University of Massachusets Athletics
Thursday, May 25
Jacksonville, Fla.
8:20 p.m.
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NCAA East First Round (400mH)
Women’s Track & Field’s Kirry Readies For NCAA First Round Action Thursday
May 24, 2023 | Women's Track & Field
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts women's track & field junior Lillian Kirry will be in action on Thursday, May 25 in the NCAA First Round for 400 meter hurdles in Jacksonville, Florida on the University of North Florida campus. The Chewelah, Washington native will be in the third of six heats for 400 hurdles, which is set to begin at 8:20 p.m.
The top three from each heat plus the next six fastest times will advance to the quarterfinal round, which will be held on Saturday, May 27 at 7:25 p.m. The top three from each quarterfinal and the next three best times will move on to the semifinals in Austin, Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Texas will host the NCAA Championships June 7-10.
Kirry enters the NCAA Championships ranked 22nd in the East in 400 hurdles with a time of 57.74, which she ran at the Atlantic 10 Championships, breaking the UMass, facility and A-10 Championship records en route to her second consecutive conference title. Kirry raced the event five times this spring, taking first on three occasions and second once.
At the NCAA East Preliminary Championships in 2022, Kirry ran 58.83 seconds to third in the opening heat to earn her an automatic qualification for the quarterfinals. Her time was good for 20th in the field of 48 competitors. In the quarterfinals, she took seventh in her heat and 23rd overall with a time of 59.52 seconds.
The top three from each heat plus the next six fastest times will advance to the quarterfinal round, which will be held on Saturday, May 27 at 7:25 p.m. The top three from each quarterfinal and the next three best times will move on to the semifinals in Austin, Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Texas will host the NCAA Championships June 7-10.
Kirry enters the NCAA Championships ranked 22nd in the East in 400 hurdles with a time of 57.74, which she ran at the Atlantic 10 Championships, breaking the UMass, facility and A-10 Championship records en route to her second consecutive conference title. Kirry raced the event five times this spring, taking first on three occasions and second once.
At the NCAA East Preliminary Championships in 2022, Kirry ran 58.83 seconds to third in the opening heat to earn her an automatic qualification for the quarterfinals. Her time was good for 20th in the field of 48 competitors. In the quarterfinals, she took seventh in her heat and 23rd overall with a time of 59.52 seconds.
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