May 24, 2004
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NCAA Bids On The Line For SDSU At Regionals This Weekend
* Eleven San Diego State track and field members will head to Cal State Northridge this coming weekend for the NCAA West Regional at the Matador Track Facility in Northridge, Calif. This is the second season that the NCAA is holding regionals as the means of qualifying for the national championship meet, slated for June 9-12 in Austin, Texas.
* Other regional meets are scheduled for Texas A&M (Midwest), LSU (Mid-East) and Florida (East). The west regional consists of 42 division I institutions from the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
* The top-five finishers in each individual event and the top three relays will earn automatic entries to the NCAA meet, while the remaining berths will go to the highest ranking individuals and relays not to earn automatic bids.
The fields at the NCAA meet are expected to be a minimum of 20 for each individual event and 12 teams in each relay.
* The heptathlon (women) and decathlon (men), along with the 10,000 meters are the only events that directly qualify to the NCAA meet and will not be contested at the regional level. Aztec freshman Janine Polischuk (Regina, Saskatchewan) provisionally qualified for nationals with her MWC-winning 5,210 points. Polischuk, however, will not compete, choosing to undergo season-ending knee surgery last week.
* On day one of the regional meet, competition for the women begins at 8 a.m. (field events) and 3 p.m. (track events). The women's high jump kicks off Saturday at 10:30 a.m., while the final event, the 4x400 relay, starts at 6:30 p.m.
* Admission to the regional championship is $15 (adults) and $8 (student/senior). Two-day passes are also available for $25 and $15.
And The Line-Up Is ...
* SDSU will send 11 student-athletes to the meet. The following is an alphabetical list with events:
- Erin Asay (San Diego, Calif.) - Pole vault
- Shayla Balentine (Los Osos, Calif.) - Pole vault
- Larnie Boyd (Vallejo, Calif.) - 400 M, 4x100, 4x400
- Tonette Dyer (Shreveport, La.) - 200, 400, 4x100, 4x400
- Hollann Givens (San Diego, Calif.) - 4x100/400 (alt.)
- Heather Heron (Yakima, Wash.) - 100H, 4x100, 4x400
- Candace Hill (San Diego, Calif.) - Shot put, discus
- Nicole Ireland (Las Vegas, Nev.) - 400H, 4x100, 4x400
- Marie Nilsson (Kil, Sweden) - Steeplechase
- Jamillah Titus (American Canyon, Calif.) - High jump
- Cara Walker (Huntington Beach, Calif.) - Pole vault