Three More Tar Heels Earn Tickets to Oregon

Thursday, May 26

Bloomington, Ind.

All Day

North Carolina

NCAA East Preliminary Round

Jill Shippee earned a spot at the NCAA Championships with a school-record hammer throw.

May 26, 2022 | Track & Field

Schedule and Results

BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Three more Tar Heels earned tickets to the NCAA Track & Field Championships with standout performances on Thursday as the North Carolina track and field team continued competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, hosted by Indiana. On the first day of women's competition in the four-day event, Jill Shippee and Madison Wiltrout both picked up event wins and Anna Keefer also earned a ticket to the finals.

Competing at the Hoosiers' Haught Track & Field Complex , Shippee qualified in a big way, resetting the school and Atlantic Coast Conference records she already owned in the hammer throw. Her distance of 70.07m (229-10) is tied for 17^th longest on the NCAA's all-time list.

Wiltrout also qualified with a W, besting the field in the women's javelin with a distance of 182-11 (55.75m).

In the women's long jump, Anna Keefer placed ninth in a field of 48 with a distance of 20-4.5. The spot was enough to earn her a ticket to Eugene, with the top 12 finishers advancing. The long jump wasn't even Keefer's headline of the day, though – she set a school record in the 200 meters with a time of 22.83 to advance to Saturday's quarterfinals in that event.

In the women's 1,500 meters, both Carlee Hansen (seventh in 4:14.58) and Taryn Parks (19^th in 4:17.23) registered PRs and advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals.

Action continues on Friday, with the first UNC competitor Jesse Hunt in the men's 1,500M quarterfinals at 5:15 p.m. To see the full schedule and follow live results, click here.

Day 2 UNC results
Women's Hammer
1. Jill Shippee, 70.07m (229-10) – Qualified for NCAA Championships

Women's Pole Vault
30. Alex Potts, 3.96m (12-11.75)

Women's Long Jump
9. Anna Keefer, 6.21m (20-4.5) – Qualified for NCAA Championships

Women's 1,500M
7. Carlee Hansen, 4:14.58– Qualified for Saturday's quarterfinals
19. Taryn Parks, 4:17.23 – Qualified for Saturday's quarterfinals
28. Brynn Brown, 4:18.85

Women's Javelin
1. Madison Wiltrout, 55.75m (182-11) – Qualified for NCAA Championships

Women's 400M
39. Brianna White, 54.36

Women's 200M
9. Anna Keefer, 22.83 – Qualified for Saturday's quarterfinals
43. Lauryn Hall, 24.00

Day 1 UNC Results
Men's Hammer
3. James Joycey, 69.29m (227-4) – Qualified for NCAA Championships
16. Troy Yearwood, 65.97m (216-5)

Men's Javelin
16. Roman Mitchell, 66.84m (219-3)
36. Tom Watson, 61.95m (203-3)

Men's Pole Vault
Ben Finger, NH

Men's 1,500M
29. Jesse Hunt, 3:48.56 -- Qualified for quarterfinals on Friday

Men's 400M
7. Isaiah Palmer, 46.05 -- Qualified for quarterfinals on Friday

Men's 800M
42. Kyle Reinheimer, 1:52.12

Men's 400M Hurdles
28. Matthew Harris, 51.81
32. Craig Saddler II, 52.21

Men's 10,000M
27. Jack Aho, 29:58.60
40. Patrick Anderson, 30:45.79