Multiple runners fail to qualify for NCAA Championships in Preliminaries Day 2
Paul Schlesinger | Staff Photographer
After three Syracuse runners qualified for the NCAA Division I Track and Field Outdoor Championships on day one of the NCAA East Preliminary Round, multiple runners came up short on Saturday in the second day of action.
Junior Rachel Bonner finished four places shy in the women’s 5,000-meter finals. Her time of 16:38.14 was nine seconds away from a spot at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay team competed in the quarterfinals but failed to clinch a spot in the semifinals, as they finished .19 seconds away from the final place in the NCAA Championships. The team’s time was a school record.
Senior Richard Floyd failed to qualify for the quarterfinals in the 110-meter hurdles. His time of 14.04 was .07 seconds from a qualifying spot.
Freshman Matthew Scrape also failed to secure his spot in Austin, missing out on a qualification spot in the men’s 5,000-meter quarterfinals.
Published on May 25, 2019 at 10:36 pm
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