Track & Field: UVA to send 29 competitors to NCAA East Preliminaries in Bloomington

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams will have a total of 29 competitors entered in the NCAA East Preliminary Championships to be contested at Indiana’s Haugh Track & Field Complex in Bloomington, Ind. from May 25-28.

The Virginia men will have 13 competitors in a total of 10 events that will take place on Wednesday, May 25 and Friday, May 27. The Hoos have six competitors who earned top-10 seeds including: Ethan Dabbs (1st, javelin), Claudio Romero (1st, discus), Owayne Owens (2nd, triple jump), Yasin Sado (5th, 3,000m Steeplechase), Nathan Mountain (10th, 3,000m Steeplechase) and Jordan Willis (10th, 400-meters).

The UVA women have 16 individuals entered in 10 events and are set to compete on Thursday, May 26 and Saturday, May 28. The highest seeds on the women’s side include Mia Barnett (3rd, 1500-meters), Ashley Anumba (3rd, discus), Maria Deaviz (9th, shot put), and Helena Lindsay (16th, 3,000m Steeplechase).

The top-12 competitors from each individual event will advance to the 2022 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 8-11.

Full list of UVA qualifiers:

Women
Jada Seaman – 100m, 200m, long jump
Kayla Bonnick – 100m
Alahna Sabbakhan – 800m
Sydney Coppolino – 800m
Mia Barnett – 1500m
Margot Appleton – 1500m
Taylor Jones – 1500m
Anna Workman – 1500m
Helena Lindsay – 3,000m Steeplechase
Rebecca Hawkins – High jump
Trina Barcarola- Pole vault
Zoe Rice – Long jump
Alix Still – Long jump
Maria Deaviz – Shot put, discus
Ashley Anumba – Discus
Thelma Kristjansdottir – Discus

Men
Jordan Willis – 400m
Conor Murphy – 800m
Ethan Zeh – 800m
Wes Porter – 1500m
Ka’eo Kruse – 1500m, 3,000m Steeplechase
Rohann Asfaw – 5,000m, 10,000m
Yasin Sado – 3,000m Steeplechase
Nathan Mountain – 3,000m Steeplechase
Owayne Owens – Triple jump
Claudio Romero – Discus
Jacob Lemmon – Discus
Evangelos Fradelakis – Hammer
Ethan Dabbs – Javelin