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Panthers Advance Three to NCAA East Preliminaries

MIAMI (May 20, 2022) - The FIU Panthers will be represented by three-student athletes at the NCAA East Preliminaries, as the Panthers will look to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the seventh consecutive season.

Rhema Otabor (javelin), Filippa Miller (pole vault), and Queshun Watson-Riggins (long jump) will comepte for FIU at the prelims, hosted by Indiana University from May 25-28. The top 12 in each event will advance to Eugene.

Otabor currently holds the third best mark in the east, and earlier this season set the FIU school record with a mark of 56.