JMU Track and Field Trio Set for NCAA East Preliminary Meet

JMU Track and Field Trio Set for NCAA East Preliminary Meet

Courtesy:JMUSports.com Release:05/25/2011

Courtesy: Cathy Kushner/JMU Athletics Communications

HARRISONBURG, Va., May 25, 2011 - James Madison will be represented by three student-athletes at the 2011 NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary at Indiana's Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex May 26-28.

Senior Alison Parris (Saint Leonard, Md./Patuxent) will race in the 5,000-meter run, and sophomore Katie Harman (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) is entered in the 1,500-meter race while sophomore Marissa McDonald (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) will be in the long jump.

McDonald will kick things off Thursday at 1 p.m. with her qualifying for the long jump. Later that afternoon, Harman will race in the first round of the 1,500-meter run.

Should Harman advance to the quarterfinal, she will run Saturday at 6:30 p.m. with a spot in the NCAA championship meet on the line. On Saturday night, Parris hits the track at 8:05 p.m. for the 5,000-meter race.

Live video streaming is available through Indiana's website. The feed will primarily show track events each day. Live results of each event is also available.

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