FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Day three of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Prelims in Arkansas is complete and the Wildcats came within 0.16 of sending a relay on to Eugene for the NCAA Championships.
Day Three Notes
The 4x400m relay of
Calvin Wilson,
Carl Hicks, Maj Williams and
Ivan Zaharchenko posted a season-best time of 3:05.14 to finish seventh in their heat, just 0.16 behind sixth place in the heat. That ended up being significant because that sixth place team ended up getting the 12
th and final qualifying spot for nationals, so a heartbreaking way for their season to come to a close.
The only other Wildcat to compete on the day was senior
Jakob Chamberlin in the discus. His best mark out of his three attempts was 48.79 (160'-1") to finish 43
rd.
Looking Ahead to Day Four
The final day of the West Prelims will see the women's athletes return to the track, with the 4x100m relay at 3:00 p.m. (PT),
Grace Driskill in the 3000m steeplechase at 3:40 p.m.,
Talie Bonds in the 100m hurdles at 4:15 p.m.,
Shannon Meisberger in the 400m hurdles at 5:25 p.m. and the 4x400m relay at 6:45 p.m. In the field events,
Mackenna Orie and
Samantha Noennig will compete in the discus at 11:00 a.m. and
Lillian Lowe,
Alexa Porpaczy and Bonds in the high jump at 12:30 p.m.
In the track events, Arizona will need to finish in the top three of their heats or have one of the top three times among those that did not finish in the top three of their heat. For the field events, athletes need to finish in the top 12 to advance to Eugene.
The live stream of the events on the track will begin at 3:00 p.m. PT on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
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The live stream of the events on the track will begin at 3:00 p.m. PT on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
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