Wolverines Advance 13 Entries to Upcoming NCAA East Prelims
5/17/2018 1:54:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Twelve women from the University of Michigan track and field program, accounting for 13 entries, were selected to continue their 2018 outdoor seasons into national postseason competition as they were among the qualifiers announced Thursday (May 17) for next week's NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Tampa, Florida. The University of South Florida will host the meet Thursday through Saturday, May 24-26.
Reigning and former Big Ten Outdoor champions Claire Borchers, Erin Finn, Aaron Howell, Jamie Morrissey and Haley Meier will lead to the Wolverines into the NCAA postseason among those who qualified to the NCAA East Prelims by ranking among the top 48 athletes who declared for the meet in their respective events.
Sarah Zieve, Hannah Meier and Madeline Trevisan will join the strong distance-running corps of Borchers, Finn, Meier and Morrissey, with Jade Harrison and Chloe Foster set to take the track for the Wolverines in the sprints. High jumper Katt Miner and hammer thrower Courtney Jacobsen will join Howell in representing the Wolverines in the field events.
The 13 entries for Michigan -- Harrison is scheduled for two events apiece -- are the most for the team since sending 16 in 2016.
The three-day meet serves as the qualifying meet for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, which will take place June 6-9 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The top-12 finishers in each individual event from the East Region -- in which Michigan competes -- and the top 12 from the West Region will comprise the 24-person fields in Eugene.
First-round and quarterfinal races will be contested in track events ranging from 100 meters through 1,500 meters, with semifinals and finals scheduled for June in Eugene. A single quarterfinal round will be contested in the steeplechase, and a single semifinal round will be run for the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races.
In the throws and horizontal jumps, competitors will get only three attempts to record their best marks, and the high jump and pole vault will continue until only 12 competitors remain.
Michigan's qualifiers are listed below by event, along with their seed mark, rank and scheduled day of competition.
200 Meters | First round -- Friday, May 25, at 7:55 p.m. / Quarterfinal -- Saturday, May 26, at 7:50 p.m.
Jade Harrison -- 23.57, No. 43 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
400 Meters | First round -- Thursday, May 24, at 7:45 p.m. / Quarterfinal -- Friday, May 25, at 5:45 p.m.
Jade Harrison -- 53.72, No. 48 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
1,500 Meters | First round -- Thursday, May 24, at 6:00 p.m. / Quarterfinal -- Saturday, May 26, at 6:45 p.m.
Jamie Morrissey -- 4:11.48, No. 4 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
Haley Meier -- 4:22.13, No. 33 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event at Michigan]
Hannah Meier -- 4:22.56, No. 37 seed [first NCAA East Prelims appearance at Michigan]
3,000-Meter Steeplechase | Quarterfinal -- Friday, May 25, at 9:00 p.m.
Claire Borchers -- 9:58.36, No. 3 seed [third NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
Sarah Zieve -- 10:11.07, No. 17 seed [third NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
10,000 Meters | Semifinal -- Thursday, May 24, at 9:40 p.m.
Erin Finn -- 32:45.51, No. 1 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
Madeline Trevisan -- 35:02.22, No. 42 seed [first NCAA East Prelims appearance]
400-Meter Hurdles | First round -- Thursday, May 24, at 5:00 p.m. / Quarterfinal -- Friday, May 25, at 7:15 p.m.
Chloe Foster -- 59.72, No. 46 seed [first NCAA East Prelims appearance]
High Jump | First round -- Thursday, May 24, at 5:00 p.m.
Katt Miner -- 1.76m (5-9.25), T-No. 28 [first NCAA East Prelims appearance]
Aaron Howell -- 1.75m (5-8.75), T-No. 32 [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
Hammer Throw | First round -- Saturday, May 26, at 11:30 a.m.
Courtney Jacobsen -- 59.86m (196-5), No. 31 seed [second NCAA East Prelims appearance in event]
Howell will be seeking a return trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time since 2014, Finn will be looking to return to her first outdoor national meet since 2015, and Borchers is looking to go back to NCAAs for the second consecutive season.
Big Ten Outdoor 1,500-meter champion Morrissey and Big Ten Indoor mile winner Haley Meier are in pursuit of their first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearances, as are Harrison, Zieve, Hannah Meier, Trevisan, Foster, Miner and Jacobsen.
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