Strong finish for BYU track and field at NCAA West Prelims

LAWRENCE, Kansas – After a rainy weekend with many delays, BYU finished the 2016 NCAA West Preliminaries to have a total of 13 athletes competing in 10 events headed to Eugene, Oregon, to compete in the 2016 NCAA Championships.

“It was really a great couple of days. We saw that our athletes stepped up and if they didn’t make it they went down fighting hard and went down swinging,” BYU track and field head coach Ed Eyestone said. “This is what we train for all year long. The stakes are really high and sometimes people freeze up, but we were really calm and even though it was really intense I think we got the best performances out of everybody. I think it’s a testament to the hard work that the coaching staff puts in to get our athletes ready for this meet.”

During the second day of the preliminaries, Chase Horrocks and Rory Linkletter added to the list of athletes qualified for the championships. Horrocks qualified in the 1,500m with a time of 3:44.06. He finished ninth overall and the time is a new season best for Horrocks. Linkletter qualified in the 5,000m with a time of 14:16.05 and placed 12th overall.

The men’s 4x400m relay team also qualified Saturday, placing 11th overall. Eyestone said Tyrell Yardley, Max Sheible, Jesse White, and Shaquille Walker put in an excellent team effort in order to get the qualifying time.

For a full list of results and qualifiers see the chart below.

The qualified athletes will head to Eugene, Oregon to compete in the championhips starting Wednesday, June 8, to Saturday, June 10.

Day one recap.

Day two recap.

NAME	EVENT	TIME	FINISH	Next Up
Yesenia Silva	10,000m	37:08.11	41st	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Natalie Shields-Connolly	10,000m	37:26.43	42nd	DNQ
Shea Martinez-Collinsworth	800m	2:04.82	1st	800m NCAA Quarterfinals (Thursday, June 9 6:14 p.m. MDT)
Lauren Ellsworth	800m	2:09.79	28th	DNQ
Kensey Berry	800m	2:20.01	46th	DNQ
Kaylee Packham	400m hurdles	1:01.55	41st	DNQ
Kristi Rush	3000m steeplechase	10:24.41	20th	DNQ
Lauren Shubin	3000m steeplechase	10:52.39	37th	DNQ
Erin Merkley	High jump	1.71m	18th	DNQ
Andrea Stapleton	High jump	1.71m	22nd	DNQ
Anginae Monteverde	Pole vault	3.97m	23rd	DNQ
Nicole Naatjes	Pole vault	3.82m	36th	DNQ
Sierra Hansen	Pole vault	3.82m	39th	DNQ
Kylee Trageser	Pole vault	3.82m	44th	DNQ
Ashleigh Warner	1500m	4:33.00	37th	DNQ
Alyssa Monteverde-Dalton	100m hurdles	13.36	15th	DNQ
Madison Pachner	Discus	52.31	14th	DNQ
Sadie Nielsen	Discus	48.87	29th	DNQ

NAME	EVENT	TIME	FINISH	Next Up
Connor McMillan	10,000m	29:54.47	8th	10,000m NCAA Finals (Wednesday, June 8 7:00 p.m. MDT)
Jonathan Harper	10,000m	30:11.52	18th	DNQ
Clayton Young	10,000m	30:45.53	33rd	DNQ
Tatenda Tsumba	100m	10.48	21st	DNQ
Jesse White	400m	46.52	11th	400m NCAA Semifinals (Wednesday, June 8 6:00 p.m MDT)
Tyrell Yardley	400m	48.60	44th	DNQ
Shaquille Walker	800m	1:48.07	2nd	800m NCAA Semifinals (Wednesday, June 8 6:15 p.m. MDT)
Connor Ross	800m	1:49.79	21st	DNQ
Max Scheible	400m hurdles	51.86	17th	DNQ
Mark Carlson	400m hurdles	52.51	28th	DNQ
Aaron Fletcher	3,000m steeplechase	8:46.58	8th	3,000m steeplechase NCAA Semifinals (Wednesday, June 8 5:00 p.m. MDT)
Tyler Crofts	3,000m steeplechase	9:14.34	32nd	DNQ
Mitchell Briggs	3,000m steeplechase	9:22.90	41st	DNQ
Tomi Adegoke	Long jump	6.73m	44th	DNQ
Wyatt Warnick	Javelin	65.21m	19th	DNQ
Kraymer Eppich	Javelin	58.59m	37th	DNQ
Zachary Blackham	High jump	2.16m	7th	High jump NCAA Finals (Friday, June 10 5:00 p.m. MDT)
Chase Horrocks	1,500m	3:44.06	9th	1,500m NCAA Semifinals (Wednesday, June 8 4:45 p.m. MDT)
Marcus Dickson	1,500m	3:45.33	19th	DNQ
Dillon Goodman	110m hurdles	14.43	35th	DNQ
Tatenda Tsumba	200m	21.00	22nd	DNQ
Jesse White	200m	21.27	33rd	DNQ
Rory Linkletter	5,000m	14:16.05	12th	5,000m NCAA Finals (Friday, June 10 7:25 p.m. MDT)
Dylan Shawhan	5,000m	14:22.14	15th	DNQ
Craig Merkley	Discus	53.26m	25th	DNQ
Jefferson Jarvis	Shot Put	17.08m	37th	DNQ
Jackson Walker	Decathlon	7403	---	Decathlon NCAA Finals (Wednesday, June 8 12:00 p.m. MDT)
Dennis Christensen	Shot Put	16.61m	43rd	DNQ
Derek Lord, Tatenda Tsumba, Drew Tingey, Michael Abbott	4x100m Relay	40.42	18th	DNQ
Tyrell Yardley, Mark Carlson, Jesse White, Shaquille Walker	4x400m Relay	3:05.79	11th	4x400m Relay NCAA Semifinals (Wednesday, June 8 7:45 p.m. MDT)