Hankins, Davis Qualify for NCAA Championships While 10 Aggie Men Advance to Quarterfinals at NCAA West First Round – Texas A&M Athletics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sam Hankins and Zach Davis qualified for the National Championship meet, while the Texas A&M men’s track & field team advanced 10 athletes to the quarterfinals after day one of the NCAA West First Round hosted by Sacramento State University at Hornet Stadium on Wednesday.
 
Sam Hankins started the day strong for the Aggie men, tossing 234-2/71.39m to qualify with the fifth-best javelin mark at the meet. The toss equals Hankins’ second-best ever, as he advances to his second NCAA National Championship meet of his two years of collegiate competition for the Aggies.
 
Zach Davis was the last Aggie athlete to compete on Day One, clearing 17-4.5/5.30m to tie for 11th place in the pole vault and secure his spot to the national championship meet. Davis entered the competition at 17-0.75/5.20m, clearing on his first attempt, before going over 17-4.5/5.30m on his second try. He attempted 17-8.5/5.40m, his outdoor personal best, but failed to clear the height. Jack Mann III placed 19th at 17-0.75/5.20m, while Connor Gregston cleared 16-6.75/5.05m for 22nd overall.
 
In the 110m hurdles, Connor Schulman clocked 13.73 (w/-0.6) to finish fourth in his heat with the top non-automatic qualifying time, advancing to Friday’s quarterfinal. Schulman’s mark is the 10th-fastest time in field going into Friday.
 
Cooper Cawthra and Chandon Chhikara both qualified for Friday’s 1500m quarterfinal. Cawthra clocked a personal best 3:43.11 to earn the final non-automatic time qualifying mark of the day, finishing ninth in his heat. His time is the 14th-fastest mark going into Friday and makes him the No. 2 performer in Texas A&M history, passing Chhikara’s time of 3:43.41 from the SEC meet. Chhikara registered 3:50.15 to claim second-place in his heat and advance to Friday’s quarterfinal. His heat came through the 700-meter mark in a pedestrian 1:57.54, before Chhikara turned on the jets to blaze through the final 800 meters in 1:52.63, just over half a second over his official personal best of 1:52.11 from the TTU Red Raider Open in January.
 
In the 100m, DeVante Mount and Ryan Martin both advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal. Mount clocked a personal best 10.30, taking two-hundredths of a second off his previous best, to place second in his heat and lock a spot in the quarterfinal with the sixth best time of the day….