NCAA Berths Up for Grabs in Sacramento

TEMPE – The Sun Devil track and field program sends 22 athletes and one relay quartet to the Californian capital this weekend, each with the goal of advancing out of the region and into the national championship meet next month.

"Here at the regional meet, your main focus is to just advance," head coach Greg Kraft said. "Twelfth place is as good as first place here because they're both moving on to the national meet."

Out of the 48 entrants in all 40 events, only the top-12 move on to Austin, Texas, to compete for a national title.

For ASU, senior All-American Jessica Barreira will line up in three of those 36 open events, competing in the javelin and long jump Thursday, and the triple jump…