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24 Athletes, 1 Relay Team Heading To NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

NCAA East Regional Results
 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Ivy League will be represented by 24 athletes and one relay at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, after three days of competition at the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
The 24 total individuals competing is the most since 2014, when the League sent 30 to NCAAs. Penn led the way with eight total qualifiers, as well as the women’s 4x400m relay team. The Quakers’ performance at the regionals was highlighted by Nia Akins (800m) and Anna Peyton Malizia (high jump), who placed first in their respective events.
 
Princeton’s Ed Trippas placed first in the men’s steeplechase to lead the Tigers’ contingent; he will be joined at NCAAs by Joseph Daniels (men’s 110mH) and Obiageri Amaechi (women’s discus).
 
Harvard will send five total athletes to NCAAs, including four on the men’s side, its highest total since seven qualified in 1964. Myles Marshall placed first in the men’s 800m to lead the Crimson. Marshall will be joined in the 800m at NCAAs by Columbia’s Alek Sauer, who placed sixth, and will be joined by three other Lions. Brown and Dartmouth will be represented in the multi events by Carly Paul (heptathlon) and Benjamin Ose (decathlon), respectively).
 
The 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will take place June 5-8 in Austin, Texas.
 
IVIES ADVANCING TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women
Brown
Carly Paul (heptathlon)
 
Columbia
Allie Hays (5K, 10th overall)
*Nell Crosby (Steeplechase, 11th overall
*-graduate year at NC State
 
Cornell
Briar Brumley (Steeplechase, 8th overall)
Beatrice Juskeviciute (heptathlon)
 
Harvard
Anna Juul (1,500m, 9th overall)
 
Penn
4x400m relay team (5th overall)
Ucheche Nwogwugwu (400m, 11th overall)
Nia Akins (800m, 1st overall) 2:03.44
Anna Peyton Malizia (high jump, t-1st overall)
Mayyi Mahama (hammer throw, 8th overall)
Ashley Anumba (discus, 12th overall)
 
Princeton
Obiageri Amaechi (discus, 7th overall)
 
 
Men
Columbia
Alek Sauer (800m, 6th overall)
Brian Zabilski (5K, 12th overall)
Daniel Igbokwe (triple jump, 11th overall)
 
Dartmouth
Benjamin Ose (decathlon)
 
Harvard
Myles Marshall (800m, 1st overall)
Will Battershill (steeplechase, 10th overall)
Erick Duffy (pole vault, 9th overall)
Samuel Welsh (discus, 3rd overall)
 
Penn
Colin Daily (steeplechase, 11th overall)
Sean Clarke (pole vault, 11th overall)
Marc Minichello (javelin, 8th overall)
 
Princeton
Joseph Daniels (110mH, 11th overall)
Ed Trippas (steeplechase, 1st overall) 8:33.90