LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Memphis' Michael Criticos and Ashley Pryke made it two tickets punched for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in first-day action at the NCAA East Preliminaries Thursday. Criticos and Pryke earned spots in the men's and women's javelin, respectively, for the national meet in Eugene, Ore., June 7-10.
Criticos placed fifth with a 222-11 (67.96m) throw in the men's javelin, and Pryke was eighth in the women's javelin with a 163-2 (49.73m) mark. The top-12 finishers in each event move on to the NCAA Championships.
It is Criticos' second trip to the NCAA Championships, as he advanced to the national meet in 2015.