The Northern Arizona men's and women's track and field teams are set to be well-represented in the NCAA West Preliminary Round throughout the weekend.
A total of 29 individuals, plus two relay teams, finished the year ranked in the top 48 of their respective events and qualified for the preliminary rounds in College Station, Texas, May 28-31.
On the men's side, Northern Arizona is represented by Colin Sahlman (1500m), Drew Bosley (5K/10K), David Mullarkey (5K/10K), Corey Gorgas (5K), Santiago Prosser (5K/10K), Ford Washburn (5K), Justin Keyes (5K/10K), Josiah Johnson (400-meter hurdles), Jeret Gillingham (3K steeplechase), Sirr Butler (triple jump), Desmond Lott (discus/hammer), Trevor Hook (javelin) and Clay Carbajal (javelin), plus the 4x100-meter relay team.
For the women, the Lumberjacks will be represented by Kyairra Reigh (400m), Odessa Zentz (800m), Kiki Vaughn (800m), Maggi Congdon (1500m), Alex Carlson (1500m), Keira Moore (1500m/5K), Ava Mitchell (5K), Agnes McTighe (5K), Elise Stearns (5K), Emma Stutzman (5K), Alexis Kebbe (10K), LiNay Perry (400-meter hurldes), Karrie Baloga (3K steeplechase), Hayley Burns (3K steeplechase), Maisie Grice (3K steeplechase), Sariyah Horne-Kemp (hammer) and the 4x400m relay team.
The top 12 in each event will punch a ticket to the NCAA outdoor championship meet in Eugene, Oregon, set to take place June 11-14.
Reigh will be competing in the 400m. The first round of the 400m is set for Thursday at 5:25 p.m., with the quarterfinals set for Saturday at 4:50 p.m.
Zentz and Vaughn will represent Northern Arizona in the 800-meters, with the first round set for 5:50 p.m. on May 29 and the quarterfinals taking place on May 31 at 5:05 p.m.
Congdon, Carlson and Moore will represent Northern Arizona in the 1500m. Congdon is no stranger to the NCAA West Regional, as she is making her second career appearance after qualifying for the outdoor national championships last season.
Carlson, who competed in the NCAA East Regional in the 1500m while at Rutgers, is looking to punch her first ticket to the national championship meet in the event.
Moore is also looking to punch her first-ever ticket to the national championships, competing in the 1500m after making it to the quarterfinals at last year's preliminary round. The first round of the 1500m is set for 4:30 p.m. on May 29. The quarterfinals take place on May 31 at 3:15 p.m.
Moore will also compete in the 5000m along with Mitchell, McTighe, Stearns and Stutzman. Mitchell enters the 5K ranked eighth overall in the field with a time of 15:31.41.
McTighe competed in the 5K at the 2024 NCAA East preliminary round for Florida State. Stearns won the Big Sky championship in the event with a meet record of 16:03.08. Stutzman placed fifth overall in the event at the Big Sky championship meet.
The semifinals of the 5000m are set for 6:10 p.m. on May 31.
In the 10,000m, Kebbe will be representing the Lumberjacks after a fourth-place finish at the Big Sky championship meet. The semifinal of the 10,000m is set for 7:10 p.m. on May 29.
Perry will toe the line in the 400m hurdles. She is the two-time defending Big Sky champion in the event and will make her third NCAA West appearance in her career. The first round is set for 6:20 p.m. on May 29 and the quarterfinals take place on May 31 at 5:25 p.m.
Baloga, Burns and Grice are all entered in the 3000m steeplechase scheduled for May 31 at 3:40 p.m.
The women's 4x400m relay team of Congdon, Alaynah Reed, Perry and Reigh also qualified for the NCAA West Prelims after winning the Big Sky title. The 4x400m relay will cap off the track events on May 31 at 6:45 p.m.
Sariyah Horne-Kemp is the lone Lumberjack on the women's side entered in a field event after winning the hammer throw at the conference championships. The hammer throw opens the field events at 8 a.m. on May 29.
Sahlman was set to kick off the action for the men鈥檚 team as the lone competitor in the 1500m on Wednesday in hopes of making the national meet in that event for the third straight year. At the Big Sky meet, he placed second in the event with a time of 3:40.14.
Northern Arizona will be represented by six athletes in the 5K on Friday at 6:10 p.m. Bosley has the fifth-fastest time in the field at 13:17.06, followed by Mullarkey (15th, 13:29.55), Gorgas (26th, 13:35.47), Prosser (13:35.94), Washburn (45th, 13:37.69) and Keyes (48th, 13:37.90).
Mullarkey, Bosley, Keyes and Prosser were also set to compete in the 10K Wednesday.
Johnson, a freshman, was set to take the stage in the first round of the 400m hurdles on Wednesday, with the finals set for May 30 at 5:25 p.m.
Gillingham competes in the quarterfinals of the 3m steeplechase on Friday, May 30, at 3:40 p.m., making his NCAA West Preliminary Round debut.
Northern Arizona also enters with the 19th-fastest time in the 4x100m with a school-record time of 39.66. The quartet of Khamis Hassan, Kyle Smith, Ian Lipsey and Lamar Smith placed third in the event at the Big Sky meet. The quarterfinals are set for May 30 at 3 p.m.
Four Lumberjacks will represent Northern Arizona in four different field events. Lott was set to compete in the hammer throw on Wednesday and in the discus on Friday, May 30, at 11 a.m. Hook and Carbajal were set to compete in the javelin Wednesday. Butler will compete in the triple jump on May 30 at 12:30 p.m.