Huskies Look For Strength In Numbers At Prelims

Thursday, May 23

Sacramento, CA

12:00 PM

University of Washington

NCAA West Preliminaries

May 22, 2019 | Track & Field

By: UW Athletic Communications

2019 NCAA West Preliminary Championships
May 23-25 | Sacramento, Calif. | Hornet Stadium

Event Schedule | Men's Start Lists | Women's Start Lists

Flotrack Live Stream | Live Results

SEATTLE – A record number of Huskies are ready to test themselves against the best in the west this Thursday through Saturday, with coveted bids to the NCAA Outdoor Championships at stake. The penultimate meet of the season, the NCAA West Preliminary Championships are being hosted by Sacramento State at Hornet Stadium.

The West Prelims will be live streamed on Flotrack.org for a subscription cost.

Washington has 42 athletes in Sacramento for a total of 45 entries, which is tied for ninth in the NCAA for total entries in the Prelim rounds. The Huskies are tied with UCLA for second-most in the Pac-12 behind Oregon. Washington's previous high for entries in the current format was 38 in 2013.

Top-12 is the goal for all individuals and relays in Sacramento. A top-12 finish will mean continuing on to the final site of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas from June 5-8.

One Husky already advancing to Austin is sophomore Hannah Rusnak, as decathletes and heptathletes qualify straight to nationals based on their season-best scores. Rusnak will also compete in the 100m hurdles this weekend.

The NCAA Championships start with fields of 96 athletes in every individual event and 48 relays, splitting those fields into a West and East region. Forty-eight individuals in each event and 24 relays are on hand in Sacramento while the Eastern half meets this week in Jacksonville, Florida.

All individual track events from 100-meters up to the 1,500-meters will have two rounds in Sacramento, while the 3,000m steeplechase, the 5k and 10k races will have one round, and the relays will have one round as well.

Throws and horizontal jumps will take all 48 entries, broken into three or four flights based on season-bests, and give them all three attempts each, simply taking the top-12 after everyone has had three attempts. The high jump and pole vault bars will keep moving up until only 12 competitors remain.

SCHEDULE OF WASHINGTON COMPETITORS (PT)
Thursday, May 23
12:00 pm – Women's Javelin – Katherine Taylor (Flight 1)
3:30 pm – Men's Long Jump – Sam Richmond (Flight 1)
4:00 pm – Women's Hammer – Onyie Chibuogwu (Flight 3)
4:30 pm – Women's 400m Hurdles 1st Round – Morganne Hill, Carly Lester, Darhian Mills
4:30 pm – Men's Pole Vault – Chase Smith (Flight 2)
5:00 pm – Men's 400m Hurdles 1st Round – Cass Elliott
5:30 pm – Women's 1,500m 1st Round – Anna Maxwell, Katie Rainsberger, Allie Schadler
6:00 pm – Men's 1,500m 1st Round – Nate Beamer, Mick Stanovsek
6:55 pm – Men's 100m 1st Round – Khalil Winfrey
7:45 pm – Men's 400m 1st Round – Evan Mafilas
8:10 pm – Women's 800m 1st Round – Hannah Derby, Nicole Goecke
8:35 pm – Men's 800m 1st Round – Devan Kirk, Connor Morello
9:00 pm – Women's 10,000m Semifinal – Izzi Batt-Doyle, Kaitlyn Neal
9:40 pm – Men's 10,000m Semifinal – Tibebu Proctor, Andrew Snyder

Friday, May 24
12:00 pm – Women's Discus – Ginny Mehl (Flight 1)
12:00 pm – Men's Javelin – Zach Annanie (Flight 1), Denham Patricelli (Flight 3), Jacob Wachtendonk (Flight 2)
4:00 pm – Men's Discus – Elijah Mason (Flight 3), Jonah Wilson (Flight 2)
4:30 pm – Women's 100m Hurdles 1st Round – Hannah Rusnak
5:00 pm – Women's Pole Vault – Annika Dayton (Flight 1), Olivia Gruver (Flight 1)
5:45 pm – Men's 400m Quarterfinals – Evan Mafilas
6:15 pm – Men's 100m Quarterfinals – Khalil Winfrey
6:30 pm – Women's 800m Quarterfinals – Hannah Derby, Nicole Goecke
6:45 pm – Men's 800m Quarterfinals – Devan Kirk, Connor Morello
7:00 pm – Women's 400m Hurdles Quarterfinals – Morganne Hill, Carly Lester, Darhian Mills
7:15 pm – Men's 400m Hurdles Quarterfinals – Cass Elliott
7:55 pm – Men's 200m 1st Round – Evan Mafilas, Kemuel Santana
8:20 pm – Women's 3,000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals – Emily Hamlin, Shona McCulloch
9:00 pm – Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals – Julius Diehr, Nick Laccinole, Alex Slenning

Saturday, May 25
2:45 pm – Men's Shot Put – Jonah Wilson (Flight 4)
5:15 pm – Women's Shot Put – Angel Nkwonta (Flight 2)
6:30 pm – Women's 1,500m Quarterfinals – Anna Maxwell, Katie Rainsberger, Allie Schadler
6:30 pm – Men's Triple Jump – Jaylen Taylor (Flight 1)
6:45 pm – Men's 1,500m Quarterfinals – Nate Beamer, Mick Stanovsek
7:05 pm – Women's 100m Hurdles Quarterfinals – Hannah Rusnak
7:50 pm – Men's 200m Quarterfinals – Evan Mafilas, Kemuel Santana
8:05 pm – Women's 5,000m Semifinals – Emily Hamlin
8:45 pm – Men's 5,000m Semifinals – Fred Huxham
9:45 pm – Men's 4x400m Relay Quarterfinals – Cass Elliott, Jason Palmer, Kemuel Santana, Evan