15 May 2024 Outdoor Track and Field National Qualifiers announced

SEARCY — The Harding men’s and women’s track teams had 17 individuals and one relay team invited to the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Emporia, Kan., May 23-25. The event is hosted by Emporia State.

Below are Harding’s national competitors:

Women

Omolara Ogunmakinju, 400 meters

Seed: 1

Best Time: 51.90m

Cella Nguema, 100 meter hurdles

Seed: 11

Best Time: 13.73m

Lisa Retailleau, 400 meter hurdles

Seed: 16

Best Time: 1:00.08m

Kiera Blankenship, High Jump

Seed: 15

Best Mark: 1.73m

Anna-Kay Clark, Javelin

Seed: 18

Best Mark: 45.62m

Men

Dakarai Bush, 200 meters

Seed: 19

Best Time: 20.82

Dakarai Bush, 400 meters

Seed: 2

Best Time: 45.79

Derick St. Jean, 400 meters

Seed: 17

Best Time: 46.89

Josphat Meli, 5,000 meters

Seed: 14

Best Time: 13:53.23

Josphat Meli, 10,000 meters

Seed: 5

Best Time: 28:38.41

Savian Bush, 110 meter hurdles

Seed: 13

Best Time: 13.92

4×400 meter relay

Bryan Singleton, Dakarai Bush, Samuel Williams and Derick St. Jean

Seed: 9

Best Time: 3:08.63

Antiwain Jones, High Jump

Seed: 4

Best Mark: 2.20m

Vlad Malykhin, Pole Vault

Seed: 1

Best Mark: 5.51m

Anton Kopytko, Long Jump

Seed: 5

Best Mark: 7.80m

Lukas Stiper, Discus

Seed: 10

Best Mark: 55.44m

Casen Hammitt, Javelin

Seed: 13

Best Mark: 64.94m

Kelmen deCarvalho, Decathlon

Seed: 4

Points: 7,312

Harding’s women placed 53rd last season. The team’s highest finish was eighth in 2005.

Harding’s men placed 11th last season. The team’s highest finish was seventh in 2006.