UNI Track and Field Wraps Up Final Day at West Prelims

Thursday, May 24

Sacramento, California

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UNI Track and Field Wraps Up Final Day at West Prelims

5/26/2018 11:45:00 PM | Track and Field

UNI Track and Field at the West Preliminary

May 24-26, 2018 | Hornet Stadium; Sacramento, California
Results and heat lists: https://on.ncaa.com/2J1ESI7

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – UNI track and field wrapped up the final day of competition at the West Preliminary Round.

Connor Ham earned an automatic bid to the quarterfinals of the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.20 seconds. Today, he finished 18^th in a time of 14.10 in the quarterfinals.

Six Panthers competed in the men's shot put:

No. 23 Darius King, 17.88 meters
No. 27 Keegan Tritle, 17.65 meters
No. 30 Kyler Yodts, 17.56 meters
No. 33 Isaac Holtz, 17.40 meters
No. 39 William Blaser, 17.03 meters
No. 44 Tom Yezek, 16.68 meters

The men's 4x100 team of Ham, Isaiah Trousil, Corey Hertz and Tayshaun Cooper finished 18th in a time of 41.09 seconds.

Sarah Pate led the way for the Panthers in the women's hammer throw. She finished 23^rd with a throw of 58.59 meters. Maddy O'Brien followed just behind her in 25^th with a throw of 58.22. Alana Nietert rounded out the trio in 36^th place and threw 55.18 meters.

JoJo Frost, Evan Long, Jacob Smith and Hertz joined forces in the 4x400 in a time of 3 minutes, 10.29 seconds.

The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Championships started Thursday and finish Saturday in Sacramento, California.

The top 12 competitors out of the East and West Prelims will compete in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Championships held June 6-9, 2018, in Eugene, Oregon.

UNI will send Smith to Eugene, Oregon, in the 400 hurdles. Smith's personal best of 50.13 took the win in heat No. 3 and was the seventh-best time in the West Preliminary.

PANTHER SEEDINGS TO START WEST PRELIMS (out of 48 in individuals, 24 in relays):

M 4x100: No. 15 (39.96)
M 400 hurdles: No. 16 Smith (50.69); No. 20 JoJo Frost (50.98)
M shot put: No. 18 Tritle (18.55 m); No. 29 Blaser (18.09 m); No. 30 Holtz (18.09 m); No. 37 King (17.94 m); No. 38 Yodts (17.94 m); No. 40 Yezek (17.85 m)
W hammer throw: No. 18 Pate (63.14 m); No. 40 Nietert (58.28 m); No. 47 O'Brien (57.34 m)
M discus: No. 19 Holtz (56.40 m); No. 48 Yezek (53.69 m)
W 800: No. 22 Correy (2:06.65)
M 4x400: No. 23 (3:08.35)
M 110 hurdles: No. 28 Ham (14.09)
W high jump: No. 34 Sharp (1.76 m)