#By RENALDO DORSETT
#Tribune Sports Reporter
#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
#BAHAMIAN student athletes were prominently featured among the lists of qualifiers for various divisions in the upcoming NCAA and NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
#The NCAA Division I meet is scheduled for March 11-13 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Bahamians will participate both on the track and in the field.
#The Purdue Boilermakers, led by head coach Norbert Elliot, has five NCAA indoor qualifiers in five events for the second consecutive year.
#Tamar Greene will compete in the triple jump, where he is seeded No. 10. He earned a qualifying jump of 16.14 metres, the third-best triple jump mark in programme history, as he won a bronze medal at the Big Ten Championships on February 26.
#Charisma Taylor of the Washington State Cougars also qualified in the triple jump.
#At the Matador Qualifier in February, she won the triple jump (13.45m), setting a meet record in the process while competing at Texas Tech. Taylor also won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.16 seconds, which was an all-time Washington State Track best, personal best, and another meet record.
#On the track, Megan Moss of the Kentucky Wildcats qualified both in the 400m and as a member of the 4X400m relay team.
#The Wildcats, led by head coach Lonnie Greene, qualified 11 entrants for the championships.
#In the 400m, Moss is ranked No.12 with a seed time of 52.32. Moss and the school-record-setting 4x400m relay unit of Abby Steiner, Masai Russell and Dajour Miles is the No. 3 national seed with their season’s best time of 3:28.82.
#Doneisha Anderson is a member of a Florida Gators programme that has qualified 22 entrants, second most in the nation.
#Anderson is a member of two relay teams, the No. 7 ranked 4x400m team, which comes in with a time of 3:31.75. They finished fifth in the 2019 Championships and recently won bronze at the SEC Championships.
#She is also a member of the distance medley relay team that qualified with a time of 11:00.31. This is the team’s second consecutive qualification, following their silver at the SEC Championships.
#The NCAA Division II Championships are scheduled for March 11-13 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.
#Minnesota State Moorhead’s Shyrone Kemp has qualified for the NCAAs in the triple jump for the second consecutive year.
#His winning effort of 15.30m at the NSIC Indoor Championships is tied for third-best in the nation. That jump was also a school indoor record.
#Kemp earned All-Region honours from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. He was also an All-American last year in the triple jump.
#Jahmaal Wilson of West Texas A and M also qualified in the 60m hurdles.
#The NAIA Track and Field Championships began this week and continue through Saturday, March 6.
#The event is being held at the Ruth Donohoe First Dakota Fieldhouse on the campus of Mount Marty University in Yankton, South Dakota.
#Antonishka Deveaux of India Tech opened the competition as a member of the 4x400m relay team.
#She teamed with Xuxa Peart, Brianna Tillman, and Destinee McGrady to finish first in heat one in 3:55.20, earning automatic qualification.
#By RENALDO DORSETT
#Tribune Sports Reporter
#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
#BAHAMIAN student athletes were prominently featured among the lists of qualifiers for various divisions in the upcoming NCAA and NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
#The NCAA Division I meet is scheduled for March 11-13 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Bahamians will participate both on the track and in the field.
#The Purdue Boilermakers, led by head coach Norbert Elliot, has five NCAA indoor qualifiers in five events for the second consecutive year.
#Tamar Greene will compete in the triple jump, where he is seeded No. 10. He earned a qualifying jump of 16.14 metres, the third-best triple jump mark in programme history, as he won a bronze medal at the Big Ten Championships on February 26.
#Charisma Taylor of the Washington State Cougars also qualified in the triple jump.
#At the Matador Qualifier in February, she won the triple jump (13.45m), setting a meet record in the process while competing at Texas Tech. Taylor also won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.16 seconds, which was an all-time Washington State Track best, personal best, and another meet record.
#On the track, Megan Moss of the Kentucky Wildcats qualified both in the 400m and as a member of the 4X400m relay team.
#The Wildcats, led by head coach Lonnie Greene, qualified 11 entrants for the championships.
#In the 400m, Moss is ranked No.12 with a seed time of 52.32. Moss and the school-record-setting 4x400m relay unit of Abby Steiner, Masai Russell and Dajour Miles is the No. 3 national seed with their season’s best time of 3:28.82.
#Doneisha Anderson is a member of a Florida Gators programme that has qualified 22 entrants, second most in the nation.
#Anderson is a member of two relay teams, the No. 7 ranked 4x400m team, which comes in with a time of 3:31.75. They finished fifth in the 2019 Championships and recently won bronze at the SEC Championships.
#She is also a member of the distance medley relay team that qualified with a time of 11:00.31. This is the team’s second consecutive qualification, following their silver at the SEC Championships.
#The NCAA Division II Championships are scheduled for March 11-13 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.
#Minnesota State Moorhead’s Shyrone Kemp has qualified for the NCAAs in the triple jump for the second consecutive year.
#His winning effort of 15.30m at the NSIC Indoor Championships is tied for third-best in the nation. That jump was also a school indoor record.
#Kemp earned All-Region honours from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. He was also an All-American last year in the triple jump.
#Jahmaal Wilson of West Texas A and M also qualified in the 60m hurdles.
#The NAIA Track and Field Championships began this week and continue through Saturday, March 6.
#The event is being held at the Ruth Donohoe First Dakota Fieldhouse on the campus of Mount Marty University in Yankton, South Dakota.
#Antonishka Deveaux of India Tech opened the competition as a member of the 4x400m relay team.
#She teamed with Xuxa Peart, Brianna Tillman, and Destinee McGrady to finish first in heat one in 3:55.20, earning automatic qualification.