BYU Track Heads to NCAA West Regionals

PROVO, Utah—The BYU men’s and women’s track and field teams will compete at the NCAA West preliminary round this weekend in Austin, Texas, for bids to the NCAA outdoor championships.

Austin and Jacksonville, Fla., are hosting the two regionals this weekend. To qualify for the national meet in Des Moines, Iowa, athletes and relay teams need to finish in the top 12 in their events.

The Cougars will send 16 women and 27 men to Austin to compete against some of the best competiton in the nation.

The meet begins today, with the first round of the men’s 400m hurdles, and continues through Saturday. A full schedule of events can be found at TexasSports.com. Live results are also available at TexasSports.com.

Below are the list of BYU athletes who will be competing in the respective events this weekend. Results will be available upon completion of the meet.

MEN
100m	Fanfan Charles

400m	Cade Lindahl

800m	Justin Hedin
	Ryan Waite
	Shaquille Walker

1500m	Miles Batty
	Jared Rohatinsky

3000m Steeplechase	Curtis Carr
	Jacob Cosby
	Steve Flint
	Josh Adams

5000m	Rex Shields
	Tylor Thatcher

10000m	Alden Bahr
	Jared Ward

400m Hurdles	Chris Carter

High Jump	Russell Nielson
	Adam Hine
	Dakoda John

Pole Vault	Victor Weirich
	Braydon Bringhurst

Triple Jump	Kyle Mills

Shot Put	Colby Barber

Javelin	Chris Reno
	Blaine Baker
	Kyle Baker
	Keith Keller

4x400m Relay

WOMEN
800m	Lacey Bleazard
	Nachelle Mackie

1500m	Candace Eddy
	Sarah Edwards

3000m Steeplechase	Katy Andrews
	Lisa Marie Drury

5000m	Michaelanne Laurent

100m Hurdles	Fatima Dedrickson

High Jump	Diana Blauer
	Lexi Eaton
	Ada Robinson

Pole Vault	Christen Botteron-Gunther
	Nicole Naatjes
	Rachel Fisher

Javelin	Allyson Wardell-Andersen
	Amber Freeman-Huntington