NEW YORK, N.Y. – The road to Eugene, Oregon runs through both Jacksonville, Fla., and Lawrence, Kansas this weekend as 51 competitors from all eight BIG EAST schools who have track & field will compete in the NCAA Preliminaries for the Track & Field Championship starting Thursday, May 26 through Saturday, May 29.
In the East Region Preliminaries, which will take place at Hodges Stadium and hosted by University of North Florida and the City of Jacksonville, the BIG EAST boasts 44 participants from six member schools. Georgetown has the most with 18 total student-athletes, followed by nine from Providence, eight from Villanova, five from St.