YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University track & field program hopes to make a splash on the first day of the NCAA East Preliminary Championships on Wednesday, May 26. The regional meet, hosted by the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
The opening day of the four-day meet will see only the men competing, starting with the hammer throw. EMU has four throwers ready to prove themselves against the best in the east: sophomore Kappa Bedoui (Doha, Qatar-Aspire Academy), senior Newlyn Stephenson (Gary, Ind.