LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of South Alabama track and field student-athletes Kaitlyn Beans and Lezyon Legarde closed out the Jaguars' competition in the NCAA East Region Preliminaries held at the Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Facility on Saturday.
After advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship each of the last three seasons in the women's triple jump, Beans missed the qualifying cut by three places, coming in 15th with a 12.89m mark.
"Kaitlyn was so close," track and field head coach Paul Brueske said. "She had an outstanding career here at South Alabama.