The George Mason men's and women's track and field teams qualified 15 student-athletes in 12 different events for the NCAA East Regional as the field was announced on Thursday afternoon. The Patriots will have 17 different entries in the regional which will be at Bloomington, Ind. from May26-28.

Rachaunn Ruffin, Dwight Webley and Lavell Handy each qualified in two events as individuals while Ruffin also will run as part of a relay. Nick Vaughn qualified as an individual in one event and will run a pair of relays while Kevin Wilson qualified as an individual and in a relay. Adrian Vaughn qualified in two relays.

Ruffin qualified in both the 100 meters and 200 meters with times of 10.32 seconds and 21.14 seconds. He was 20^th and 35^th, respectively, in the two events. The NCAA took the top 48 in the individual events and top 24 in the relays. Lavell Handy and Dwight Webley each qualified in the triple jump and long jump. Handy qualified fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 16.25 meters and 22^nd in the long jump, with a mark of 7.58 meters. Webley was 34^th in each event, with distances of 15.30 meters in the triple jump and 7.48 meters in the long jump.

Mason qualified three individuals in the 400 meters - David Verburg (11^th, 46.09 seconds), Nick Vaughn (28^th, 46.93) and Kevin Wilson (32^nd, 47.09). Tyler Golden qualified 16^th in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.14 while Parker Boudreau was 41^st in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:47.02. The 4X100-meter relay team of Adrian Vaughn, Ruffin, Travaughn Baker-Johnson and Nick Vaughn qualified 20^th with a time of 40.21 while the 4X400-meter relay team of Nick Vaughn, Ja-Vell Bullard, Kevin Wilson and George Empty qualified fourth with a time of 3:04.77. Qualifying for the 200 meters due to a medical scratch higher up on the list was Adrian Vaughn.

The other three qualifiers were all on the women's team. Taylor Wheaton qualified 27^th for the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.99 seconds, Mandissa Marshall qualified 24^th in the pole vault with a mark of 4.00 meters, and Grace Mavuagara qualified 40^th in the triple jump with a distance 12.50 meters.

The Mason track teams will be idle next weekend but will return to action in two weeks as athletes who have qualified for the NCAA East Regional will compete in Bloomington, Ind.