North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Sends Eight to USA Track & Field Championships
6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM | Track
June 18, 2013
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RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State will send eight student-athletes to Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2013 USA Track & Field Championships, which will be held June 19-23 at Drake University.
Seniors Ryan Hill (1,500-meter run), Brian Himelright (steeplechase) and Kris Kornegay-Gober (high jump) will line up in the championship meet with hopes of earning spots to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Championships, which will take place August 10-18 in Moscow, Russia.
The four additional student-athletes representing NC State will compete in the junior championships. That list includes freshmen Alexis Perry (100-meter hurdles), Ariah Graham (400-meter dash), Megan Moye (1,500-meter run) and Craig Engels (1,500-meter run). The top finishers in the junior championships will advance to Medellin, Colombia to compete August 23-25.
Dates and projected start times for NC State’s entrees are as follows:
Thursday, June 20
12:30 p.m. (ET) –>Alexis Perry – junior women’s 100-meter hurdles prelims
2:40 p.m. (ET) –>Alexis Perry – junior women’s 100-meter hurdles final
6 p.m. (ET) –>Ryan Hill – men’s 1,500-meter prelims
Friday, June 21
2:10 p.m. (ET) –>Megan Moye – junior women’s 1,500-meter prelims
2:30 p.m. (ET) –>Craig Engels – junior men’s 1,500-meter prelims
2:55 p.m. (ET) –>Ariah Graham – junior women’s 400-meter dash prelims
5:10 p.m. (ET) – Brian Himelright – men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase prelims
Saturday, June 22
2:46 p.m. (ET) –>Ariah Graham – junior women’s 400-meter dash final
3:02 p.m. (ET) –>Megan Moye – junior women’s 1,500-meter final
3:14 p.m. (ET) –>Craig Engels – junior men’s 1,500-meter final
6:40 p.m. (ET) –>Ryan Hill – men’s 1,500-meter final
Sunday, June 23
2:45 p.m. (ET) –>Kris Kornegay-Gober – men’s high jump
4:55 p.m. (ET) – Brian Himelright – men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final
