group of athletes has worked extremely hard to get to this point. All of the athletes who have qualified for this meet will have to perform at a very high level to move on to nationals. The great thing is that we are coming off a great meet at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships last weekend, which will give us great momentum for this weekend. I know one thing for sure. All the athletes are very excited to show that they belong here.

Seniors Galissia Cause and Mohogany Baker enter the regional meet after securing conference titles at the recent AAC Outdoor Championships. The duo claimed gold in the hammer and discus, respectively, in leading the Pirate women to a second-place finish – the squad's best-ever result at the event. On the men's side, senior Stefano Migliorati captured his second-straight outdoor 800-meter AAC championship.

ECU Competition Schedule

Thursday, May 24
Ryan Davis – Hammer – 11:30 a.m.
Courtney Warner – 100m – 2:55 p.m.
Stefano Migliorati – 800m – 4:10 p.m.
Galissia Cause – Shot Put – 8 p.m.

Friday, May 25
Sommer Knight – Pole Vault – 9:30 a.m.
Hunter Roberts – 100m hurdles – 1 p.m.
Galissia Cause/Mohogany Baker – Discus Throw – 1:15 p.m.
Courtney Warner – 200m – 3:55 p.m.
Grace Sullivan – Steeplechase – 8:40 p.m.

Saturday, May 26
Mohogany Baker – Hammer – 8:45 a.m.
Brooke Stith – Triple Jump – 12:30 p.m.

The top 12 athletes in each event will earn a spot in the NCAA Outdoor Championship field in Eugene, Ore. That meet is slated for June 6-9 at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.