{"id":285249,"date":"2026-05-26T21:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285249\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:36:13","slug":"florida-state-qualifies-31-athletes-for-ncaa-east-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285249\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Qualifies 31 Athletes for NCAA East First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The Florida State track and field teams have qualified 31 student-athletes to compete in the NCAA East First Round on May 27-30 at the Shively Track and Field Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.
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MEET NOTES:
The four-day meet will begin on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. with the men’s long jump that will feature\u00a0Curtis Williams<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The running events will start at 6:00 p.m. Expanded coverage will air on ESPN+\u00a0and can be accessed at Seminoles.com. Live Results will be\u00a0available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, Florida State crowned two regional champions and sent 21 athletes to the NCAA Outdoor National Championship at Hayward Field, marking the most since the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

To qualify for the first round of the NCAA Championships, student-athletes must have finished the season ranked within the top 48 of their individual events or as a member of a top 24 relay team on their respective regional qualifying list (East or West), which was released by the NCAA on Thursday. The top 12 athletes in the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon in the East and West automatically receive entry to the national meet.<\/p>\n

From there, the top 12 finishers in each event at each regional meet advance to the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to the University of Oregon at Hayward Field on June 10-13.<\/p>\n

The FSU women’s team will be highlighted by senior two-seed\u00a0Shenese Walker<\/a>, who was named the Women’s MVP for the second straight year after scoring 28 individual points behind two wins and one silver medal finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships on May 16. Walker competed in the women’s 100 placing first with a time of 11.07, before helping the women’s 4×100-meter to a second-place finish and fourth-fastest time in FSU history at 42.96. The Saint Thomas native concluded her night in the women’s 200 with a winning personal-best and sixth-fastest time in program history of 22.65.
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Rylee Blade will have her eyes set on qualifying for her first NCAA Outdoor National Championship in the women’s 10,000. The true freshman captured gold on opening day of the ACC Outdoor Championships, setting a new meet record and second-fastest time in program history at 32:35.72. Blade became the second person in program history to secure gold in the event and the first freshman in FSU history to be crowned the 10k champion.
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Shamar Reid enters the meet as the top seed in the men’s discus and has been a key competitor in the field on the men’s side. Reid is coming off a historic performance in the event after being crowned the ACC Champion and breaking a 47-year-old school record that was set by Bradley Cooper in 1979 with a new personal best of 65.87 meters. Reid became the first champion in the event since 2023 and the fifth-overall in program history.
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Despiro Wray notched gold in the men’s shotput with a new personal best and the sixth-furthest throw in program history at 18.58 meters. \u00a0Wray became the first shotput champion since 2018 and was just the second freshman in program history to win the event. Reid\u00a0followed up with a fifth-place finish at 18.12 meters.
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Neo Mosebi is returning to Lexington for the second time in his career, seeded fifth in the men’s 100. Mosebi was victorious in the event at the ACC Outdoor Championship for the second straight year, marking the fifth consecutive year Florida State has won gold in the event for both the men and women. Mosebi tied the sixth-fastest time in FSU history with a time of 9.98, which ranks him the 11th fastest South African to record a wind legal sub-10 time. The junior also placed second in the men’s 4×100, before ending his night in the 200 in third with a time of 20.80.
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FLORIDA STATE NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES SCHEDULE\u00a0
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 \u2013 First round\/semifinal\u00a0
6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Long Jump (first round) \u2013\u00a0Curtis Williams
6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 110m hurdles (first round) \u2013 Andre Korbmacher, Tyson Williams, Zach Extine
6:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shotput (first round)- Despiro Wray
7:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100m (first round)\u2013\u00a0Neo Mosebi, Durian Moss\u00a0
7:25 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 400m(first round) \u2013\u00a0Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng<\/p>\n

THURSDAY, MAY 28 \u2013 First round\/semifinal
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1:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Javelin (first round)-Alexa Schwartz<\/a>
6:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,500m (first round) \u2013\u00a0Suus Altorf, Nicole Dinan
6:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shotput (first round)-Nafy Thiam
7:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100m (first round) \u2013Shenese Walker,\u00a0Micayah Holland,\u00a0Lucy May Sleeman\u00a0\u00a0
8:45 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 200m (first round) \u2013 Oludoyin Soremi
9:10 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10,000m (semifinals)- Rylee Blade<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 29- Men’s Quarterfinals\/Semifinals
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1:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Discus (first round)-Shamar Reid
5:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4x100m relay (quarterfinals)
5:40 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,000-meter steeplechase(quarterfinals)-Kaden Levings
6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Triple Jump (first round)-\u00a0Kyvon Tatham
6:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0110m hurdles (quarterfinals)-Andre Korbmacher, Tyson Williams, Zach Extine
6:35 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100m (quarterfinals)-\u00a0Neo Mosebi, Durian Moss
8:10 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,000m (semifinals)\u2013\u00a0Isaac Hirshman Chandler
8:45 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a04×400 relay (quarterfinals)<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, MAY 30- Women’s Quarterfinals\/Semifinals
5:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4x100m relay (semifinal)
5:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01,5000m (quarterfinals)-Suus Altorf
5:40 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,000-meter steeplechase(quarterfinals)-Leah Taylor\u00a0
2:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Triple Jump (first round) \u2013\u00a0Kayla Pinkard,\u00a0Ana Bulat
6:35 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100m (quarterfinals)-\u00a0Shenese Walker,\u00a0Lucy May Sleeman, Micayah Holland
7:50 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 200m (quarterfinals)-\u00a0Oludoyin Soremi
8:10 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,000m (semifinals) \u2013\u00a0Bieke Schipperen\u00a0<\/p>\n

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES MEET INFORMATION\u00a0
Meet Home<\/a>\u00a0
Meet Schedule<\/a>\u00a0
Tickets<\/a>\u00a0
Wednesday Stream<\/a>
Thursday Stream<\/a>
Friday Stream<\/a>
Saturday Stream<\/a>
Live Results<\/a>\u00a0
Complete Men’s Entries List<\/a>\u00a0
Complete Women’s Entries List<\/a>\u00a0
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Follow Florida State track and field and cross country on X and Instagram (FSU_Track)
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