COLLEGE STATION, Texas --
Jack Crull qualifies for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon with a fifth-place finish in Heat #2 of the Men's 1500m Quarterfinals at the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas.
Crull becomes the first Bradley athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship since Tiana LoStracco qualified for the Women's 800m championship in 2023. He is the first Bradley man to qualify since Daniel Gagne qualified for the Men's 1500 championship in 2017 and the second Bradley man to do so since 1955. Crull is the sixth Brave to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 21st century.
Crull began his third career NCAA West First Round meet with the First Round of the Men's 1500m championship on Wednesday night. Crull finished second in Heat #1 to advance to the quarterfinals on Friday night. His time ranked 13th out of the 48 competing athletes at 3:50.37.
In the quarterfinals, Crull battled in Heat #2 against fierce competition. Coming to the finish, Crull lunged for the line and placed fifth at 3:47.31, nine-hundredths ahead of sixth place, to qualify for the Outdoor Championships in Eugene.
Six other Braves competed at the NCAA West First Round in College Station.
Jaxson Copelin and
Jamie Phillips made their NCAA West First Round debut in men's 800m competition. Copelin finished fifth in Heat #4 at 1:49.07 and Phillips finished sixth in Heat #3 at 1:49.14, just narrowly missing the quarterfinals by one-tenth of a second.
Abigail Hancock and
Kaitlyn Sheppard also made their NCAA West First Round debut, competing in the Women's 1500m First Round. Hancock finished 10th in Heat #3 at 4:27.34, while Sheppard finished ninth in Heat #2 with a 4:29.81.
Trixie Wraith ultimately was a scratch in Heat #2.
Nadia Potgieter competed in the Women's 5000m Semifinals at the NCAA West First Round for the second consecutive season. Potgieter finished 21st in Heat #1 at 16:59.28.
UP NEXT...
Crull travels to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on June 11-14, 2025.
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