LOS ANGELES & TURLOCK, Calif. – On Saturday at the Cal State L.A. Last Chance Meet, freshman
Justin Ellerbee of the Cal Poly Pomona men's track and field team recorded a pole vault mark of 15-9 to notch a "B" provisional and move into 21st nationally among Division II competitors.
Jacob Deavers and Tiffany Dinh are the two Broncos with with national top-20 marks, leaving them on the bubble going into Monday night's announcement of the accepted student-athletes for the D-II National Championships, which will be held May 24-26 in Pueblo, Colo. Ellerbee and Heather Corder came extremely close to joining Deavers and Dinh in that top-20 range. Each event includes varying amounts of student-athletes at the national championships and the rankings will continue to fluctuate as more last chance meets are held Sunday.
The championship field is expected to be released Tuesday at 9 a.m. on
Prime Time Timing. The preliminary performance list of
declared entries (PDF) were posted Monday morning.
A group of Broncos competed in Los Angeles Saturday while two -
Shane Cioni and Tramieka Thomas - traveled to Turlock to compete in Friday's Twilight Qualifier at Cal State Stanislaus. Both meets provided student-athletes with a final shot at qualifying for nationals.
Deavers placed first in the 400-meter hurdles event at CSULA, crossing the line in 52.69. His top time of the season remains 52.18, which 15th nationally and fifth in the CPP record books. Ellerbee took fifth place in the pole vault and his 15-9 height now holds the No. 7 spot in program history for that event.
Check BroncoAthletics.com on Monday night for updates on the Broncos' qualifying pursuits for spots at nationals.
