A-State Track and Field Qualifies Seven for NCAA West Preliminary Rounds; Eddowes Qualifies for NCAA Championships

JONESBORO, Ark. (5/22/25) – Arkansas State track and field has qualified seven athletes for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, set for May 28-31, in College Station, Texas.

One of those seven – Colby Eddowes – also secured a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the decathlon. He is among 24 entrants into the field and ranks 18^th nationally with a total of 7,681 points. Eddowes will compete in the two-day event Wednesday and Thursday, June 11-12, in Eugene, Oregon. Eddowes will be A-State’s first decathlete since 2008 to compete at the outdoor championships.

The preliminary rounds will be hosted by Texas A&M at Cushing Stadium, and a full schedule can be found at NCAA.com. Portions of each day’s events will be streamed live on ESPN+ beginning with the first track event.

Athletes who rank among the top 48 in their respective events earn bids into the prelims, with others added due to scratches among the initial top 48. The top 12 individuals in each event at both the East and West Prelims advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, held June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.

Noa Isaia will be first to contest for a bid to nationals, qualifying for the hammer throw first round with a best throw of 66.22m (217-3). The sophomore will compete at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with each of the 48 competitors getting three throws and the top 12 advancing to Eugene.

In addition to his nationals bid in the decathlon, Eddowes will also compete in preliminary-round action in the 110-meter hurdles, qualifying with his time of 13.45 set at the Sun Belt Championships. He will run in the first round at 6 p.m. Wednesday and then again Friday at 6:15 p.m. should he advance.

Bradley Jelmert will vie for his second bid to the outdoor championships, entering next week tied for fifth in the region with a height of 5.55m (18-2.5). John Carswell also qualified in the event with a mark of 5.28m (17-3.75) at the Sun Belt Championships. The pair will compete Wednesday with the event slated to start at 5:30 p.m.

Sun Belt Track Performer of the Year Jacob Pyeatt is slated to compete in the 5000 meters at 8:10 p.m. Friday, qualifying with a time of 13:35.90.

2025 SBC Indoor and Outdoor pole vault champion Carly Pujol is set to continue her record-setting season in the women’s pole vault at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The Cape Girardeau, Mo., native qualified with a program-best mark of 4.31m (14-1.75) at the conference meet.

Also competing Thursday will be Michelle Ogbemudia, who will compete at 6 p.m. in the shot put – an event in which she posted a mark of 16.40m (53-9.75) this season. She earned silver in the event at the conference championships and will be making her third trip to the West Prelims – her second in the shot put.

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