The Georgia track and field teams traveled to Bloomington, Ind., this week in preparation for the NCAA East Prelims, which will run at the Indiana University facility from Wednesday through Saturday.
The second-ranked Georgia men and the 22nd-ranked Lady Bulldogs took a combined 22 team members to compete and have a total of 26 entries for the meet. There are 48 competitors from the East Region in every individual event and 24 in the relays.
The NCAA West Prelims will be running simultaneously in Fayetteville, Ark., with the same format. The top 12 in each event from both regions will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore, on June 8-11.
Two Bulldogs ranked in the nation’s top four in the multi-events earned the right to skip the Prelims by automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships (senior Johannes Erm, junior Kyle Garland – decathlon).
When Do The Bulldogs Start Competition? Similar to the NCAA Championships, this meet is set up where one gender competes one day and then the other gender competes the next, and that pattern is followed all four days. Senior Alencar Pereira will be the first Bulldog competitor as he will be in the men’s hammer field at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Senior Sam Bowers is slated to start Georgia’s competition on the track off at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the 1500 meters that first day.
The women’s first day will be on Thursday. Juniors Ana da Silva and Elsie Igberaese and sophomore Charlotte Cattermole-Williams will be in the hammer field at 10 a.m. while senior Imani Carothers and freshman Eddiyah Frye are slated to start in the 100m hurdles’ opening round at 6 p.m.
Temperatures are expected to range from the mid 50s to low 80s with a threat of rain all four days. Thursday and Friday are currently the highest percentage chance for there to be thunderstorms in the area.
Live Results: For live results between Wednesday and Saturday, please click on: http://gado.gs/9dd
Live Stream: The NCAA East Prelims will be live streamed all four days.
Here is the link for the meet:
http://gado.gs/9dc
Coach Caryl’s Comments: “The first round of the postseason is behind us following the ultra-competitive SEC meet and competition like that only helps you get sharper,” said head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert. “Difference is that only the top 12 go to Eugene so a bad day can end your season. But I am confident that our training over the last 10 months and preparation all season has put us in position to show up when we need to and show that we are one of the top programs in the country. Looking forward to seeing our upperclassmen provide leadership and our younger competitors gain valuable experience and hopefully punch their tickets to the Championships as well. Go Dawgs!”
What Bulldogs Are Competing: The Lady Bulldogs have qualified the following competitors: graduate transfers Jamari Drake, Julia Harisay, seniors Anna Marian Block, Carothers, Titiana Marsh, juniors Shelby Tyler, da Silva, Igberaese, sophomore Cattermole-Smith and freshmen Frye and Elena Kulichenko.
The Bulldog men traveled this group: seniors Delano Dunkley, Elija Godwin, Clay Pender, Bowers, Darius Carbin, Pereira, Ahmed Magour, juniors Matthew Boling, Caleb Cavanaugh, Gavin Beverage and freshman Bryce McCray.
Déjà vu Dawg: For the second time in his career, Boling was voted as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year earlier this season. After earning the 2021 indoor honor, the Houston, Texas, native also garnered the 2022 outdoor honor. Boling has a 3.4 GPA in Marketing and was a CoSIDA Academic Third Team All-American last year as a sophomore.
Graduates Aiming To Extend Season: Eight Bulldogs who will be competing at the NCAA East Prelims or the final round of the NCAA Championships officially earned a degree from UGA during the second weekend of May, which happened to be when most of them were competing at the SEC Championships, or have already graduated.
Block (1500m; Journalism), Carothers (100m hurdles – Sociology & Criminal Justice), Dunkley (100m – Communication Studies), Erm (decathlon – Mechanical Engineering), Garland (decathlon – Communication Studies), Marsh (triple jump/long jump – Psychology), Pender (800m – Finance) and Tyler (high jump - International Business & Economics) have all earned an undergraduate or graduate degree and are slated to line up in Bloomington or have already earned their spot in Eugene.
FLASHBACK: 2019 NCAA East Prelims: With the eventual NCAA decathlon champion Karel Tilga and Asya Reynolds, who was seventh in the heptathlon at Nationals, already qualified in the combined events in 2021, Georgia left last year’s NCAA East Prelims with 17 additional qualifiers.
