NCAA East Preliminaries
When: Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25
Where: Irwin Belk Track at Aggie Stadium, North Carolina A&T, Greensboro, N.C.
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The George Mason track and field team is set to compete at the 2013 NCAA East Preliminaries, looking to earn a coveted spot at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships the first weekend in June in Eugene, Oregon.
The NCAA Preliminary rounds work as an elimination format for track and field, with student-athletes having to advance out of the preliminaries and quarterfinal rounds in order to advance to the semifinals and finals at the NCAA Championship Finals.
The nation is split into an East and West Region, with the top 48 student-athletes per event and the top 24 relays over the course of the season per region advancing to the Preliminary Rounds.
At the NCAA Preliminaries, the top 24 student-athletes per event and top 12 relays per region after the preliminary round will earn a qualification to the NCAA Championships.
The Patriots are sending a combined 11 individuals and two relays to the meet this weekend.
For the women, Daianna Barron (400m), Shavon Briscoe (100m hurdles), Cierra McGee (400m), Jasmine Moser (pole vault), Bethany Sachtleben (10,000m), Aneesha Scott (200m) and Taylor Wheaton (400m hurdles) and the 4x400m relay of Barron, McGee, Wheaton and Dominique Graham will all represent Mason at the meet.
On the men's side, Jimi Tele (triple jump), Adrian Vaughn (200m), David Verburg (400m) and Anthony Williams (110m hurdles) and the 4x400m relay of Angel Coburn, Vaughn, DaQuan Smalls and Verburg will make the trip to Greensboro.
Ranking in the Top 5 in the East Region, Verburg currently has the second-fastest 400m time, while the women's 4x400m relay stands fourth. The Patriots have a total of five women and three men ranked in the Top 30.
Below is a look at the schedule of events and times for Mason student-athletes:
Thursday
4:30 p.m. – women's 400m hurdles first round – Taylor Wheaton
7:20 p.m. – women's 400m dash first round – Daianna Barron, Cierra McGee
7:45 p.m. – men's 400m dash first round – David Verburg
9:00 p.m. – women's 10000m run semifinals – Bethany Sachtleben
Friday
5:00 pm. – women's pole vault first round – Jasmine Moser
5:00 p.m. – women's 100m hurdles first round – Shavon Briscoe
5:30 p.m. – men's 110m hurdles first round – Anthony Williams
6:00 p.m. – women's 400m quarterfinals (if Barron/McGee advance)
6:15 p.m. – men's 400m quarterfinals (if Verburg advances)
7:30 p.m. – women's 400m hurdles quarterfinals (if Wheaton advances)
8:00 p.m. – women's 200m first round – Aneesha Scott
8:25 p.m. – men's 200m first round – Adrian Vaughn
Saturday
1:00 p.m. – men's triple jump first round – Jimi Tele
7:05 p.m. – women's 100m hurdles quarterfinals (if Briscoe advances)
7:20 p.m. – men's 110m hurdles quarterfinals (if Williams advances)
7:35 p.m. – women's 200m quarterfinals (if Scott advances)
7:50 p.m. – men's 200m quarterfinals (if Vaughn advances)
9:25 p.m. – women's 4x400m relay quarterfinals – Daianna Barron, Cierra McGee, Taylor Wheaton, Dominique Graham
9:45 p.m. – men's 4x400m relay quarterfinals – Angel Coburn, Adrian Vaughn, DaQuan Smalls, David Verburg
