Pirates Set For Competition At NCAA East Preliminary

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track and field program begins action in the NCAA East Preliminary Thursday at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida.

The Pirates have eight student-athletes competing in the event.

Senior Grace Sullivan, the school-record holder in the Steeplechase, enters the regional with a No. 12 ranking. She ran her season-best time of 10:12.62 at the Bill Carson Invitational before finishing second at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships to earn all-conference honors. Sullivan is making her second consecutive appearance at the preliminary.

Sophomore Sommer Knight is 19th in the region in the pole vault with a season-best effort of 4.15 meters. She achieved that mark at the Duke Invitational. Knight finished one spot out of advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships last season, placing 13th in the regional in Tampa.

In addition to Sullivan, senior Hakeem Horton (2nd/long jump), sophomore Alyssa Sandy (2nd/100-meter hurdles) and senior Kourtney Edwards-Campbell (3rd/discus) earned all-conference accolades at the league meet.

The top 12 finishers in each preliminary event from each region advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, scheduled for June 5-8 at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas.

2019 ECU Men's East Preliminary Qualifiers (Regional Ranking)
Hakeem Horton – Long Jump (48)
Evan McCracken – Shot Put (44)

2019 ECU Women's East Preliminary Qualifiers (Regional Ranking)
Kourtney Edwards-Campbell – Discus (43)
Sommer Knight – Pole Vault (19)
Alyssa Sandy – 100-meter Hurdles (47)
Brooke Stith – Triple Jump (47)
Grace Sullivan – Steeplechase (12)
Mackenzie Whitaker – Long Jump (39)

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Kourtney Edwards-Campbell

Hakeem Horton

Sommer Knight

Evan McCracken

Alyssa Sandy

Brooke Stith

Grace Sullivan

Mackenzie Whitaker

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