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52 Cougars competing this weekend in NCAA Track and Field Prelims

By Shaun Gordon

SACRAMENTO, CA - JULY 15: Kathryn Andersen of the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars competes in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase during the U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials on July 15, 2004 at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - JULY 15: Kathryn Andersen of the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars competes in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase during the U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials on July 15, 2004 at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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The NCAA Track and Field West Preliminaries start today in Sacramento. 52 Cougars have a shot to qualify for the NCAA Championships early next month.

BYU Track and Field has 52 athletes in Sacramento this weekend to compete in the NCAA West Preliminaries. In total, the Cougars will have 58 opportunities to advance to the NCAA Championships.

Starting today and running through Saturday, the top 12 competitors in each event will qualify for the NCAA Championships, which are held June 6-9 in Eugene, Oregon.

55 events will take place over then next three days, and BYU will have at least once athlete in nearly half of them. Looking at the number of overall entries, the Cougars have the second most men (34) and seventh most women (24) competing this weekend.

With each event, all of the athletes who qualified for the prelims are seeded based on their performance this season. Those seeded in the Top 12 are the ones expected to advance to the championships.

If the seeds were to hold true, 20 Cougars would advance to Eugene. Seven BYU women and thirteen BYU men earned Top 12 seeds entering the weekend.

The BYU men enter the prelims as the No. 7 team in the nation. They boast six athletes who have earned a Top 5 seed in at least one event.

Here are the Cougar Athletes who will compete this weekend:

Men (seed in parentheses)

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  • Abraham Alvarado 800m (12)
  • Clark Brown – 100m (23), 200m (32)
  • Daniel Carney – 3000m Steeplechase (4), 5000m (10)
  • Marcus Dickinson – 1500m (47)
  • Dallin Farnsworth – 10,000m (28)
  • Jacob Foutz – Hammer Throw (38)
  • Talem Franco – 1500m (26)
  • Jacob Heslington – 3000m Steeplechase (7)
  • Jake Jarvis – Pole Vault (37)
  • Jefferson Jarvis – Shot Put (26)
  • Seth Knowlton – Discus (37)
  • Rory Linkletter – 5000m (7), 10,000m (5)
  • Connor Mantz – 10,000m (10)
  • Garrett Marsing – 3000m Steeplechase (31)
  • Brayden McLelland – 10,000m (45)
  • Connor McMillan – 5000m (8), 10,000m (2)
  • Scott Mecham – 400m Hurdles (10)
  • Michael Ottesen – 10,000m (41)
  • Matt Owens – 3000m Steeplechase (2)
  • Patrick Parker – 1500m (21)
  • Porter Reddish – 3000m Steeplechase (21)
  • Raul Rios – Pole Vault (38)
  • Max Scheible – 400m Hurdles (18)
  • Clayson Shumway – 3000m Steeplechase (5)
  • Derek Sorensen – 100m (47), 200m (29)
  • Connor Weaver – 10,000m (34)
  • Colton Yardley – 400m Hurdles (45)
  • Clayton Young – 5000m (5), 10,000m (4)

Women (seed in parentheses)

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  • Marissa Apiah – High Jump (30)
  • Anna Camp – 1500m (12)
  • Maddie Cannon – 3000m Steeplechase (11)
  • Payge Cuthbertson – Javelin (29)
  • Alyssa Dalton – 100m Hurdles (15)
  • Madelyn Dickson – 1500m (10)
  • Emma Gee – 3000m Steeplechase (30)
  • Sierra Hansen – Pole Vault (22)
  • Ellie Heiden-Quackenbush – 200m (25), 4x400m Relay (22)
  • Olivia Hoj – 3000m Steeplechase (24)
  • Kate Hunter – 1500m (15)
  • Nicole Lord – 100m Hurdles (45), High Jump 19)
  • Sara Musselman – 3000m Steeplechase (33)
  • Whittni Orton – 1500m (17)
  • Cassidy Pinnock – 4x400m Relay (22)
  • Brenna Porter – 400m Hurdles (6), 4x400m Relay (22)
  • Lauren Rawlinson – 4x400m Relay (22)
  • Ashton Riner – Javelin (12)
  • Claire Seymour – 800m (45)
  • Andrea Stapleton-Johnson – High Jump (4)
  • Siale Vaitohi-Teaupua – Hammer Throw (39)
  • Avery Walker – 800m (30)
  • Ashleigh Warner – 5000m (23)
  • Ellyana Young – High Jump (31)

The last men’s team athlete to win a National Championship was Kyle Perry, who took home the tile in both the 3000-meter and Steeplechase events.

On the Women’s side, Nachelle Mackie was the last BYU National Champion, winning the 800-meters in 2012.

There are multiple athletes, both on the men’s and women’s side, who can snap those droughts and bring home a championship for BYU.

They’ve got to get through the prelims first, though.

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