These five Nevada track and field stars will compete for a spot at the NCAA Championships

Five Nevada track and field stars will compete in this week’s NCAA West Preliminary starting Thursday at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas. The selections for the preliminaries are based on the top-48 athletes in each individual event and the top-24 relay teams. The top-12 qualifiers from each Preliminary advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., at Hayward Field from June 11-14. The Wolf Pack’s qualified preliminary athletes include Lilly Urban and Isabelle Steerman in javelin; Meekness Dogonayro in triple jump; Magdalene George in the 100- and 200-meter sprint; and Annalies Kalma in the 400. Below is a summation of each athlete and when they will compete at the West Preliminary.

Magdalene George (100, 200 meters)

A sophomore, George returns to the NCAA West Preliminary, qualifying in two events after earning silver medals in the 100 and 200 at the Mountain West Championships. George is the school record holder in the 200 and second all-time in the 100. She is 32nd in the West Preliminary in the 100 (11.34 seconds) and 27th in the 200 (23.12 seconds). She competes in the first round of the 100 at 5 p.m. Thursday and 200 at 6:45 p.m. that day. Quarterfinals are 4:35 p.m. (100) and 5:50 p.m. (200) Saturday.

Annalies Kalma (400 meters)

Kalma, a junior, set the school record in the 400 at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 52.71 seconds. She won bronze in that event at the MW Championship. She was part of Nevada’s 4×400 relay team that reached the NCAA Championships two seasons ago and looks to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career as an individual. Kalma ranks 28th in the West Preliminary in the 400 based on her time at the LSU Alumni Gold. She competes in the first round at 5:25 p.m. Thursday. Quarterfinals are 4:50 p.m. Saturday.

Isabelle Steerman (Javelin)

Steerman, a senior from Oregon, will make her first appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary. Her season best throw of 46.42 meters came at the Fresno State Invitational and qualified her for the NCAA’s first round. She is coming off a near podium at the MW Championship, placing fourth by less than 20 centimeters. She ranks 49th in the NCAA West Preliminary with that 46.42-meter throw. She competes in first round at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Lilly Urban (Javelin)

Urban is Nevada’s top nationally ranked athlete in the outdoor this season, sitting seventh in the NCAA West Preliminary and ninth in the nation in the javelin throw at a school-record 56.89 meters, which came during a gold-medal performance at the MW Championship. A sophomore from Germany, Urban broke the school record four times this season and will look to break it once again at the NCAA West Preliminary where she will need a top-12 mark to advance to nationals. She competes in the first round at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Meekness Dogonyaro (Triple jump)

A sophomore from Nigeria, Dogonyaro competed last year as a rookie at the NCAA West Preliminary where she finished 26th with a jump of 12.89 meters. She is 15th in the West Preliminary and 21st in the nation with a jump this season of 13.27 at the Stanford Invitational. Dogonyaro won silver at the MW Championship and is second in school history in the triple jump, just eight centimeters shy of the record. She will compete in the first round at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

The NCAA West Preliminary will be live streamed on the ESPN+ with live results available at Flash Results.