Lumberjacks Send 29 Athletes, Plus Two Relay Teams, to NCAA West Preliminary Round

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Men's Declared Athletes
Women's Declared Athletes 

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (May 27, 2025) – With the NCAA West Preliminary Round just around the corner, the Northern Arizona men's and women's track and field team will be well-represented.
 
Twenty-nine individuals plus two relay teams finished the year ranked in the top 48 of their respective events and have qualified for the preliminary rounds in College Station, Texas, from May 28-31.
 
On the men's side, NAU will be represented by Colin Sahlman (1500m), Drew Bosley (5k/10k), David Mullarkey (5k/10k), Corey Gorgas (5k), Santiago Prosser (5k/10k), Ford Washburn (5k), Justin Keyes (5k/10k), Josiah Johnson (400mh), Jeret Gillingham (3k steeplechase), Sirr Butler (triple jump), Desmond Lott (discus/hammer), Trevor Hook (javelin), Clay Carbajal (javelin) plus the 4x100-meter relay team.
 
For the women, the Lumberjacks will be represented by Kyairra Reigh (400m), Odessa Zentz (800m), Kiki Vaughn (800m), Maggi Congdon (1500m), Alex Carlson (1500m), Keira Moore (1500m/5k), Ava Mitchell (5k), Agnes McTighe (5k), Elise Stearns (5k), Emma Stutzman (5k), Alexis Kebbe (10k), LiNay Perry (400mh), Karrie Baloga (3k steeplechase), Hayley Burns (3k steeplechase), Maisie Grice (3k steeplechase), Sariyah Horne-Kemp (hammer) and the 4x400-meter relay.
 
The meet will be streamed each day on ESPN+ with live results available here. The top 12 in each event will punch their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor National Championship in Eugene, Ore., from June 11-14.
 
Women's Preview
 
Reigh will be making her fourth career appearance at the NCAA West Regional, competing in the 400-meters. She enters with the 29^th fastest time in the field of 52.83, ran at the Desert Heat Classic in early May. Most recently, Reigh defended her 400-meter title at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships. She will be looking to punch her first individual ticket to the NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships, competing as part of the 4x400-meters in 2024. The first round of the 400-meters is set for Thursday, May 29 at 5:25 p.m. Mountain Standard time with the quarterfinals set for Saturday, May 31 at 4:50 p.m. MST.
 
Zentz and Vaughn will represent NAU in the 800-meters, with the first-round set for 5:50 p.m. MST on May 29 and the quarterfinals take place on May 31 at 5:05 p.m. MST. Both are making their NCAA West Regional debuts, looking to punch tickets for the first time in their careers. Zentz ranks 40^th in the field with a time of 2:06.74 and Vaughn is right behind her in 2:06.85 to rank 41^st. Both are personal bests that were ran at the Big Sky Championships in the prelims. Zentz placed sixth in the finals while Vaughn earned a fifth-place finish.
 
Congdon, Carlson and Moore will represent NAU in the 1500-meters. Congdon is no stranger to the NCAA West Regional, as she is making her second career appearance. In 2024, she punched her ticket in the event with an eighth-place finish. She went onto place ninth in the finals of the 1500-meters at the NCAA National Championships and eventually made it all the way to the finals of the Olympic trials. She placed second in the event this season at the Big Sky Championships and ranks fourth in the field with a time of 4:07.23.
 
Carlson competed in the NCAA East Regional in the 1500m while at Rutgers but is looking to punch her first ticket to the National Championships in the event. She is ranked 20^th overall with a time of 4:14.73, ran at the Desert Heat Championships. Carlson placed fourth in the event at the Big Sky Championships.
 
Moore is also looking to punch her first-ever ticket to the National Championships, competing in the 1500m and making it to the quarterfinals at last year's preliminary round. She ranks 33^rd overall with a time of 4:18.01, a personal best she ran at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The first round of the 1500-meters is set for 4:30 p.m. MST on May 29. The quarterfinals take place on May 31 at 3:15 p.m.
 
Moore will also compete in the 5,000-meters along with Mitchell, McTighe, Stearns and Stutzman. Mitchell enters the 5k ranked eighth overall in the field with a time of 15:31.41 that she ran at the Stanford Invitational. At the Big Sky Championships, she won the 10,000-meters and placed third in the 5,000-meters. Last season, she earned a 25^th-place finish in the event at the first round. The semifinals of the 5,000-meters are set for 6:10 p.m. MST on May 31.
 
McTighe has the 22^nd fastest time of 15:44.82 that she ran at the APU Franson Last Chance Meet. She competed in the 5k at the 2024 NCAA East Preliminary Round for Florida State, looking to punch her first-ever ticket to the National Championships.
 
Stearns is right behind McTighe, ranked 23^rd with a time of 15:45.86 that was also ran at the APU Franson Last Chance Meet. Recently, Stearns won the Big Sky Championship in the event with a meet record for 16:03.08. Stearns hasn't competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Round since 2022 when she placed 20^th in the 5,000-meters.
 
Stutzman, a freshman, is ranked 27^th overall with a time 15:48.92 that she ran at the Stanford Invitational. Moore comes in ranked 44^th with a time 16:02.50 ran at the Stanford Invitational. She placed fifth overall in the event at the Big Sky Championships and is making her NCAA West Regional debut in the event as well.
 
In the 10,000-meters, Kebbe will be representing the Lumberjacks with the 39^th fastest time of 33:55.75, ran at the Stanford Invitational. She earned a fourth-place finish in the 10k at the Big Sky Championships and will be making her NCAA West Regional debut. The semifinal of the 10,000-meters is set for 7:10 p.m. MST on May 29.
 
