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Men's Track and Field Joe Browning

Green Advances At NCAA East Prelims

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Junior Earl (E.J) Green of UNCW clocked a school-record time of 51.44 to advance to the 400 Meter Hurdles quarterfinals of the 2019 NCAA East Preliminary Round late Thursday at UNF's Hodges Stadium.
 
31783Green finished fifth in his heat, but advanced to Friday's round of 24 on the basis of his fast time. The top three in each heat and the next six best times stayed alive. Green's 51.44 speed qualified him the final spot in the quarters.
 
"It was the deepest heat, but E.J got out strong and set himself up well for the last two hurdles," said Austin Davis, UNCW's Head Track & Field Coach. "He's been really working on closing hard and he did just that."
 
Green, from Greensboro, N.C., and the rest of the remaining field will race at 7 p.m. tomorrow night.
 
Five out of the eight runners in Green's heat qualified for the quarters. CAA champion David Adams of Northeastern advanced to Friday's race after taking fourth place ahead of Green in the fourth heat.
 
Green qualified for the East Prelims by clocking a 52.02 at the CAA Track & Field Championships in Elon, N.C. To qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, student-athletes must rank in the top-48 in the region. Green entered the meet with the 39th best time out of the 48 competitors.
 
The top-12 competitors in each event advance from the Preliminary Round sites and qualify for the 2019 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championship at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas, June 5-8. The West Preliminary Round is being staged at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif.
 
Javelin thrower Dan Caffrey was the last Seahawk to compete in the NCAA's East Preliminary Round. He traveled to the Bluegrass State in 2017 for the event at the University of Kentucky.
 
Hodges Stadium is serving as the host to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminary for the fifth time in the last eight years. The facility hosted the event in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and will also be the site of the 2021 East Preliminary. The facility has hosted the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships since 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
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Dan Caffrey

Dan Caffrey

Throws
6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
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Players Mentioned

Dan Caffrey

Dan Caffrey

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
Throws
Throws