ALLENDALE, Mich. – J.T. Smith and
Delan Edwin went 1-2 in their heat for the 100 meter dash prelims on Thursday to highlight four individuals and one relay team from the Texas A&M University-Commerce track & field teams punching their tickets into the finals at the NCAA Division II National Championships inside the Grand Valley State Lacrosse/Track & Field Stadium.
MEN
Cameron Macon (Dallas – Carter),
Emmanuel Agenor (Spanishtown, Jamaica),
J.T. Smith (Klein Oak), and
Delan Edwin (Castries, Saint Lucia) timed 39.90 seconds in the 4x100 meter relay to qualify for Saturday's finals.
Smith and Edwin went 1-2 in their heat for the 100 meter dash to qualify for the finals. Smith matched his career-best time of 10.24 seconds and Edwin timed 10.34 seconds.
Elmar Schutte (Pretoria, South Africa) was not able to clear his first height of 16 feet 4.75 inches (5.0 m) in the pole vault and
Chandler King (Hughes Springs) jumped 23 feet 9.5 inches (7.25m) in the long jump to place 13
th. The men's pole vault and the men's long jump were the only two finals events that the Lions competed in on Thursday.
WOMEN
Mariana Shostak (Lviv, Ukraine) clocked in a time of 53.75 seconds to punch her ticket for the 400 meter dash finals.
Minna Svaerd (Karlstad, Sweden) ran the fastest time in the 400 meter hurdles prelims, 57.75 seconds, to qualify for Saturday's finals.
Results can be found
HERE.
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
The Lions have two more finals events on the men's side on Friday and enter the National Championships with the No. 1 seed marks in both events. The preliminary races on the track continue on Friday evening.
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