MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Eight Blue Raiders qualified for the 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Regional, as announced by the NCAA coordinator on Thursday afternoon. The Regional will be hosted at the USF Track and Field stadium in Tampa, Fla. from Thursday, May 24 to Saturday, May 26.
The Blue Raider men will be represented by four individual competitors, as well as, a relay team. While the women's team qualified for four individual races and two relay events.
Geoffry Cheruiyot will represent the Blue Raider men in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while Jacob Patten and Isaac Odugbesan will take the field to compete in their respective events at the East Regional.