{"id":1252,"date":"2015-05-21T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2015-05-21T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T19:49:00","slug":"tigers-earn-31-bids-to-ncaa-east-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/05\/21\/tigers-earn-31-bids-to-ncaa-east-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Earn 31 Bids to NCAA East Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CLEMSON, S.C. \u2014 A total of 29 athletes combined to earn 31 bids to next week\u2019s NCAA East Preliminary Round, announced Wednesday. The event officially serves as the first and second rounds of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, scheduled for May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla. (East), and Austin, Texas (West). The top 48 declared individuals and top 24 relays from each region were extended invitations. The final rounds of the NCAA Outdoor Championships are set for June 10-13 in Eugene, Ore.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had even more athletes on the bubble,\u201d said Head Coach Mark Elliott<\/a>. \u201cYou can tell that progress has been made. Everything is moving in the right direction, and we\u2019re all excited about the first and second rounds in Jacksonville.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three athletes are entered in multiple events, led by reigning ACC Outdoor Most Valuable Performer Tevin Hester<\/a>, who ran 9.87 in the 100 and 20.18 in the 200 last week in Tallahassee. Samantha Elliott<\/a> and Whitney Fountain<\/a> also did it from the women\u2019s squad. Several Tigers qualified in more than one individual event, but will focus only on a single competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you do is enter an athlete in the event that gives them the best chance to maximize your points at the national meet,\u201d Elliott said. \u201cWhether you\u2019re ranked No. 1 in an event or further down the list, you still have to be your best on the day you compete. The window is very small between the top-ranked athlete and someone who is 24th<\/sup>, for example. That plays into your thinking when you\u2019re figuring out entries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s triple jump proved to be Clemson\u2019s most fruitful event, as the Tigers boast three of the 48 accepted entries. All four of Clemson\u2019s relays \u2014\u00a0men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4×1 and 4×4 \u2014 qualified for the event as well.<\/p>\n

Clemson\u2019s NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iana Amsterdam<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s Triple Jump
Grace Barnett<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 1500
Shai Carpenter<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s Triple Jump
Michael Cheeks<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 400
James Dwyer<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 5000
Samantha Elliott<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 100 Hurdles & 400 Hurdles
Whitney Fountain<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s Long Jump & Triple Jump
Malayshia George<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 400
Natoya Goule<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 800
Jeffrey Green<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Men\u2019s 400
Sabria Hadley<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 100
Tevin Hester<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 100 & 200
Myasia Jacobs<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 100
Olivia James<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 400
Justin Johnson<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 110 Hurdles
Ishmael Kamara<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s Triple Jump
Cordell Lamb<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 400
Mimi Land<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s High Jump
Deja Parrish<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s 400
James Plummer<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Men\u2019s Discus
Aaron Ramirez<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s 1500
Anasterasia Terrell<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s Triple Jump
Lauren Terstappen<\/a> \u2014 Women\u2019s Pole Vault
Torian Ware<\/a> \u2014 Men\u2019s High Jump<\/p>\n

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CLEMSON, S.C. \u2014 A total of 29 athletes combined to earn 31 bids to next week\u2019s NCAA East Preliminary Round, announced Wednesday. The event officially serves as the first and second rounds of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, scheduled for May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla. (East), and Austin, Texas (West). The top 48 declared individuals and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}