PROVO, Utah – BYU track and field has a total of 48 qualified entries for the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminaries May 26-28 in Lawrence, Kansas.
The BYU men have the third most entries in the country to the NCAA Preliminaries with 30 while the women have the 20th highest total at 18. For a complete list of entries to the NCAA Preliminaries, visit USTFCCCA.org.
The men's event with the most BYU entries is the 3000m steeplechase – Aaron Fletcher, Mitchell Briggs and Tyler Crofts. Fletcher holds the third-fastest time in the West, Briggs holds the 20th-fastest time and Crofts holds the 36th-fastest time.
Shaquille Walker enters the meet as the No. 1 seed for the men’s 800m and Zachary Blackham will be the No. 7 seed in the men’s high jump.
On the women's side, Shea Martinez-Collinsworth currently holds the third-fastest time in the 800m run and will also be joined by Lauren Ellsworth with the 23rd-fastest time and Kensey Berry with the 40th fastest time.
The event on the women’s side with the most BYU competitors is the pole vault with a total of four qualifiers. Anginae Monteverde, Nicole Naatjes, Sierra Hansen and Kylee Trageser will all be competing.
A full list of athletes and their seed can be found in the table below. Live stats and streaming will be available on the women’s track page.
Event | Athletes and Seed No. |
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800m | Shea Martinez-Collinsworth (No. 3) |
1500m | Ashleigh Warner (No. 33) |
3000m steeplechase | Lauren Shubin (No. 29) |
10,000m | Yesenia Silva (No. 44) |
100m hurdles | Alyssa Monteverde-Dalton (No. 36) |
400m hurdles | Kaylee Packham (No. 25) |
High Jump | Erin Merkley (No. 16) |
Pole Vault | Anginae Monteverde (No. 16) |
Discus | Madison Pachner (No. 11) |
Event | Athlete and Seed No. |
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100m | Tatenda Tsumba (No 19) |
200m | Tatenda Tsumba (No. 22) |
400m | Jesse White (No. 9) |
800m | Shaquille Walker (No. 1) |
1500m | Chase Horrocks (No. 30) |
3000m Steeplechase | Aaron Fletcher (No. 3) |
5000m | Dylan Shawhan (No. 32) |
10,000m | Connor McMillan (No. 24) |
110m hurdles | Dillon Goodman (No. 44) |
400m hurdles | Mark Carlson (No. 20) |
4x100m | Derek Lord, Tatenda Tsumba, Drew Tingey, Michael Abbott (No. 19) |
4x400m | Tyrell Yardley, Mark Carlson, Jesse White, Shaquille Walker (Max Scheible, Tatenda Tsumba alternates) (No. 17) |
High Jump | Zach Blackham (No. 7) |
Long Jump | Tomi Adegoke (No. 41) |
Shot Put | Dennis Christensen (No. 41) |
Discus | Craig Merkley (No. 43) |
Javelin | Wyatt Warnick (No. 22) |