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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Cincinnati track and field program had two more student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships during the final day of action at the NCAA East Preliminary Round on Saturday in North Florida.
Rebecka Abrahamsson (Karlshamn, Sweden/Karlshamn) and Erika Hurd (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) joined the previously qualified Adrian Valles (Pamplona, Spain/Spanish National Team) and Kenya Woodall (Coatesville, Pa/Coatesville) to match the most national qualifiers in school history. Cincinnati previously sent four competitors to the NCAA Championships in both 2012 and '05.
// ABRAHAMSSON SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN QUALIFYING IN TRIPLE JUMP
Abrahamsson became the first UC female to reach the NCAA Championships in the triple jump, using a top mark of 42' 4.75" to place sixth overall. The freshman's mark also bested her own school record, previously a distance of 41' 10".
// HURD JUMPING TO EUGENE
Hurd will join the Bearcats headed to Oregon after placing ninth in the high jump with a final mark of 5' 10.5". Hurd becomes just the second female from UC to qualify in the high jump, joining Renee Hein who qualified three times from 2005-07. It caps a year in which Hurd also qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she tied for 15th overall.
// COMPLETE SATURDAY RESULTS
W-Hammer Throw Final -- 29. Monica Phillips, 178' 9"
W-Triple Jump Final -- 6. Rebecka Abrahamsson, 42' 4.75"
M-Shot Put Final -- 19. Macklin Tudor, 59' 3"
W-High Jump Final -- 9. Erika Hurd, 5' 10.5"
W-High Jump Final -- 24. Loretta Blaut, 5' 8.75"
W-100m Hurdles Final - 19. Je'Rica Sanders, 13.48
W-200m Final - 14. Kenya Woodall, 23.40
// NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2015 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships run June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon. The meet is held at historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.