The University of Cincinnati has never put so many athletes at one time aboard a plane to Oregon, where the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held Wednesday through Saturday.
Eight Bearcats (six women, two men) will compete at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene. Last year, UC sent six athletes to the NCAAs.
UC women's qualifiers are junior Loretta Blaut (Seton HS, Cincinnati) in the high jump, junior Annette Echikunwoke (Pickerington, Ohio) in the shot put, and the 4x400 relay team of sophomore Haisha Bisiolu (Union, New Jersey), freshman Tiona Lattimore (Hughes HS, Cincinnati), sophomore Deanna Gesicki (Independence, Ohio) and junior Bryana Robinson (Atlanta).