PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State men's and women's track and field teams open the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week in the West Preliminary Round.  This season's opening round of the championships, which will be streamed live on ESPN+, will see the West region compete this Wednesday through Saturday at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif.

NCAA West Preliminary Round Meet Info:
>> Date/Location: Wed.-  Sat., May 24-27  | Sacramento, Calif. - Hornet Stadium
>> Stream: ESPN+
>> Day 1 Start Times (Wed.): 6 p.m. (Track)/ 10 a.m. (Field)
>> Day 2 Start Times (Thurs.): 6 p.m. (Track)/ 10 a.m. (Field)
>> Day 3 Start Times (Fri.): 5 p.m. (Track)/ 1 p.m. (Field)
>> Day 4 Start Times (Sat.): 5 p.m. (Track)/ 1 p.m. (Field)
>> Full Schedule of Events
>> WSU Meet Notes (PDF)

Cougar Notables:
>> Micaela De Mello, the Cougs' all-time record holder in the women's 100-meter hurdles, will look to improve on her 17th-place finish at last year's outdoor championships in Eugene, Ore.
>> Junior Elena Willems has dropped nearly 20 full seconds off of her personal-best in the 800m run since her freshman year and earlier this year, she moved into sixth all-time with a new PR at 2:05.48.
>> Hurdler Jared McAlvey is the lone Coug with a top-10 seed heading into this year's NCAA First Round after dropping his PR to 50.23 for a runner-up finish at last week's Pac-12 Championships.
>> Ronald Grueso-Mosquera (shot put, discus) and Zach Stallings (1,500m, 5,000m) are the only two West Preliminary qualifiers who will compete in more than one event this week.
>> Grueso-Mosquera sits at No. 5 all-time at WSU (19.16m) in the shot and is on the verge of cracking the top-10 list in the men's discus after slipping in to the NCAA First Round with a PR and sixth-place finish (56.57m) at the Pac-12 Championships.
>> Stallings will depart WSU at No. 3 all-time with a 3:57.00 indoor mile and he goes into his last NCAA Championships at sixth all-time in the 1,500m (3:39.32).
>> Louie Hinchliffe grabbed the WSU freshman records in both the 60-meter (6.71) and 100-meter (10.22) to begin his career and heads into his first-career West Preliminary Round as the 27th overall seed and is just .05 seconds off of the Cougs' all-time 100m dash record.

Up Next:
Qualifying student-athletes will advance to the final stage of the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships which will be hosted in the Lone Star State at Mike A Meyers Stadium in Austin, Texas.  The 2023 championships will be hosted by the University of Texas and will take place from Wed., June 7, through Sat., June 10.

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2023 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round
WSU Entries (Time/Mark, Seed #)
Women's 400m Dash
- Jasneet Nijjar (53.16, 38th)
Women's 100m Hurdles
- Micaela De Mello (13.09, 14th)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Mackenzie Fletcher (59.11, 34th)
Women's 800m Run
- Elena Willems (2:05.48, 19th)
Women's 1,500m Run
- Neema Kimtai (4:20.48, 19th)
Women's 5,000m Run
- Alaina Stone Boggs (16:08.95, 39th)
Women's 10,000m Run
- Cristina Molteni (33:57.85, 44th)
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase
- Caroline Jerotich (10:14.15, 33rd)
Women's 4X100m Relay
- Washington St. A (44.70, 24th)

Men's 100m Dash
- Louie Hinchliffe (10.22, 27th)
Men's 200m Dash
- Mason Lawyer (20.88, 44th)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Jared McAlvey (50.23, 9th)
Men's 1,500m Run
- Zach Stallings (3:41.46, 22nd)
Men's 5,000m Run
- Zach Stallings (13:47.57, 34th)
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
- Kelvin Limo (8:48.34, 31st)
- Sam Griffith (8:51.21, 34th)
Men's Shot Put
- Ronald Grueso Mosquera (19.16m, 18th)
Men's Discus
- Ronald Grueso Mosquera (56.57m, 35th)
Men's Javelin
- Josh Farr (64.21m, 38th)