Huskies Land Most NCAA Prelim Entries Since 2021

May 22, 2025 | Track & Field

Complete Men's Qualifiers Complete Women's Qualifiers

By: UW Athletic Communications

SEATTLE – The next step in the postseason for Washington Track & Field takes the Huskies to College Station, Texas for the NCAA West Preliminaries. Once again, the Dawgs have a squad of qualifiers that ranks among the largest in the NCAA, with forty-two entries at the four-day competition that runs from May 28-31.

The West Prelims are the gateway to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with the top-48 athletes in every individual event in the western half of the country competing for 12 qualifying spots. Those who make the top-12 will move on to the NCAA Outdoor final site in Eugene, Ore. from June 11-14.

Texas A&M will host the West Prelims at E.B. Cushing Stadium, while the East Prelims will be held concurrently in Jacksonville, Fla.

Washington has 38 athletes making up its 42 entries. Four Huskies are entered in multiple events: Kaia Tupu-South (shot put & discus); Amina Maatoug (1500m & 5000m); Evan Jenkins (5000m & 10000m); and Jamar Distel (5000m & 10000m).

The UW men have 24 entries and the women have 18, while heptathlete Sofia Cosculluela advances straight through to Eugene in the heptathlon by virtue of her season-best score, which ranks seventh nationally.

The 24 men's entries are tied for the sixth-most in the NCAA. Nineteen women's entries (including Cosculluela in the heptathlon) is tied for 17th among all teams east and west.

Washington's 42 entries are its most since a record-high 49 in 2021, and its third-highest total overall, trailing the 49 from 2021 and 45 in 2019. It's up from the 39 entries from a year ago in 2024.

Women's Entries (18)
Mia Cochran – 5000m
Sofia Cosculluela – 100m Hurdles
Julia David-Smith – 5000m
Steph Driscoll – 800m
Chloe Foerster – 1500m
Maggie Liebich – 3000m Steeplechase
Amina Maatoug – 1500m, 5000m
Amanda Moll – Pole Vault
Hana Moll – Pole Vault
Sophie O'Sullivan – 1500m
Ashley Schroeder – Javelin
Maeve Stiles – 10000m
Leonie Troeger – Javelin
Kaia Tupu-South – Shot Put, Discus
Avril Wilson – Pole Vault
Claire Yerby – 1500m

Qualifying straight to NCAA Outdoors
Sofia Cosculluela – Heptathlon

Men's Entries (24)
Prestin Artis – Long Jump
Martin Barco – 1500m
Mathis Bresko – Pole Vault
Isaac Briggs – 3000m Steeplechase
Leo Daschbach – 5000m
Jamar Distel – 5000m, 10000m
Tyrone Gorze – 10000m
Nathan Green – 1500m
Rhys Hammond – 1500m
Roman Hutchinson – Triple Jump
Acer Iverson – 5000m
Evan Jenkins – 5000m, 10000m
Bodi Ligons – 400m Hurdles
Tim Luebbert – Triple Jump
Ronan McMahon-Staggs – 1500m
Carson Olmstead – Javelin
Jack Olsen - Javelin
Justin O'Toole – 800m
Kyle Reinheimer – 800m
Trevontay Smith – Triple Jump
Scott Toney – Pole Vault
Matthew Wilkinson – 400m Hurdles