Men's Track and Field Qualifies for 11 Events at NCAA East Regional

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com)—Fresh off winning the 2015 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Eastern Michigan University men's track and field team will send six individual competitors as well as two relay teams to contest for bids to the national championships, taking on the NCAA East Preliminaries, May 28-30.

Thursday, May 28, will see four Eagles in action split between the track and the field. Keith Williams will start things off at noon in the first flight of the hammer throw. The redshirt-junior holds the EMU record in the event and the 36^th-farthest throw in the region at 62.24 meters/204 feet 2-inches. In the evening, Donald Scott is slated to compete in the third flight of the long jump, which starts at 7 p.m. Scott has the 22^nd-best mark in the region in the event at 7.58 meters/24 feet 10.50-inches, good for sixth on EMU's all-time list. At 7:20 p.m., reigning MAC champion in the 400m Tyler Brown will compete in the sixth heat of the 400m preliminaries, as he holds the 15^th-fastest seed time at 46.19 seconds. Should Brown qualify to the quarterfinals, he will compete again on Friday at 6 p.m. The final event for the day will be the 10,000m run at 9 p.m., which will feature Warren Witchell. The redshirt-senior holds the 36^th-fastest time in the region and the ninth-fastest in EMU history at 29:36.19.

On Friday, May 29, Ryan Brumfield will kick off action in the high jump at 5 p.m. Brumfield has posted the 30^th-highest clearance in the region at 2.09 meters/6 feet 10.25-inches, just missing out on the EMU all-time top-10 list. The evening will cap off with the running of the 3000m steeplechase at 8:50 p.m., in which MAC champion Willy Fink will compete in the third heat. Fink holds the 27^th-fastest seed of 8:53.55, and has run a sub-nine-minute time in the event in all three of his appearances this season.

Saturday will begin with the shot put at 5 p.m., in which Williams will represent the Green and White in the first flight. The redshirt-junior recently had the fifth-farthest toss in program laurels of 17.63 meters/57 feet 10.25-inches, which gives him the 48^th-best mark in the region. At 6 p.m., action will start on the track with the 4x100m relay. The Eagles jumped up to the 17^th-fastest time in the region after breaking the EMU record in 39.95 seconds to win at the MAC Championships thanks to Kevin Snead, Cameron Bolton, Matthew Williams, and Pedro Delgado.

Following the 4x100m, Scott will appear once more in his specialty event in the fourth flight of the triple jump, which begins at 7 p.m. Scott broke his own EMU record this season, posting the third-farthest jump in the region at 16.42 meters/53 feet 10.50-inches. A third Eagle will double up in his events for the weekend, with Fink competing in the second heat of the 5000m run at 8:05 p.m. Fink hold the seventh seed in the region in the event at 13:51.35, which is the third-fastest time ever run by an Eagle. The meet will end with the 4x400m relay at 9:45 p.m. Eastern holds the 26^th-fastest mark in the region at 3:07.53, and its quartet will compete in the first heat of the event.

Live results for the meet will be provided through ncaa.com.

EMU Individual Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 28
12:00 p.m.      Hammer Throw
7:00 p.m.        Long Jump
7:20 p.m.        400m Prelims
9:00 p.m.        10,000m Run

Friday, May 29
5:00 p.m.        High Jump
6:00 p.m.        400m Quarterfinals
8:50 p.m.        3000m Steeplechase

Saturday, May 30
5:00 p.m.        Shot Put
6:00 p.m.        4x100m Relay
7:00 p.m.        Triple Jump
8:05 p.m.        5000m Run
9:45 p.m.        4x400m Relay

Men's Track and Field Qualifies for 11 Events at NCAA East Regional

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Players Mentioned

Cameron Bolton

Tyler Brown

Ryan Brumfield

Pedro Delgado

Willy Fink

Donald Scott

Kevin Snead

Keith Williams

Matthew Williams

Warren Witchell

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