Track and Field Begins Competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds on Thursday

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Track and Field Begins Competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds on Thursday

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Twenty four athletes will compete for the Cardinals

By: Kim Pemberton

Event: 2017 NCAA East Preliminary Round
Date: May 25-27, 2017
Start Time: 11:30 a.m. Thursday | 2:00 p.m. Friday | 2:00 p.m. Saturday
Place: Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Complex | Lexington, Ky.

Twenty-four Cardinal athletes will head to Lexington, Ky. to compete at the 2017 NCAA East Preliminary Round. Events will begin Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Complex on the University of Kentucky campus.

Eleven athletes will compete on Thursday. Dolly Nyemah and Cyerra Cassell will kick off the meet in the women's hammer throw at 11:30 a.m. Trevor Troutman will compete in the men's hammer at 4:30 p.m. Three athletes will compete at 4:30 p.m. with Oliver Newport in the long jump, Morgan Zacharias in the pole vault and Gwen Shaw in the women's 400m hurdles first round.

Martice Moore will run in the men's 400m hurdles first round at 5:00 p.m. while Raven Grant will compete in the women's 100m first round at 6:30 p.m. Bre'Yana Wash and Alexis Gibbons will begin the long jump competition at 7:15 p.m. Calvin Chemoiywo will wrap up the day in the men's 10,000m, set to start at 9:40 p.m.

Emmonnie Henderson will kick off the events on Friday in the women's discus at 2:00 p.m. Eric Fox will compete in the pole vault and Christian Buckley will compete in the shot put at 4:30 p.m. Should they advance, Grant will run in the women's 100m semifinal at 6:00 p.m., Shaw in the women's 400m hurdle semifinals and Moore in the men's 400m hurdle semifinals.

Grant will then run in the first round of the 200m at 7:30 p.m. Claire Noser and Edwin Kibichiy will wrap up the day in the 3,000m steeplechase. The women's is set to start at 8:20 p.m. followed by the men at 9:00 p.m.

John Kolb will kick off the events on Saturday in the men's discus at 2:00 p.m. Henderson will compete in the shot put while Javen Reeves and Jerin Allen will compete in the high jump at 6:00 p.m. If Grant advances she will run in the women's 200m quarterfinals at 7:35 p.m. The men's 4x400m relay team of Carlos Coleman, Jerin Allen, Teague Peck, and Moore will close out the meet at 9:45 p.m.

All-session tickets are now on sale and will include admission to all three days of competition (May 25-27). Gates will open at 10:30 AM ET on May 25 and at 1 PM ET on May 26 & 27. Single-session tickets are now on sale. Single-session tickets will be available for each of the three days of competition (May 25-27). Pre-purchased tickets must be exchanged for a wristband at the ticket windows prior to entering the complex each day.

2017 East Preliminaries Schedule
Thursday, May 25
11:30 a.m. – Women's Hammer First Round
4:00 p.m. – Men's Hammer First Round
4:30 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles First Round
4:30 p.m. – Men's Long Jump First Round
4:30 p.m. – Women's Pole Vault First Round
5:00 p.m. – Men's 400m Hurdles First Round
6:30 p.m. – Women's 100m First Round
7:15 p.m. – Women's Long Jump First Round
9:40 p.m. – Men's 10,000m Semifinal

Friday, May 26
2:00 p.m. – Women's Discus First Round
4:30 p.m. – Men's Pole Vault First Round
4:30 p.m. – Men's Shot Put First Round
6:00 p.m. – Women's 100m Semifinal
7:00 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles Quarterfinal
7:15 p.m. – Men's 400m Hurdles Quarterfinal
7:30 p.m. – Women's 200m First Round
8:20 p.m. - Women's 3,000m Steeplechase Quarterfinal
9:00 p.m. - Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Quarterfinal

Saturday, May 27
2:00 p.m. - Men's Discus First Round
6:00 p.m. - Men's High Jump First Round
6:00 p.m. - Women's Shot Put First Round
7:35 p.m. - Women's 200m Quarterfinal
9:45 p.m. - Men's 4x400m Relay Quarterfinal