Preddie, O'Riley and Hayes Qualify for Nationals

Jump Squad Qualifiers & Coach KCOLLEGE STATION, Texas – On the final day of the men's competition at the NCAA First Round, three Bobcats — Chris Preddie (triple jump), Kason O'Riley (high jump) and Aiden Hayes (high jump) — punched their tickets to the NCAA Track and Field National Championships.

Nationals Bound For the second time this meet, Preddie punched his ticket to the national meet in a field event. After qualifying in the long jump on Wednesday, he doubled back to qualify in the triple jump with a mark of 15.93m.

Preddie became the first male athlete to qualify for two events at the national meet since Brian Veal (long jump and triple jump) in 2005. Veal and Preddie are the only two…