Sophomore jumper Samory Fraga, senior thrower Reggie Jagers III, freshman decathlete TJ Lawson, sophomore jumper AJ Stevens and 5th year thrower Danniel Thomas will represent Kent State at the NCAA Track and Field Championships starting Wed., June 7, at University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
The five athletes are all that remain of the original 15 Flashes sent to the NCAA East Regional Preliminary meet May 25-27.
Fraga qualified for the national championships by earning an 11th place regional finish in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet 7 inches. Fraga finished third in this year’s Mid-American Conference Championship and holds the third-best outdoor long jump at Kent State with a mark of 25 feet 1/2 inch.