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Kelsi Oldroyd and Coach Jill Williams hold the Ticket Punched sign after Oldroyd earned a spot at the NCAA Championships
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Oldroyd punches ticket to Eugene, Hopper advances in 400mH

5/29/2025 9:36:00 PM

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kelsi Oldroyd made program history on Thursday after earning a spot at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday. Oldroyd had a school-record performance while finishing as the runner-up in the javelin at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds at E.B. Cushing Stadium at Texas A&M.

Oldroyd hit 56.11 on her first attempt, which would have gone as the sixth-best mark, comfortably punching her ticket to Eugene. Her second throw of 57.72 meters broke her own school record and gave her the lead before TCU's Irene Jepkemboi recorded the top throw (58.36) to finish as the only thrower in front of the Wolverine. Oldroyd will now head to the University of Oregon for the NCAA Finals in the javelin. The finals will be held on Thursday, June 12, at 5:15 p.m. PT. The site of the national championships is also where she competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer.

Ella Hopper advanced past Thursday's first round in the 400-meter hurdles. She was just shy of her 58.54 PR with a 58.63-second finish for third place in the sixth and final heat to earn an automatic spot. Her time was 22nd-best out of the 48 entries, and she'll race Saturday evening for a spot in Eugene with the 400mH starting at 7:25 p.m., where Hopper is in the second of the three heats. Kali McEuen, the 400-meter hurdles WAC Champion and school record holder, also raced in that event in the opening heat and ran a 59.22 for 32nd overall. 

McEuen was joined by Quincy Bonds in the 100-meter hurdles, with both coming up short in their bid to advance. Bonds ran a 13.45 in her heat to finish fourth, just one spot out of qualifying for Saturday's quarterfinal. Still, Bonds caps a season that saw her win the Indoor Women's Athlete of the Year and the WAC Outdoor 100-meter hurdles gold while repeatedly breaking her own records in the 100, 200, and 100mH.

Anna Martin closed out the night running the 10,000-meter national semifinal race. She finished 28th out of 48 entries to close out a season that included the WAC Cross Country individual and team titles, the 5k Indoor and team titles, and the 10k and outdoor team titles for the first WAC women's triple crown since 1999.

On Friday, the men's 4x100 squad will lead off the day on the track at 5 p.m. CT/4 p.m. MT on ESPN+. The two-time WAC champs will race in the third of three heats and need to finish in the top three in the heat or have one of the next three best times to qualify for Eugene. The Wolverines are slated to run with Gavin Stafford, Cameron Franklin, Kade Thompson, and Gabe Remy.

Abdulsalam Farah will race in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, which begins at 5:40 p.m. CT. Farah will race in the second of three heats with the top three from each heat and the next three best times advancing to Nationals. Remy, after qualifying in both the 100 and 200 on Wednesday, will race in the national quarterfinals in both. The 100 begins at 6:35 p.m. CT and 200 starts at 7:50 p.m. CT, with Remy in the second of three heats in both races. Like the 4x100 and steeplechase, the top three from each heat and the next three best times will all advance to the NCAA Championships.




 
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