Three Programs Set For Cross-Country Trip To Compete In 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Three Programs Set For Cross-Country Trip To Compete In 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

6/2/2025 1:00:00 PM

Ben Kane

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (June, 2, 2025) – Seven individuals alongside two relay teams earned a spot in the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships following strong performances at the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries last week.
 

Three individuals qualified for the women, while four men made it as well as two relay teams. North Carolina A&T will have the most athletes in Oregon with two women and three men on top of two men’s relay teams. Monmouth and Northeastern will each send a student-athlete across the country to represent their programs in Oregon. 
 

For the women, A&T’s Spirit Morgan and Olivia Dowd will represent the Aggies while Monmouth’s Yasmeen Tinsley is the sole Hawk heading to Eugene.
 
Morgan earned her spot in the high jump with a 1.82m (5’ 11.5”) mark to qualify with the sixth-best performance in the region.
 
Dowd will compete in the triple jump thanks to a personal-best 13.22m (43’ 4.5”) leap to take the fifth-best qualifying mark in the East Region.
 
Tinsley advanced in the 400m hurdles, finishing fourth in her heat but qualified as one of the next three fastest times in the 24-competitor quarterfinal with a 56.97 time.
 

On the men’s side, A&T is well represented with Xavier Partee, Isaiah Taylor, Xzaviah Taylor, and two relay teams making it alongside Northeastern’s Ethan Exilhomme.
 
Partee built on his strong season, posting a 15.97m (52’ 4.75”) leap in the triple jump to take eighth in the qualifying round and punch his ticket to the national championship.
 
Isaiah Taylor posted a personal-record time of 13.458 in the 110m hurdles for the fifth fastest time and second in his heat to qualify. He also clocked a career-best 50.25 time in the 400m hurdles to earn a spot in the national championship.
 
Xzaviah Taylor produced the fastest time in the qualifying rounds by running a program-record 49.18 time in the 400m hurdles. 
 
Consisting of both Taylor brothers alongside Jaeden Gumbs and Brandon Nya, the Aggies qualified in the 4x100m relay with a 39.09 time to take eighth in the qualifying round.
 
Isaiah Taylor also helped the Aggies qualify for the 4x400m relay alongside Dyimond Walker, Caleb Gurnell, and Elijah Thomas with a 3:03.56 pace.
 
Exilhomme heads back to the national championship for the first time since 2023, after running a personal best and school record 13.45 time in the 110m hurdles.
 
For the 16th time, the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Held simultaneously, the men’s and women’s events will run from Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14.
 
Women’s 400m Hurdles: Yasmeen Tinsley, Monmouth – 11th (56.97)

Women’ High Jump: Spirit Morgan, N.C. A&T – 6th (1.82m / 5’ 11.5”)

Women’s Triple Jump: Olivia Dowd, N.C. A&T – 5th  (13.22m / 43’ 4.5”)

Men’s Triple Jump: Xavier Partee, N.C. A&T – 8th (15.97m / 52’ 4.75”)
Men’s 110m Hurdles:  Ethan Exilhomme, Northeastern – 4th (13.45)

           Isaiah Taylor, N.C. A&T – 6th (13.46) 

Men’s 400m Hurdles: Xzaviah Taylor, N.C. A&T – 1st (49.18)

Men’s 400m Hurdles: Isaiah Taylor, N.C. A&T – 12th (50.25)

Men’s 4x100m: N.C. A&T – 7th (39.09)

Men’s 4x400m: N.C. A&T – 7th (3:03.56)