FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — and cruised through their quarterfinal heats in the 100m Hurdles and both advanced to the NCAA Championships semifinals in Eugene, Ore. in two weeks, highlighting the final day at the 2024 NCAA West First Round Saturday at John McDonnell Field.
De Mello, the junior from Palhoca, Brazil, went first as she blazed to a second-place finish in her heat in a wind-aided time of 12.82 seconds. It marked a personal-best time but with a +2.4 wind, does not count toward school records. In the third heat, Caicedo, a graduate student from Guayaquil, Ecuador, recorded the top quarterfinal time Saturday of 12.