Monday, May 31, 2010

Kaitlyn Qualifies for NCAA East Regional Meet

Track North's Kaitlyn Tallman, in her final year at Villanova University, has qualified to run the 5000m at the NCAA Division I East Regional Track and Field Championships being contested next weekend at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.
 
This meet serves as the final and only qualification for the NCAA Division I Championships being contested on June  through at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon.
 
The 48 top ranked 5000m runners in the East region will be split into 2 equally seeded fields of 24 runners with the top 6 from each section (12 total) qualifying for the national champsionships.
 
Kaitlyn's best this season is an incredible 16:35.49 and ranks her 34th (and only 15 seconds from the 12th ranked runner).
 
She races Saturday, May 29th at 8:45pm. 
 
Meet site is here:
 
 
Go Kait Go!!