Shocker track teams headed for NCAA West Preliminaries

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita State men's and women's track & field teams declared and qualified 25 student-athletes for the NCAA West Preliminary Round, the NCAA announced Thursday.

The Shockers will compete in the NCAA West Preliminary Round May 24-26 in Austin, Texas with the goal of advancing to the 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event will advance from the East and West Preliminary Rounds to the finals in Des Moines. Multi-events are not included in preliminary round competition, and instead, the top 24 scorers in the nation in both the decathlon and heptathlon advance directly to the finals.


Shocker junior Tanya Friesen already qualified for the NCAA Championships with her performance in the women's heptathlon at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The personal-best 5,472 points she scored during the MVC meet guaranteed her a spot in Des Moines and secured her MVC title in the heptathlon.