Track And Field Has Three NCAA Qualifiers Friday

Friday, May 24

Jacksonville, Fla.

All Day

University of Memphis

NCAA East Preliminaries

Julian Sanchez-Pinto, 2018-19 Men's Track and Field

Photo by: Matthew Kamph

May 24, 2019 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

DeMoss, Sanchez-Pinto, Sheere earn spots in national meet in June.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three more University of Memphis track and field performers punched tickets to June's NCAA Championships in Friday action at the NCAA East Preliminaries. Davon DeMoss, Julian Sanchez-Pinto and Adar Sheere all placed in the top-12 of their respective events to advance.

The University of North Florida (UNF) is the school host for the NCAA East Preliminaries. UNF's Hodges Stadium is the host site.

Sheere (men's discus) and DeMoss (men's 100 meters) qualified in the early evening. In the final event of the day, Sanchez-Pinto earned his spot for the national meet in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase.

2019 NCAA Championships (Austin, Texas) Qualifiers

Athlete	Event
Davon DeMoss	Men's 100 meters
Tanalya Gordon	Women's Long Jump
Mona Jaidi	Women's Javelin
Ashley Pryke	Women's Javelin
Julian Sanchez-Pinto	Men's 3000-meter Steeplechase
Adar Sheere	Men's Discus

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The Tigers wrap up action at the 2019 NCAA East Preliminaries Saturday. The field events start at 1:45 p.m. (CT), and the running events begin at 5 p.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

Davon DeMoss earned his first career NCAA Outdoor Championships berth in the men's 100 meters Friday. He advanced to the national meet with an 11^th-place finish (10.23 seconds).
Davon DeMoss became the first sprinter in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in both indoor and outdoor seasons in the same campaign since 1982. DeMoss ran in the men's 60 meters at the NCAA Indoors in early March. Victor Lacey ran in the NCAA indoor (440 yards) and outdoor (400 meters) meets in 1982.
Julian Sanchez-Pinto shaved nearly 10 full seconds off his personal-best in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase in qualifying for the NCAA Championships. On Friday, he placed 12^thin a time of 8:46.49. His previous-best was 8:56.37 at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships (won bronze).
Julian Sanchez-Pinto is the first Tigers distance runner, male or female, to earn a spot in the 3000-meter steeplechase for the national meet since Mate Nemeth did so in 2004. Sanchez-Pinto is only the third Tiger, male or female, to advance to the NCAA Championships in a distance event (Mate Nemeth/3000m steeplechase: 2003, 2004; Martina Rodriguez Sala/1500m: 2018).
Freshman Adar Sheere punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships with a ninth-place performance in the men's discus. His 189-3 (57.69m) effort improved his personal-best by eight inches. He threw 188-7 (57.48m) in winning gold at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championships.
Sheere is the first freshman male athlete to earn an NCAA Championships berth since Jordan Wesner did so in the men's high jump in 2016.
Davon DeMoss moved on in the men's 200 meters Friday. He ran a 20.73 to advance to Saturday's quarterfinal round in the event.
Davon DeMoss also runs in the men's 4x100-meter relay Saturday, giving him the opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships in two more events (three total).

Memphis Results

Men's
100m (QF) – 11. Davon DeMoss, 10.23
200m (First Round) – 14. Davon DeMoss, 20.73 (advances to Saturday's quarterfinal); 36. Imri Persiado, 21.25
3000m Steeplechase – 12. Julian Sanchez-Pinto, 8:46.49
Discus – 9. Adar Sheere, 189-3 (57.69m)

Women's
3000m Steeplechase – 28. Paige Sandwell, 10:30.01
Discus – 17. Samantha Lenton, 169-11 (51.80m)