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Track & Field Set for NCAA Championship West Preliminary Meet Beginning Wednesday

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Santa Clara track & field begins postseason competition on Wednesday at the NCAA Championship West Region Preliminary Meet. Alex Scales gets the Broncos started in the men's 800-meter first round at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas. The event begins at 5:50 p.m. PT.

Scales, who will make his postseason debut, is slated to race in the fourth of six heats. The top three runners from each eight-man heat and the next six best times advance to the quarterfinals on Friday.

The San José native Scales qualified with a 1:49.