@RaginCajunsTRK Sending Five To NCAA Regionals

LAFAYETTE – Five members of the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track and field team earned a spot in the NCAA East Preliminary Round as the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the participants for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships preliminary competitions.

The NCAA Division I East Preliminary will take place May 24-26 at the USF Track and Field Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

Men's javelin throwers Bartul Basic and Hunter Stelly along with men's pole vaulter Kyle Baudoin will each make their second appearance in the NCAA East Preliminary. Women's triple jumper Taylor Walker will make her debut appearance in the NCAA East Preliminary and will be joined by freshman javelin thrower and Lafayette native MacKenzie Marze.

The top 12 qualifiers out of the NCAA East Regional will compete in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 6-9 in Eugene, Oregon.

NCAA track and field fans can watch a live stream of the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Championships as FloTrack Pro subscribers. The subscription will include access to all FloTrack live broadcasts, video on-demand from all events, documentaries, technique videos and more. Coverage of the preliminary competitions will be available May 24-26 at www.FloTrack.com.

Basic, ranked No. 4 on the NCAA East Preliminary List and No. 15 nationally, posted the third-best throw in school history (232-9) in his season debut at the Louisiana Classics on March 16 before finishing second overall at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships.

Stelly, who finished fourth at the SBC Outdoor Championships, posted a personal-best throw of 211-9 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational in March to rank No. 44 among NCAA East Regional javelin throwers.

Baudoin, ranked No. 32 on the NCAA East Preliminary List, cleared a season-best 16-11 ½ at the Southern Miss Open on April 28 and cleared 17-0 during Louisiana's indoor season to finish third at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

Walker posted the 44th-best mark in the women's triple jump in the NCAA East Region this season after her mark of 41-5 ¼ at the Sun Belt Conference Championships earned her a third-place finish and all-conference honors.

Marze, a Teurlings Catholic product, launched a throw of 150-11 – the third-best mark in the women's javelin in school history – at the Louisiana Classics on March 17. The freshman, ranked No. 40 in the NCAA East Region, added throws of 149-2 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational and 148-8 at the LSU Alumni Gold.

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LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY QUALIFIERS
(with day/time competing – times are Central)
Bartul Basic – Men's javelin (Sat., May 26 – 3 p.m.)
Kyle Baudoin – Men's pole vault (Thurs., May 24 – 12 p.m.)
MacKenzie Marze – Women's javelin (Thurs., May 24, 3 p.m.)
Hunter Stelly – Men's javelin (Sat., May 26 – 3 p.m.)
Taylor Walker – Women's triple jump (Sat., May 26, 3:30 p.m.)

@RaginCajunsTRK Sending Five To NCAA Regionals

Players Mentioned

Bartul Basic

Kyle Baudoin

MacKenzie Marze

Hunter Stelly

Taylor Walker

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