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North Florida hosts NCAA East Region Track Championships

Randy Lefko

Posted 6/1/16

JACKSONVILLE - With a field dominated with Southeastern Conference powers LSU, Kentucky, Alabama and Florida, the NCAA East Region Track and Field Championships offered up the best of best of …

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North Florida hosts NCAA East Region Track Championships

High Jump University of Connecticut high jump Demario Gray stretches over six foot, eight inches in NCAA East Region final held Saturday at University of North Florida. Trey McRae of Charlotte won the event at 7’-1.5” to advance to the NCAA Outdoor championships in Eugene, OR, on June 9.

High Jump Mississippi State University high jump Seth Peace finished eighth with a jump of 6’-11.75” inches to advance to the NCAA championships.

4 x 100 Relay Louisiana State University’s 4 x 100 relay team finished second to Kentucky to advance to the NCAA championships. Here, the Tigers battle with SEC nemesis Alabama in turn one. Alabama dropped the baton to disqualify themselves.

100 Hurdles Hurdlers battled in the 100 meter hurdles finals with Kentucky’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn taking second to Miami’s Ebony Morrison 12.76 to 12.77 seconds. Michigan’s Cindy Ofili, left, took third while Florida State’s Nicole Setterington, right, finished seventh. All three athletes advance to the NCAA championships.

5000 Meters William and Mary distance runner Regan Rome accepts water from track official after winning her semifinal heat of the 5,000 meter race at the NCAA East Regions on Saturday at UNF. Rome advances to the NCAA Championships.

Mens 5000 Defending NCAA 5000 meters champion Thomas Curtin of Virginia Tech, left, fights off Syracuse’s Justyn Knight to win his semifinal race at the NCAA East Regions Saturday night at UNF. Curtin ran 14:06.44 with Knight in at 14:06.45.

1500 Mississippi State distance runner Marta Freitas leads the field in the 1500 meters at the NCAA East Regions held Saturday at UNF. Freitas won the race with the top time of both semifinals in 4:09.80 to qualify for the NCAA championships in Eugene, OR, June 8-11.

Posted Wednesday, June 1, 2016 8:00 pm

Randy Lefko

JACKSONVILLE - With a field dominated with Southeastern Conference powers LSU, Kentucky, Alabama and Florida, the NCAA East Region Track and Field Championships offered up the best of best of collegiate track with athletes battling to grab a qualifying time, distance or jump to advance to the NCAA Track and Field Championships to be held June 8-11 at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.

Athletes had to finish in top three to automatically advance with the final two spots determined by time from two semifinal heats.

Clay Today Sports Editor Randy Lefko was on hand for Saturday’s semi-final events and took action photos as athletes fought hard for one of a few coveted invites to Oregon.

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