The UTEP track and field team will be sending 16 student-athletes to compete in the NCAA West Preliminaries next weekend in Austin, Texas from May 25 to May 27.
Throughout the preliminaries, the top 12 athletes in each event will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, which begins June 7 and wraps up June 10.
Fresh off the first ever outdoor title in program history, Lilian Koech (2:04.68) and Linda Cheruiyot (4:23.60) will represent UTEP’s women’s track and field in the 800-meter race. Koech and Cheruiyot’s event will kick off Thursday at 7:10 p.