{"id":6447,"date":"2010-05-26T05:45:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T10:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2010-05-24T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:33:15","slug":"rockets-set-to-compete-in-ncaa-prelim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_26_2010\/rockets-set-to-compete-in-ncaa-prelim","title":{"rendered":"Rockets set to compete in NCAA prelim"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaverman\"<\/a>

Kaverman<\/p><\/div>Amanda Kaverman and Kiah Douglas will represent Toledo’s track and field team at the NCAA Championship Preliminary Round, hosted by North Carolina A&T State in Greensboro Thursday through Saturday, May 27-29.<\/p>\n

Kaverman qualified with her time of 11.57 in the 100-meter dash at Michigan’s Len Paddock Invitational. That time has her seeded 26th in the east region, with the top 48 in each event qualifying.<\/p>\n

At the recent MAC Championships, Kaverman placed second in the 100 with a time of 11.84, and she won the 100 at the Ohio Team Challenge with a time of 12.01. The Sylvania, Ohio, native was also the MAC champion in the 200 at both the indoor and outdoor competitions.<\/p>\n

After a late scratch in the long jump entries, Douglas was selected to participate at the NCAA Preliminary Round.<\/p>\n

“I’m very excited that Kiah has the chance to participate,” Head Coach Kevin Hadsell, said. “It’s a great opportunity for her and a good reward for a successful season.”<\/p>\n

\"Douglas\"<\/a>

Douglas<\/p><\/div>Douglas sat 49th on the list of declared athletes for the long jump; the scratch allowed her to elevate into the 48th position and become an automatic selection.<\/p>\n

She ranked 54th in the region in the long jump with her mark of 19-08.00, which she achieved at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge. Douglas was a three-time winner this spring in the long jump and took third at the MAC Championships.<\/p>\n

The Rockets had several other athletes narrowly miss qualifying for the regional round. Michelle Sutherland, the runner-up in the high jump at both the indoor and outdoor MAC Championships, was tied for 50th in the region with her height of 5-08.00.<\/p>\n

Dagna Sztykiel’s time of 10:43.48 in the steeplechase, which she hit during her runner-up performance at the MAC Championships, was 54th in the region. Alexandra Afloari was 55th in the region with her triple jump of 40-06.00, which she reached at the Penn Relays. <\/p>\n

Kaverman and Douglas will be two of approximately 2,500 student-athletes from more than 200 colleges and universities located east of the Mississippi River at the meet, with a similar preliminary round hosted at the University of Texas. <\/p>\n

The NCAA Finals will take place June 9-12 at the University of Oregon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toledo’s Amanda Kaverman and Kiah Douglas will be two of some 2,500 student-athletes to compete in the track and field NCAA Championship Preliminary Round in North Carolina Thursday through Saturday, May 27-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}