Here were the qualifiers out of the 2021 NCAA East Prelims:
A Glimpse From The Dogs’ Last Action: The Bulldogs started the postseason at the SEC Championships in Oxford, Miss., on May 12-14 during a meet that featured a five-hour weather delay on day two.
Here is a breakdown of Georgia’s scorers from the Ole Miss campus:
The second-ranked Georgia men and the 22nd-ranked Lady Bulldogs took a combined 22 team members to compete and have a total of 26 entries for the meet. There are 48 competitors from the East Region in every individual event and 24 in the relays.
The NCAA West Prelims will be running simultaneously in Fayetteville, Ark., with the same format. The top 12 in each event from both regions will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore, on June 8-11.
Two Bulldogs ranked in the nation’s top four in the multi-events earned the right to skip the Prelims by automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships (senior Johannes Erm, junior Kyle Garland – decathlon).
- Garland set the collegiate record (8,720 points) en route to a silver medal at the USATF Combined Events Championships during the first weekend of May.
- Erm completed his first decathlon of the year at the Southeastern Conference Championships two weeks ago and won by more than 400 points.
When Do The Bulldogs Start Competition? Similar to the NCAA Championships, this meet is set up where one gender competes one day and then the other gender competes the next, and that pattern is followed all four days. Senior Alencar Pereira will be the first Bulldog competitor as he will be in the men’s hammer field at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Senior Sam Bowers is slated to start Georgia’s competition on the track off at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the 1500 meters that first day.
The women’s first day will be on Thursday. Juniors Ana da Silva and Elsie Igberaese and sophomore Charlotte Cattermole-Williams will be in the hammer field at 10 a.m. while senior Imani Carothers and freshman Eddiyah Frye are slated to start in the 100m hurdles’ opening round at 6 p.m.
Temperatures are expected to range from the mid 50s to low 80s with a threat of rain all four days. Thursday and Friday are currently the highest percentage chance for there to be thunderstorms in the area.
Live Results: For live results between Wednesday and Saturday, please click on: http://gado.gs/9dd
Live Stream: The NCAA East Prelims will be live streamed all four days.
Here is the link for the meet:
http://gado.gs/9dc
Coach Caryl’s Comments: “The first round of the postseason is behind us following the ultra-competitive SEC meet and competition like that only helps you get sharper,” said head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert. “Difference is that only the top 12 go to Eugene so a bad day can end your season. But I am confident that our training over the last 10 months and preparation all season has put us in position to show up when we need to and show that we are one of the top programs in the country. Looking forward to seeing our upperclassmen provide leadership and our younger competitors gain valuable experience and hopefully punch their tickets to the Championships as well. Go Dawgs!”
What Bulldogs Are Competing: The Lady Bulldogs have qualified the following competitors: graduate transfers Jamari Drake, Julia Harisay, seniors Anna Marian Block, Carothers, Titiana Marsh, juniors Shelby Tyler, da Silva, Igberaese, sophomore Cattermole-Smith and freshmen Frye and Elena Kulichenko.
The Bulldog men traveled this group: seniors Delano Dunkley, Elija Godwin, Clay Pender, Bowers, Darius Carbin, Pereira, Ahmed Magour, juniors Matthew Boling, Caleb Cavanaugh, Gavin Beverage and freshman Bryce McCray.
Déjà vu Dawg: For the second time in his career, Boling was voted as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year earlier this season. After earning the 2021 indoor honor, the Houston, Texas, native also garnered the 2022 outdoor honor. Boling has a 3.4 GPA in Marketing and was a CoSIDA Academic Third Team All-American last year as a sophomore.
Graduates Aiming To Extend Season: Eight Bulldogs who will be competing at the NCAA East Prelims or the final round of the NCAA Championships officially earned a degree from UGA during the second weekend of May, which happened to be when most of them were competing at the SEC Championships, or have already graduated.
