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NCAA East Preliminaries
Harley Competes At NCAA Preliminaries
5/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
May 24, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Junior Rachel Harley just missed qualifying for the 400-meter hurdle quarterfinals Thursday at the NCAA Track and Field East Preliminaries hosted by North Florida.
Harley finished fifth in her heat and 29th overall with a time of 1:00.04 – just two places out of qualifying.
Senior Kristina Vaughn, junior Sarah Hudak and sophomore Angel Watson will compete on Friday and Saturday.
Vaughn qualified as the No. 41 seed for the 3,000-meter steeplechase prelims with her UAB school record time of 10:30.25 at the Stanford Invitational (4/6). The time is tops in C-USA this season.
The Madison, Ala. native recently took first in the event at the C-USA Outdoor Championship (5/12) to earn first-team honors. Vaughn will run in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Hudak also clocked her qualifying time at the Stanford Invite. She raced to a time of 16:26.41 in the 5,000 meters, earning the 26th seed in the preliminaries. Her time at the Stanford Invite places her second on UAB’s all-time list.
Hudak will compete in the 5,000 meters on Saturday at 8:45 p.m. ET.
Watson logged a 23.85 in the 200 meters at the War Eagle Invite (4/21) to earn the No. 39 seed in the NCAA prelims. She placed sixth at the War Eagle meet and is now second on UAB’s all-time performance list.
The Mobile, Ala. native will compete on Friday at 8:25 p.m. ET.
