Louisville Earns 31 Entries for NCAA East Region Preliminary Round

Dale Cowper at 2022 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Louisville Earns 31 Entries for NCAA East Region Preliminary Round

May 19, 2022 | Track & Field

By: Nathaniel Jarrett

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Louisville track and field team qualified 30 student-athletes for 31 entries to the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field East Preliminary Rounds, announced by NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee on Thursday. The regional meet will be held from May 25-28 at Indiana's Robert C. Haugh Complex in Bloomington, Ind.

The field features the top-48 marks in each respective event, following injury or withdrawal, with the only exceptions being the top-24 times for relays and direct qualification for the top-24 in decathlon and heptathlon multi-events. Following the preliminaries, the top-12 event finishers from each region will advance to the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 8-11 in Eugene, Ore.

The 31 entries and 30 athletes are the most in program history, surpassing the 30 entries that the Cardinals had in 2010 and 2011.

For more information regarding the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, please visit here.

The women's team will send 12 student-athletes to compete in 11 events. Two-time ACC women's outdoor pole vault champion and school record holder Gabriela Leon leads a trio of All-ACC performers that includes Aliyah Welter and Auriane Viola in the women's pole vault. ACC women's outdoor long jump champion and school record holder Synclair Savage and All-ACC honoree Brooke Weimer will compete in the women's long jump, while Savage will also serve as the first leg of the school record women's 4x100-relay team that is rounded out by Taylor Herbert, Je'Nyia Burton and Kiyah Yeast. Herbert is also set to contest the women's 100-meter. The women's high jump will feature ACC women's outdoor champion Emily Scott and All-ACC honoree Soledad Jean. Katie Martin will be back in action in the women's 400-meter hurdles after a school-record time and All-ACC performance last weekend. Katherine Coffey is scheduled to compete in the women's discus throw.

For the men, 18 student-athletes will take part 20 events. ACC men's outdoor high jump champion Trey Allen will be joined by All-ACC performer Luke Nichols and Jonah Hyde in the men's high jump. All-ACC performers Sean Roth and Ty McPhail are set to compete in the men's pole vault with teammate Zach Frye. In the men's 3000-meter steeplechase, the Cardinals will be represented by Isaac Kiprop, Albert Kosgei and Ben Ewert. Ian Kibiwot will contest the men's 5000-meter. All-ACC honoree Jeremiah Willis will compete in the long jump, while Grigoris Nikolaou is back in action in the men's triple jump. Sterling Warner-Savage is set to run the men's 100-meter following his school-record and All-ACC time last weekend. In the throws events, All-ACC performer Bryan Hudson and Jorge Contreras will take part in both the shot put and discus throw events. Cade Richeson will compete with Hudson and Contreras in the men's shot put, while All-ACC honoree Adar Sheere will join the pair in the men's discus throw. Erik Fertig is scheduled to compete in the men's hammer throw.

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Men
100-Meter – Sterling Warner-Savage
5000-Meter – Ian Kibiwot
3000-Meter Steeplechase – Ben Ewert, Isaac Kiprop, Albert Kosgei
High Jump – Trey Allen, Jonah Hyde, Luke Nichols
Long Jump – Jeremiah Willis
Triple Jump – Grigoris Nikolaou
Pole Vault – Zach Frye, Ty McPhail, Sean Roth
Discus Throw – Jorge Contreras, Bryan Hudson, Adar Sheere
Shot Put – Jorge Contreras, Bryan Hudson, Cade Richeson
Hammer Throw – Erik Fertig

Women
100-Meter – Taylor Herbert
400-Meter Hurdles – Katie Martin
4x100-Meter Relay – Synclair Savage, Taylor Herbert, Je'Nyia Burton, Kiyah Yeast
High Jump – Soledad Jean, Emily Scott
Long Jump – Synclair Savage, Brooke Weimer
Pole Vault – Gabriela Leon, Auriane Viola, Aliyah Welter
Discus Throw – Katherine Coffey