Day two of the NCAA East Preliminaries saw several highlights for Western Kentucky's track and field squad, including Kymari Gates’ qualification to the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter run as well as four personal-best performances.
The Hilltoppers also saw Martin Owusu-Antwi advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals in the 200-meter dash.
“You must survive and advance in this very unforgiving environment,” WKU coach Erik Jenkins said in a news release. “The times we are seeing posted in this meet are world class. Our student-athletes have advanced with quality efforts resulting in automatic NCAA advancements, school records and one of the best performances in school history.