Thirty-Two Individual Nittany Lions and One Relay Team Qualify for NCAA East Prelims

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State track and field teams will have 32 individual student-athletes and one relay team compete at the NCAA East Prelims set in Bloomington, Ind., as announced by the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee Thursday.

The men’s team had 16 individual athletes and one relay team selected, while the women’s team is set to have 16 athletes representing the Blue and White from May 25-28. A late addition of Ka’mere Day brought the men’s total up from an original 15 athletes competing.

NCAA East Prelim participants will compete for a chance to move on to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. from June 8-11. The Nittany Lions had five student-athletes advance from East Prelims in 2021.

The following Penn State student-athletes are set to compete next week in Bloomington, Ind.:

 

MEN:

**Ka’mere Day | Men’s 100m** (added May 20th)

Korbin Martino | Men’s 400m

Domenic Perretta | Men’s 800m

Darius Smallwood | Men’s 800m

Olivier Desmeules | Men’s 800m

Brandon Hontz | Men’s 1500m

Connor McMenamin | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase

Men’s 4×400 Relay Team

Isaac Osifo | Men’s high jump

Luke Knipe | Men’s pole vault

Jonathan Petersen | Men’s pole vault

Lance Hamilton | Men’s triple jump

Duane Knisely | Men’s shot put

Thomas Bojalad | Men’s discus

Tyler Merkley | Men’s hammer throw

Collin Burkhart | Men’s hammer throw and javelin

Kevin Bartosh | Men’s javelin

 

WOMEN:

Rachel Gearing | Women’s 800m

Victoria Tachinski | Women’s 800m

Victoria Vanriele | Women’s 800m

Madaline Ullom | Women’s 1500m

Yasmin Brooks | Women’s 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles

Faith DeMars | Women’s 3000m steeplechase

Makenna Krebs | Women’s 3000m steeplechase

Cecelia Bacon | Women’s high jump

Katie Jones | Women’s pole vault

Hailey Zurich | Women’s pole vault

Breana Gambrell | Women’s long jump and triple jump

Tesia Thomas | Women’s long jump

Chloe Royce | Women’s long jump

Mallory Kauffman | Women’s shot put and discus

Gianna Rao | Women’s hammer throw

Madison Smith | Women’s javelin

 

The Nittany Lions begin competition in Bloomington, Ind. on May 25.