Auburn trio advance to finals at NCAA Outdoors

Eugene, Ore. - The sophomore trio of Nathon Allen, Akeem Bloomfield and Raheem Chambers all advanced to Friday's finals during Day 1 of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field Wednesday.

Chambers ran a personal-best 10.05 100m to finish fourth in his heat and fourth overall to advance to his first NCAA Outdoor finals. The Kingston, Jamaica native was 16th a year ago and was third at this year's NCAA Indoors at 60m. Chambers is Auburn's first 100m finalist outdoors since Harry Adams in 2012.

"The key is quality and our top guys were able to advance," Auburn head coach Ralph Spry said. "Raheem did a great job posting a season best in the fastest heat of the 100. If he…