SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Washington State 1500m runners Chandler Teigen and Kaili Keefe were the final Cougars to advance to the NCAA Championships during the third and last day of the NCAA West Region Preliminary Rounds at Hornet Stadium on the Sacramento State campus. Of the 48 competitors in each event, the top 12 advance to the NCAA Championships, June 6-9, at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Teigen, a junior from Anatone, Wash., finished fourth in the second heat of the men's 1500m quarterfinals where the top five in each heat automatically advanced to the semifinals in Eugene.