Block (1500m; Journalism), Carothers (100m hurdles – Sociology & Criminal Justice), Dunkley (100m – Communication Studies), Erm (decathlon – Mechanical Engineering), Garland (decathlon – Communication Studies), Marsh (triple jump/long jump – Psychology), Pender (800m – Finance) and Tyler (high jump - International Business & Economics) have all earned an undergraduate or graduate degree and are slated to line up in Bloomington or have already earned their spot in Eugene.
FLASHBACK: 2019 NCAA East Prelims: With the eventual NCAA decathlon champion Karel Tilga and Asya Reynolds, who was seventh in the heptathlon at Nationals, already qualified in the combined events in 2021, Georgia left last year’s NCAA East Prelims with 17 additional qualifiers.
Here were the qualifiers out of the 2021 NCAA East Prelims:
- Kayla Smith tied for the top mark with the cleanest slate after reaching 4.27 meters/14 feet in the pole vault
- Marie-Therese Obst had the second-longest throw of the meet in the javelin (54.56/179-0) before winning a crown in the event two weeks later
- The Bulldog 4x100m relay team (Arian Smith, Godwin, Dunkley, Boling) had a season best 38.57 to take second
- Jasmine Moore (6.63/21-9) and Marsh (6.58/21-7.25) qualified second and fourth in the long jump
- Moore then had the third-best triple jump (13.65/44-9.50) and Marsh the eighth-best mark (13.24/43-5.25) to add a second event each to their tally
- Pereira had a personal record of 67.84/222-7 to take fourth in the hammer throw
- Boling finished his 200m in 20.16 to comfortably become the fourth qualifier
- Godwin crossed the line in fifth during the 400m quarterfinal to advance with a 45.41
- Tyler cleared 1.82/5-11.50 for sixth and Anna Hall went over the high jump bar at 1.77/5-9.75 to tie for 10th
- Amber Tanner completed her 800m laps in 2:01.66 to take seventh in the quarterfinal round
- Jessica Drop made her final push to Nationals thanks to a 16:00.03 for ninth in the 5000m
- Boling was ninth in the 100m (10.09) while Arian Smith was 11th (10.10) to both punch their tickets in the event
- Cavanaugh grabbed the second to last qualifying spot in the 400m hurdles with a then personal best 50.88 to take 11th
A Glimpse From The Dogs’ Last Action: The Bulldogs started the postseason at the SEC Championships in Oxford, Miss., on May 12-14 during a meet that featured a five-hour weather delay on day two.
Here is a breakdown of Georgia’s scorers from the Ole Miss campus:
- Carbin continued his string of impressive high jump performances with a 2.24/7-4.25 clearance to capture his first SEC outdoor title
- Da Silva broke her own school record in the shot put to become the No. 19 all-time collegiate performer after her sixth and final throw measured 18.46/60-6.75
- Boling won his first ever SEC outdoor crown after registering a 20.01 in the 200m and was fourth in the 100m after crossing the line in 10.13
- Erm collected nearly a 500-point victory in the decathlon after completing his first 10 events of the year with 8,132 points
- Boling’s relay mate Godwin shot to silver in the 400m thanks to his season best 44.81
- Pereira watched his second-longest hammer throw of the year travel 70.28/230-7 for silver medal honors
- Magour turned his first appearance at the SEC meet into a runner-up performance in the javelin after sending his spear a UGA best 74.40/244-1
- Pender ran the race of his career thus far in the 800m with a 1:46.71 to earn a spot on the podium taking third
- Marsh made the podium for the first time in the triple jump after earning bronze with a mark of 13.60/44-7.50 and complemented that performance with an eight-place finish in the long jump (6.24/20-5.75)
- Kulichenko cleared 1.78/5-10 on her first try to tie for fourth in the high jump while Tyler surpassed the same height on her second try for sixth place
- Cavanaugh broke 50 seconds for the first time (49.75) to take fourth in the 400m hurdles while McCray went better than 51 seconds for the second time (50.96) to earn sixth place
- Harisay posted a mammoth career best in the javelin (52.03/170-8) just before a weather delay to lock down fourth place
- Igberaese popped a personal record of 61.18/200-9 on her third attempt in the hammer to take fifth place
- Bowers battled for an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m after completing his 25 laps in 30:16.85
- Beverage snuck into the scoring column in the discus after letting go of a personal best (53.23/174-8)
