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NCAA West Preliminary Round
Thursday-Saturday, May 26-28, 2016
Rock Chalk Park – Lawrence, Kansas
IRVINE, Calif. --- Six members of the UC Irvine women's track and field program travel to Lawrence, Kan., for the NCAA West Preliminary Round Thursday through Saturday at Rock Chalk Park.
Senior Kaulyn Lee-McNeill and junior Megan George will be making their second straight appearances at the West Preliminary Round and will be joined by sophomores Persis William-Mensah, Taisyn Crutchfield and Michelle Norman, and freshman Barbara Coward.
Lee-McNeill competes in the first round of the 400-meter hurdles at 2:30 p.m. (PT) Thursday with the top 24 advancing to the quarterfinal round on Friday at 5:30 p.m. She has a top time this season of 59.09 seconds, which ranks No. 4 in Anteater history.
George qualified in the 100-meter hurdles with the first round Friday at 3:00 p.m. (PT) and the quarterfinals Saturday at 5:05 p.m. She won her second consecutive Big West title in the 100 hurdles May 14 and set the UCI record of 13.28 seconds earlier this season.
William-Mensah, UCI's record-holder in the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds, competes in that event's first round Thursday at 4:30 p.m. (PT) with the quarterfinals Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Coward competes in the first round of the discus Friday at 10:00 a.m. (PT). She set the UCI record earlier this season with a mark of 170-11.
George and Mensah will be joined by Crutchfield and Norman in the 4x100 relay that runs Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (PT). The Anteater quartet won this year's Big West title with a school-record time of 44.51 seconds.
The top 12 finishers in each event from the West Preliminary Round will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 8-11.
The East Preliminary Round is being held Thursday through Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.
UCI at the NCAA West Preliminary Round
(All Times Pacific)
Thursday, May 26
2:30 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles First Round (Kaulyn Lee-McNeill)
4:30 p.m. – Women's 100m First Round (Persis William-Mensah)
Friday, May 27
10:00 a.m. – Women's Discus (Barbara Coward)
3:00 p.m. – Women's 100m Hurdles First Round (Megan George)
4:30 p.m. – Women's 100m Quarterfinals
5:30 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles Quarterfinals
Saturday, May 28
4:00 p.m. – Women's 4x100 Relay Quarterfinals (Taisyn Crutchfield, Megan George, Michelle Norman, Persis William-Mensah)
5:05 pm. – Women's 100m Hurdles Quarterfinals
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