LAWRENCE, Kan. (5/28/16) – Three Arkansas State student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Erin Farmer joined the trio with a fourth place finish in the shot put on Saturday at the NCAA West Region Preliminaries at Rock Chalk Park.
Farmer posted a throw of 17.03m (55-10.50) on her second attempt and clinched her ticket to Eugene with the throw. Farmer owns the A-State and Sun Belt record in the event with a throw of 17.80m (58-08.75) at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships.
Knott, who punched her ticket to Eugene in the 100-meter dash on Friday, narrowly missed out on a second event.