Mississippi State 2018 Track & Field Notes
MISSISSIPPI STATE 2018 TRACK & FIELD NOTES 18 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 121 SEC CHAMPIONS | 238 ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS | 17 OLYMPIANS NCAA East Prelims USF Track and Field Stadium | Tampa, Fla. | May 24-26, 2018 INDOOR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK JANUARY Twenty Bulldogs, Three Relays Accepted to NCAA East Prelims 12 Blazer Invite Birmingham, Ala. 13 Vulcan Invite Birmingham, Ala. Twenty individuals along with both the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays and the men’s 4x100m relay have 18 Samford Multi Meet Birminham, Ala. qualified for the NCAA East Prelims. 19-20 Vanderbilt Invite Nashville, Tenn. The NCAA is divided into east and west qualifying regions with the Top 48 individuals and the Top 24 relays in FEBRUARY each being accepted into their respective preliminary meet. The Top 12 athletes and relays in each event will 2 Crimson Elite Meet Boston, Mass. advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 6-9. 3 Bruce Lehane Invite Boston, Mass. MSU put 14 men into the first round of competition. Most notably, all four of the Bulldogs’ 400m hurdlers 9-10 Music City Challenge Nashville, Tenn. qualified, with three of those among the Top 15 in the East. Ro’Derick Spears pushed himself to No. 10 in the 9-10 Tiger Paw Invite Clemson, S.C. region in the 110m hurdles with a school-record 13.65 at last week’s SEC Championships. He will be joined by 17 Alex Wilson Invite South Bend, Ind. senior Willie-Lionel Reed in that event. 24-25 SEC Indoor Champ. College Station, Texas The Bulldogs’ history-making javelin program will send NCAA-leader Anderson Peters and SEC Co-Scholar- MARCH Athlete of the Year Nicolas Quijera, to the competition.
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