Perry will toe the line in the 400-meter hurdles, ranking 17^th with a time of 57.53 that she clocked at the Desert Heat Classic. She is the two-time defending Big Sky Champion in the event, making her third NCAA West appearance in her career and the second-straight in the 400-meter hurdles, placing 47^th in the event last season. She's looking to punch her first individual ticket in the event, qualifying in the 4x400-meters last season. The first round of the 400-meter hurdles is set for 6:20 p.m. on May 29 and the quarterfinals take place on May 31 at 5:25 p.m. MST.
 
Baloga, Burns, and Grice are all entered in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Baloga is a two-time defending Big Sky Champion in the event and has the third-fastest time in the field of 9:44.09 that she ran at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Last year as a freshman, she placed fourth at the NCAA West First Round to punch her ticket to the National Championships where she finished eighth in the finals with a school and U-20 record of 9:42.22.
 
Burns is ranked 16^th overall with a time of 10:01.59 that she ran in her first and only career collegiate steeplechase race at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Grice is right behind her, ranked 17^th with a time of 10:02.35, also ran at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She placed seventh in the event at the Big Sky Championships. In 2023, Grice punched her ticket to the NCAA National Championships while competing for New Mexico, placing 12^th in the finals. The steeplechase is scheduled for May 31 at 3:40 p.m. MST.
 
The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Congdon, Alaynah Reed, Perry and Reigh also qualified for the NCAA West Prelims. The quartet won the Big Sky Championships with a time of 3:34.23 that was a meet record and the second fastest-time in program history. Last season, Congdon, Perry, Reigh and now-graduated Madeline Wilson punched their ticket in the event after placing 11^th overall with a time of 3:33.01. At the National Championships, the group earned a 14^th place finish. The 4x400-meter relay will cap off the track events on May 31 at 6:45 p.m. MST.
 
Sariyah Horne-Kemp is the lone Lumberjack on the women's side entered in a field event. After winning the hammer throw at the Big Sky Championships, she ranks 28^th in the field with a toss of 60.10-meters. Horne-Kemp will look to punch her first-ever ticket to the National Championships and is competing in her second-straight NCAA West Prelim. The hammer throw opens the field events at 8 a.m. on May 29.
 
Men's Preview
 
Sahlman will kick off the action as the lone competitor in the 1,500-meters on Wednesday. He enters the competition ranked 27^th in the field with a time of 3:39.41 and will look to punch his ticket to the national meet in that event for the third-straight year. In 2023 he finished 12^th overall in the preliminary round and in 2024 he placed third, earning a fourth-place finish at the national meet. At the Big Sky Championships, he placed second in the event with a time of 3:40.14. The 1,500-meters is set for 4:30 p.m. MST on Wednesday, May 28.
 
Northern Arizona will be represented by six athletes in the 5,000-meters on Friday night at 6:10 p.m. MST. Bosley has the fifth-fastest time in the field with a time of 13:17.06, followed by Mullarkey (15^th, 13:29.55), Gorgas (26^th, 13:35.47), Prosser (13:35.94), Washburn (45^th, 13:37.69) and Keyes (48^th, 13:37.90).
 
Bosley has not raced at the NCAA West Preliminary round since 2022 and will be looking to punch his first ticket to the outdoor national meet. Mullarkey will be aiming for his third-straight national championship meet appearance in the 5,000, qualifying in 2023 and 2024 for Florida State. He placed 18^th in the finals in 2024 after placing ninth at the NCAA East First Round. Mullarkey placed fourth in the 5,000 at the Big Sky Championships.
 
Gorgas, Prosser, Washburn and Keyes are all looking to punch their first tickets to the national meet. Prosser competed in the 5,000-meters last year at the Preliminary Round and placed 17^th. Keyes won the 5,000-meters at the Big Sky Championships while Gorgas placed third.
 
Mullarkey, Bosley, Keyes, and Prosser will also double and compete in the 10,000-meters on Wednesday, May 28 at 7:10 p.m. Mullarkey, the Big Sky Champion in the event, as the seventh-fastest time in the field of 27:51.80. Bosley is 10^th in 27:53.48, followed by Keyes (26^th, 28:20.85) and Prosser (31^st, 28:22.14). At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, Keyes placed third in the 10,000-meters and Prosser placed second.
 
Johnson, a freshman, will take the stage in the first round of the 400-meter hurdles on May 28 at 6:20 p.m. MST, with the finals set for May 30 at 5:25 p.m. He won the Big Sky Championship in the 400-meter hurdles, and enters the event ranked 31^st in the field with a time of 50.87.
 
Gillingham competes in the quarterfinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday, May 30 at 3:40 MST, making his NCAA West Preliminary Round debut. He placed fourth at the Big Sky Championships and has the seventh-fastest time in the field of 8:32.00.
 
NAU also enters with the 19^th-fastest time in the 4x100-meters with a school-record time of 39.66. The quartet of Khamis Hassan, Kyle Smith, Ian Lipsey and Lamar Smith placed third in the event at the Big Sky Championships. The quarterfinals are set for May 30 at 3 p.m. MST.
 
Four Lumberjacks will represent NAU in four different field events. Butler won the triple jump at the Big Sky Championships and is 29^th in the field with a personal best of 15.51-meters. Lott placed third in the discus and won the hammer throw at the Big Sky Championships. He ranks 38^th in the discus (56.65m) and 25^th in the hammer throw (65.27m). Two Lumberjacks will compete in the javelin, with Hook ranking 24^th with a personal best of 68.98-meters. He won the event with that toss at the Big Sky Championships, breaking his own school record. Carbajal is 48^th with a mark of 64.60-meters.
 
The hammer throw is set for 8 a.m. MST on May 28, followed by the javelin at 12:30 p.m. The discus is scheduled for 11 a.m. on May 30, followed by the triple jump at 12:30 p.m. MST.