Saturday, May 27
Jacksonville, Fla.
Michigan State University
at
NCAA East Preliminary
Photo by: Angela Fieno
Freeland Punches Ticket to Austin on Final Day of NCAA East Preliminary
5/27/2023 8:25:00 PM | Track and Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Michigan State track & field senior Lauren Freeland earned her first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1500m to wrap up the final day of action at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Florida, Saturday evening.
Freeland set a personal best of 4:14.09 to finish seventh in her heat and snag the final time-qualifying spot in the event. She will make her first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance in two weeks in Austin, Texas. Freeland is the first Spartan to qualify to the NCAA Championships in the event since Sarah Anderson in 2021.
Senior Katie Osika concluded her stellar year with a 20th-place, 4:21.42 finish in the 1500m, while sophomore Kate Stewart-Barnett finished 18th in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:19.19.
With Freeland's qualification, a total of six Spartans have punched tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas' Mike A. Myers Stadium from June 7-10. Two Spartans will make first-time appearances - Freeland (1500m) and Opal Jackson (shot put) - while four - Ryan Talbot (decathlon), Heath Baldwin (decathlon), Trevor Stephenson (pole vault) and John Petruno (1500m) - will return to the NCAA Championships.
ESPNU and ESPN2 will broacast the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Freeland set a personal best of 4:14.09 to finish seventh in her heat and snag the final time-qualifying spot in the event. She will make her first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance in two weeks in Austin, Texas. Freeland is the first Spartan to qualify to the NCAA Championships in the event since Sarah Anderson in 2021.
Senior Katie Osika concluded her stellar year with a 20th-place, 4:21.42 finish in the 1500m, while sophomore Kate Stewart-Barnett finished 18th in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:19.19.
With Freeland's qualification, a total of six Spartans have punched tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas' Mike A. Myers Stadium from June 7-10. Two Spartans will make first-time appearances - Freeland (1500m) and Opal Jackson (shot put) - while four - Ryan Talbot (decathlon), Heath Baldwin (decathlon), Trevor Stephenson (pole vault) and John Petruno (1500m) - will return to the NCAA Championships.
ESPNU and ESPN2 will broacast the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
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