CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard track and field team had 18 individuals qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Meet in Bloomington, Ind. (May 25-28), the NCAA announced today.
 
Harvard will have two men's athletes entered in multiple individual events, including sophomore Acer Iverson (5000m, 10000m) and senior Matthew Pereira (5000m, 10000m). The additional men's participants will be first-year Graham Blanks (5000m), junior Chet Ellis (high jump), first-year Daniel Falode (triple jump), first-year Kenneth Ikeji (hammer throw), junior Alexander Kolesnikoff (shot put), senior David Melville (10000m), junior Simon Park (pole vault) and senior Sam Welsh (discus throw).
 
On the women's side, first-year Victoria Bossong (400m), first-year Isabelle Goldstein (3000m steeplechase), first-year Izzy Goudros (long jump), senior Judy Pendergast (5000m), sophomore Maia Ramsden (1500m), first-year Anastasia Retsa (pole vault), junior Isabell Sagar (10000m), and junior Estel Valeanu (discus throw) will represent Harvard.
 
To qualify for one of two NCAA regional meets (East and West), an athlete must be ranked in the top 48 of their respective event in their region. Twelve out of the 48 from the East and 12 out of the 48 from the West will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon (June 8-11).