Likely Qualifies for Nationals, Troy Sets Three School Records

Thursday, May 23

Jacksonville, Fla.

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Troy University

NCAA East Preliminaries

Likely Qualifies for Nationals, Troy Sets Three School Records

5/25/2019 9:36:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Troy Athletics Communications

Final Results

Jacksonville, Fla. – Matthew Likely punched his name into the semifinals of the 200m race and Troy track & field set three school records in the final day of action at the NCAA East Preliminary Round held at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida.

Likely ran a personal best time of 20.49 seconds in the 200m race, finishing 11th overall which qualified him for the NCAA Division I Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas from June 5-8. Likely's time is also the second fastest in school history.

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The 4x100m women's relay team of Gabrielle Henderson, Niata Alexander, Maya Kelly and Sydney Wright ran a school record time of 45.02 seconds, which is almost .20 seconds faster than the previous school record set at the Sun Belt Conference Championships on May 12.

Jared Hayes, Matthew Likely, Quinest Bishop and Kaleb Allen-McDuffie teamed up to run the 4x100m relay and finished 13th overall in a school record time of 39.47 seconds.

In the women's 4x400m relay race, Madison Kennedy, Tiarra Bailey, Precious Ogba and Alexander finished 19th overall after entering the meet at 24, with a school record time of 3:37.56.

The 4x400m men's relay team of Jordan McCleskey, Harrison Dudley, Daquan Coleman and Likely ran the school's third fastest time in 3:08.90.

QUOTING DIRECTOR DAVIS
"We had a shaky start to the weekend, but we rebounded nicely on the second and third day. Obviously, these are the National Championships so best in the country are competing to win. It's hard to advance and we made some very good runs at advancing to the next round."

"Matthew Likely was the highlight of the weekend with his advancement to next round in the 200m. Our men's 4x1 crushed a school record they set at the Sun Belt Championships and the women did the same in the 4x1. The 4x4's on both sides ran extremely well and I am proud at the way the athletes closed the season."

Up Next
Matthew Likely will race in the NCAA Division I 200m semifinals on June 5 in Austin, Texas, at 8:44 p.m.