COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Two more Aggies earned a trip to Austin on the third and final day of the NCAA West Preliminary rounds as LaJarvia Brown and Ciynamon Stevenson advanced in the women’s triple jump.
Stevenson established a solid mark of 42-9 ¾ (13.05) on her first attempt in the triple jump to secure her place in Austin. Brown reached a distance of 42-0 (12.80) in the second round to move into 11thplace, but by the time she was due to take a third attempt Brown was in 13th place.
Reaching a distance of 42-10 ¾ (13.07) moved Brown into fifth place to earn a trip to Austin, bumping Stevenson to sixth place.
A career best leap of 50-5 ½ (15.38) by Alstian Walker put him contention for advancement to Austin as he bettered his previous best of 49-6 ¼ (15.09) on his third and final jump. CJ Stevenson’s best effort was 48-4 ½ (14.74). After the first two flights Walker was in second place, but was pushed back to 17th place after the third and fourth flights.
Mason Farley matched his career best in the high jump in clearing 6-11 (2.11), but three misses at 7-1 (2.16) placed the freshman 14th in the first flight and 21st overall. Farley needed three attempts to get over 6-7 (2.01) and 6-9 (2.06), but made 6-11 on his second attempt.
Chinyere Njoku ran 13.45 (-0.3 wind) to place fourth in the third and final quarterfinal heat of the 100m hurdles and 16th overall. The last time qualifier in the event was 13.24 while third place in the final heat was 13.35 by Alaysha Johnson of Texas Tech.
In the 4x100 relay, the Aggie women did not finish after problems with the second exchange. The line-up for the relay included Amber Ivy, Danyel White, Brenessa Thompson and Diamond Spaulding.
Thompson ran 23.13 (1.8 wind) in the 200m, placing fourth in her heat and placing 12th overall, but missed advancing on time as the last time qualifier was 23.08. Spaulding clocked 23.30 (0.6 wind) to place eighth in her heat and 18th overall. Julia Madubuike finished eighth at 23.54 to place 22nd overall, while White did not finish.
Jace Comick, who advanced in the 100m on Friday, placed sixth in the third heat of the 200m with a 20.97 (1.6 wind) to finish 17th overall.
NCAA Championships – Aggie Qualifiers to Austin
· Athletes in bold qualified on Saturday.
MEN (11 athletes, 7 events, 11 entries)
100: Jace Comick
400: Bryce Deadmon
800: Devin Dixon, Carlton Orange
400 hurdles: Robert Grant, Infinite Tucker
Pole Vault: Jacob Wooten, Carl Johansson
Javelin: William Petersson, Sam Hardin
Decathlon: Nathan Hite
WOMEN (8 athletes, 7 events, 9 entries)
400: Syaira Richardson, Tierra Robinson-Jones
800: Jazmine Fray
High Jump: Tyra Gittens
Long Jump: Deborah Acquah
Triple Jump: Ciynamon Stevenson, LaJarvia Brown
Javelin: Maddy Stulce
Heptathlon: Tyra Gittens
