BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Furman sophomore Megan Marvin advanced to the NCAA Championship in the 1,500-meter run Saturday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships East Preliminaries, which was hosted by Indiana University this week at Haugh Track & Field in Bloomington, Indiana.
A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Marvin finished third in her heat and seventh overall with a personal-best time of 4:13.47 to advance automatically to the semifinals of the event, which are slated for Thursday, June 9, at 8:46 p.m. ET in Eugene, Oregon. The final of the event is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, at 5:41 p.m. ET.
Marvin made her second consecutive appearance in the East Preliminaries after running in the 800-meter run at last year’s preliminaries. The reigning SoCon Champion in both the 800m and 1,500m, she entered this week’s meet ranked 12th in the 1,500m after posting a time of 4:14.97 at the Virginia Challenge in April.
Paladin sophomores Bethany Graham and Madelynne Cadeau competed in the semifinals of the 5,000-meter run Saturday. Cadeau recorded a time of 16:13.89 of 16:13.89 for 21st place, while Graham crossed the line in 16:18.37 to finish 24th.
Cumming, Georgia, native Cadeau, the 2022 SoCon Freshman of the Year, entered the meet ranked 48th in the event with a qualifying time of 16:15.48, which she recorded at the Virginia Challenge, and Aldie, Virginia, native Graham, who competed in the meet in the 5,000m for the second straight year, was ranked 42nd with a qualifying with a time of 16:10.76, which she posted at the Lee University Last Chance meet.
On Friday, sophomore Carson Williams of Raleigh, North Carolina, posted a time of 3:38.36 to take second in his heat and fourth overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He advanced automatically to the semifinals, which will be held on Wednesday, June 9, at 8:02 p.m. ET in Eugene, Oregon. The final of the events is slated for Friday, June 10, at 9:24 p.m. ET.
Williams, who was competing in the event at the preliminaries for the second consecutive year, entered the meet ranked eighth in the East after recording a personal-best time of 8:37.65 at the Lee University Last Chance meet.
In Wednesday’s action, sophomore Dylan Schubert finished 32nd in the 10,000-meter run and freshman Matthew Smith notched a 33rd-place finish in the 800m. Schubert, a native of Loveland, Colorado, turned in a time of 30:17.14 in the 10,000m. He tallied a personal-best time of 28:52.85 in the event earlier this season at the Virginia Challenge to qualify for the East Preliminaries. A native of Leesburg, Virginia, Smith posted a time of 1:50.60 in the 800m. He was voted the SoCon Freshman of the Year after winning the event in meet-record time, erasing a record that had stood for 45 years. His time of 1:48.37 supplanted the mark of 1:49.20 set by Furman’s Phil Barker in 1977.
NCAA East Preliminaries - Furman Results
Wednesday, May 25
Men’s 800m 1st round - Matthew Smith - 33rd (1:50.60)
Men’s 10,000m - Dylan Schubert - 32nd (30:17.14)
Thursday, May 26
Women’s 1,500m 1st Round – Megan Marvin - 16th (4:16.53)
Friday, May 27
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase Quarterfinals – Carson Williams - 4th (8:37.73)
Saturday, May 28
Women’s 1,500m Quarterfinals – Megan Marvin - 7th (4:13.47)
Women’s 5,000m Semifinals – Madelynne Cadeau - 21st (16:13.89) & Bethany Graham 24th (16:18.37)
NCAA Championships - Furman Schedule
Wednesday, June 8
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals - 8:02 p.m. ET - Carson Williams
Thursday, June 9
Women’s 1,500m Semifinals- 8:46 p.m. ET - Megan Marvin
Friday, June 10
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase Finals - 9:24 p.m. ET - Carson Williams if he advances
Saturday, June 11
Women’s 1,500m Finals - 5:41 p.m. ET - Megan Marvin if she advances