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Pratt & Conway Will Compete at NCAA East Regional
5/27/2015 10:28:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Murray State track and field members, Ashley Conway and Tonia Pratt, qualified to compete in the upcoming NCAA East Preliminary at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The Preliminary round begins on Thursday and continues until Saturday. The top 12 individuals will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.
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The Championships which will take place in Eugene, Oregon will take place June 10-June 13. Murray State boasts three previous NCAA All-Americans in outdoor with the last one being Alexis Love who competed in the 100m and 200m dash in 2012.
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The Racers represent one of the three schools from the Ohio Valley Conference in the East Preliminary Round. They are joined by Austin Peay who is sending four student-athletes and Tennessee State who is sending three. MSU is the only school sending one female student-athlete who quailed in three events. Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and SIU Edwardsville are taking part in the West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.
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Conway is making her first NCAA Regional appearance in the long jump. She earned her bid to the preliminary round at the ASU Red Wolf Open when she jumped 6.13m (20'1.5"). The jump placed her as the 34th best jump in the East region. The long jump will take place Friday at 7 p.m.
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Pratt is also making her first NCAA Regional appearance in the shot put, discus and hammer throw. Pratt first qualified in the hammer throw when she threw it 59.82m (196'3") at the Margaret Simmons Invitational. Then she threw the shot put 15.01m (49'3") at the ASU Red Wolf Open. She then qualified in the discus at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championship when she threw the discus an OVC record breaking distance of 52.22m (171'4"). Pratt will begin her regional appearance with the shot put on Thursday, followed by the discus on Friday and then the hammer throw on Saturday.Â
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The Championships which will take place in Eugene, Oregon will take place June 10-June 13. Murray State boasts three previous NCAA All-Americans in outdoor with the last one being Alexis Love who competed in the 100m and 200m dash in 2012.
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The Racers represent one of the three schools from the Ohio Valley Conference in the East Preliminary Round. They are joined by Austin Peay who is sending four student-athletes and Tennessee State who is sending three. MSU is the only school sending one female student-athlete who quailed in three events. Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and SIU Edwardsville are taking part in the West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.
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Conway is making her first NCAA Regional appearance in the long jump. She earned her bid to the preliminary round at the ASU Red Wolf Open when she jumped 6.13m (20'1.5"). The jump placed her as the 34th best jump in the East region. The long jump will take place Friday at 7 p.m.
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Pratt is also making her first NCAA Regional appearance in the shot put, discus and hammer throw. Pratt first qualified in the hammer throw when she threw it 59.82m (196'3") at the Margaret Simmons Invitational. Then she threw the shot put 15.01m (49'3") at the ASU Red Wolf Open. She then qualified in the discus at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championship when she threw the discus an OVC record breaking distance of 52.22m (171'4"). Pratt will begin her regional appearance with the shot put on Thursday, followed by the discus on Friday and then the hammer throw on Saturday.Â
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