MEET INFORMATION

PARTICIPANTS

Sixty-two (62) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) student-athletes have earned an opportunity to compete at the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships preliminary competitions. The NCAA East Preliminary competition is scheduled for May 24-26 at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.

North Carolina A&T State headlines the field with a total of 21 student-athletes on both the men's and women's side followed by 12 from Bethune-Cookman and six each from both Hampton and Norfolk State. South Carolina State will be represented with four student-athletes while North Carolina Central qualified three athletes. Florida A&M, Howard and Morgan State will have two student-athletes competing with one each from Maryland Eastern Shore and Savannah State.

In the relay events, Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Hampton and North Carolina A&T State will have teams participating as Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina A&T State qualified both its men's 4x100 and mile relay squads. Coppin State men's 4x100 and Hampton's mile relay round out the competitors on the men's side.

North Carolina A&T State's women's 4x100 and mile relay teams will be in attendance along with the BCU's women's 4x100 relay team.

The preliminary competitions are scheduled for May 24-26.  The University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. will host the east preliminary and Sacramento State in Sacramento, Calif. hosts the west preliminary. The qualifiers out of these two regions will compete in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 6-9 in Eugene, Oregon. To compete in Eugene, an individual or relay team will need to finish in the top 12 in its respective region.