Seven Beavers Qualify for NCAA West Regional Preliminaries
May 20, 2021 | Women's Track & Field
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State track and field team qualified seven of its student-athletes for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, the NCAA announced Thursday.
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Seven Beavers – Kaylee Mitchell, Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Lindsay McShane, Sydney Guthrie-Baker, Batya Beard, Audrey Lookner, and Sara Sanders – will compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station, Texas from May 27-29.
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McShane and Fetherstonhaugh will each be making their second appearances in at regionals after they both qualified for the first time in 2019. Mitchell, Guthrie-Baker, Beard, Lookner, and Sanders will all be making their first trip to NCAA Regionals.
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Qualifiers from the West preliminary round will advance to the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on June 10-12. Each event at regionals features 48 competitors with the top 12 finishers in the West and East advancing to the finals in Eugene.
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Mitchell and Fetherstonhaugh qualified in the 3,000m steeplechase with their performances at the Pac-12 Championships. Mitchell ran a school record 9:48.30 and will be the ninth seed, while Fetherstonhaugh posted the second fastest time in program history at 9:54.60 to be tabbed the 13th seed.
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McShane and Guthrie-Baker each qualified in the hammer throw. McShane threw a school record mark of 64.47m at the Oregon Twilight, earning the 16 seed. Guthrie-Baker is the 37th seed after posting a season-best throw of 59.62m at the Hayward Premiere to earn her spot.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Beard ran the 10K in a school record 33:25.86 to qualify for her first regional appearance and be seeded 18th.
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Sara Sanders qualified in the javelin with a season-best mark of 46.41m, she is seeded 46th. Audrey Lookner locked up the 39th seed in the 5K with a time of 16:18.29 at the Pac-12 Championships.
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Seven Beavers – Kaylee Mitchell, Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Lindsay McShane, Sydney Guthrie-Baker, Batya Beard, Audrey Lookner, and Sara Sanders – will compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station, Texas from May 27-29.
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McShane and Fetherstonhaugh will each be making their second appearances in at regionals after they both qualified for the first time in 2019. Mitchell, Guthrie-Baker, Beard, Lookner, and Sanders will all be making their first trip to NCAA Regionals.
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Qualifiers from the West preliminary round will advance to the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on June 10-12. Each event at regionals features 48 competitors with the top 12 finishers in the West and East advancing to the finals in Eugene.
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Mitchell and Fetherstonhaugh qualified in the 3,000m steeplechase with their performances at the Pac-12 Championships. Mitchell ran a school record 9:48.30 and will be the ninth seed, while Fetherstonhaugh posted the second fastest time in program history at 9:54.60 to be tabbed the 13th seed.
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McShane and Guthrie-Baker each qualified in the hammer throw. McShane threw a school record mark of 64.47m at the Oregon Twilight, earning the 16 seed. Guthrie-Baker is the 37th seed after posting a season-best throw of 59.62m at the Hayward Premiere to earn her spot.
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At the Pac-12 Championships, Beard ran the 10K in a school record 33:25.86 to qualify for her first regional appearance and be seeded 18th.
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Sara Sanders qualified in the javelin with a season-best mark of 46.41m, she is seeded 46th. Audrey Lookner locked up the 39th seed in the 5K with a time of 16:18.29 at the Pac-12 Championships.
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Follow Us on Social
For more information on the Oregon State women's cross country and track and field teams, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverTFXC, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverTFXC, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverTFXC.
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OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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