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!!