AUBURN, Ala.—The road to Eugene and the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships begins Wednesday as Auburn will compete at the NCAA East Preliminaries at Hodges Stadium on the University of North Florida campus in Jacksonville, Fla. Auburn will have 33 entries over the four-day meet, which concludes on Saturday. Each athlete and event will compete to advance to the NCAA Championships, June 9-12, in Eugene, Ore.
Action Wednesday begins at 1:30 p.m. ET with the men's hammer throw and men's javelin throw. Auburn's first running participant will be Christopher Grant in the men's 100m dash.
The top 48 individual and top 24 relay declarations in the East and West Regions earned the opportunity to compete in their respective preliminary meet. The top 12 of the 48 in each event from both the East and West Preliminary rounds will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 9-12, in Eugene, Ore.
Auburn already has two athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships as senior Alex Spyridonidis has qualified for the decathlon and senior Natosha Jordan will compete in the heptathlon.
AUBURN NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES SCHEDULE—ALL TIMES ET
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
1:30 p.m. — M Hammer (Kyle Brown, Erik Ebel, Kyle Moison)
1:30 p.m. — M Javelin (Nils Fischer, Cade Antonucci)
3:00 p.m. — M Pole Vault (James Courson)
6:00 p.m. — M Shot Put (Adam Strouf)
7:00 p.m. — M 100m (Christopher Grant)
7:50 p.m. — M 800m (Eric Brown)
8:20 p.m. — M 400m Hurdles (Malik Metivier)
8:45 p.m. — M 200m (Brandon Smiley)
THURSDAY, MAY 27
1:30 p.m. — W Hammer (Madi Malone)
1:30 p.m. — W Javelin (Kylee Carter, Ashley Carter, Keira McCarrell, Shaniya Holley)
6:00 p.m. — W Shot Put (Tori McKinley, Maura Huwalt)
6:30 p.m. — W 1500m (Presley Weems)
8:20 p.m. — W 400m Hurdles (Tylar Colbert)
FRIDAY, MAY 28
1:00 p.m. — M High Jump (Dontavious Hill, TJ Funches, David Edmondson)
5:30 p.m. — M 4x100m Relay
7:05 p.m. — M 100m (TBD)
7:35 p.m. — M 800m (TBD)
7:55 p.m. — M 400m Hurdles (TBD)
8:10 p.m. — M 200m (TBD)
SATURDAY, MAY 29
1:00 p.m. — W High Jump (Kamiya Dendy, Caroline Lawrence, Natosha Jordan, Zatoria Thompson)
1:30 p.m. — W Discus (Jocelynn Budwig, Maura Huwalt)
5:45 p.m. — W 1500m (TBD)
6:10 p.m. — W 3000m Steeplechase (TBD)
7:55 p.m. — W 400m Hurdles (TBD)
8:30 p.m. — W 5000m (Joyce Kimeli)
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