JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Kent State's Jackie Leppelmeier and Jesse Oxley have qualified for the 2016 NCAA Championship as they finished in the top-twelve in their respected events at the NCAA East Regional on Thursday, May 26.
Leppelmeier earns her second consecutive bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as she took third in the hammer throw with a mark of 61.24m (200' 11").
Oxley earns his first bid to Eugene, finishing in a tie for seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 5.30m (17' 4.5").
Finishing 18th in the hammer behind Leppelmeier was Gabrielle Figueroa with a heave of 57.