Thursday, May 17, 2012

Villanova Sends 19 Athletes to NCAA East Regional

Seven men and twelve women will represent Villanova at the 2012 NCAA Track and Field East Regional, to take place at the University of North Florida, May 24-26. Because of the meet schedule and her participation at the Canadian Olympic Trials, Sheila Reid will not attempt to repeat the historic 1500/5000 double she won in 2011, but will concentrate this year solely on the 5000 meters.

The Villanova athletes who will seek to springboard through the Regional and get to Nationals are listed be listed below. For the complete list of accepted entries, click HERE.

M E N

800 meters
Chris FitzSimons
Sam Ellison

1500 meters
Sam McEntee
Brian Tetreault
Rob Denault

400 meter hurdles
Nicoy Hines

Long Jump
Elbert Maxwell


W O M E N

400 meters
Christie Verdier

800 meters
Nicky Akande

1500 meters
Emily Lipari
Ariann Neutts

5000 meters
Sheila Reid (defending NCAA champion)
Bogdana Mimic

10,000 meters
Megan Venables

100 meter hurdles
Shericka Ward

High Jump
Samantha Yeats

Pole Vault
Alex Wasik

Triple Jump
Samantha Francis

Javelin
Jamie Klein

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