Huskies Load Up On West Prelim Qualifiers

Women's Pole Vaulters posing together at Big Tens

May 21, 2026 | Track & Field

Complete Men's Entries Complete Women's Entries NCAA Championship Information

By: UW Athletic Communications

SEATTLE – All that remains for this collegiate track season are the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the preliminary rounds that precede it. The NCAA West Preliminary fields were confirmed today, with Washington securing 36 entries for the four-day competition that runs from May 27-30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The West Prelims are the last hurdle before 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 10-13.

Arkansas will host the West Prelims at John McDonnell Field, while the East Prelims will be held concurrently in Lexington, Ky.

Washington has 33 athletes making up its 36 entries. Three Huskies are entered in multiple events: Mia Cochran (1500m & 5000m); Evan Jenkins (5000m & 10000m); and Chloe Thomas (5000m & 10000m).

The UW women have 21 entries and the men have 15, while top-ranked heptathlete Sofia Cosculluela and decathlete Teko Cates both will advance straight through to Eugene in the multi-events by virtue of their season-best scores. Cosculluela and Cates will both compete in singles events in Fayetteville, with Cosculluela running the 100m hurdles, and Cates going in the high jump.

The biggest event for the team is, unsurprisingly, the women's pole vault, where UW has five qualifiers out of the 48: Hana and Amanda Moll, Sara Borton, Veronica Vacca, and Avril Wilson.

Qualifying straight to NCAA Outdoors
Sofia Cosculluela – Heptathlon
Teko Cates – Decathlon

Women's Entries (21)
Sara Borton – Pole Vault
Mia Cochran – 1500m and 5000m
Sofia Cosculluela – 100m Hurdles
Julia David-Smith – 5000m
Abby DeVeau – 10000m
Chloe Foerster – 1500m
Amanda Moll – Pole Vault
Hana Moll – Pole Vault
Saydi Orange – Javelin
Ashley Schroeder – Javelin
Maeve Stiles – 10000m
Jenica Swartz – 800m
Chloe Symon – 800m
Chloe Thomas – 5000m and 10000m
Leonie Troeger – Javelin
Veronica Vacca – Pole Vault
Ava Washburn – Long Jump
Josephine Welin – 3000m Steeplechase
Avril Wilson – Pole Vault

Men's Entries (15)
Martin Barco – 1500m
Tyler Bilyard – 1500m
Isaac Briggs – 3000m Steeplechase
Teko Cates – High Jump
Jonathan Frazier – 400m Hurdles
Roman Hutchinson – Triple Jump
Evan Jenkins – 5000m and 10000m
Leland Lieberg – High Jump
Carson Olmstead – Javelin
Reuben Reina – 1500m
Jimmy Rhoads – Pole Vault
Alex Rhodes – 400m
Trevontay Smith – Triple Jump
Josiah Tostenson – 1500m