When the NCAA Track and Field Regionals begin Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla., 31 Spartans will be in attendance.
The MSU Track and Field team will look to build on a positive performance at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in which it took home seven medals.
Among the 17 women from MSU competing at the University of North Florida’s campus, Beth Rohl enters the competition with the highest seed as the No. 4-seed in the hammer throw. Other notable seedings include Jaelynn Pryor, the No. 6-seed in the 400 meter hurdles, the No. 8-seeded 4×400 meter relay team of Pryor, Alysson Bodenbach, Jellisa Westney and Alicia Evans.
Becca Buchholtz is also a No. 8-seed in the high jump.
For the men, the highest seed of the 14 competitors goes to Lonnie Pugh, a No. 3 in the discus throw.
Other than Pugh, no male Spartans are seeded in the top-10 of their event, however, there are 8 competitors seeded between 30 and 11.
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