EMPORIA, Kan. – Embry-Riddle will send nine members of its men's and women's outdoor track and field teams to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, setting a school record for the most qualifiers in program history at the outdoor meet. Qualifying for the championships requires athletes to meet a provisional standard set by the NCAA within the qualifying window while also ranking among the top 22 marks or times in the nation. In some cases, selections may extend beyond the top 22 if athletes choose to focus on a single event, allowing the NCAA to fill the full field of 22 competitors. Official qualifying lists were announced Tuesday, May 12.

Men's National Qualifiers:

• Luke Richardson will head to his first NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships after earning All-American honors at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in March. Richardson will represent the Blue & Gold in the 100m and 200m, holding current bests of 10.15 and 20.65 respectively.
• Derick Brown will also make his NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship debut, competing in the 110m hurdles. Brown competed at his first National Championship in March at the indoor event in the 60m hurdles and currently holds the 11th-fastest time in NCAA Division II at 13.84.
• Mason Briggs will join the other two men at his first NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship, also marking his first overall national championship experience. Briggs will compete in the javelin with a current season and personal best mark of 66.86m.

Women's National Qualifiers:

• Senior Laura McBride broke 2:10 in the 800m for the first time at the Lee University Last Chance meet, running 2:07.57 to catapult into the 19th-fastest time in NCAA Division II and set up her first ever appearance at a National Championship.
• Taylor Roth will compete at her second NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship after running 2:07.67 at the Lee University Last Chance. She will look to earn her second All-American honor after finishing eighth at the Division II Indoor 800m Championships.
• Allegra Triner will join McBride and Roth in the 800m following her personal best of 2:08.37 at the Lee University Last Chance. This will mark the first outdoor national championship appearance for the sophomore out of Illinois.
• A school record-tying performance at the Lee University Last Chance set up sophomore Jade Nayap for her first appearance at an NCAA Division II National Championship. Nayap jumped 1.71m in the high jump to punch her spot into the 22-person field.
• Reigning Division II indoor triple jump national champion Mikaela Miles will head to her third straight Outdoor National Championship. Miles currently holds the fourth-best outdoor mark at 12.81m as she looks to defend her title as the best triple jumper in the nation.
• Alexandra Baltazar Hall heads to her first NCAA Division II National Championship in her first season with the Eagles. Baltazar-Hall threw a season-best 49.60m in the discus to book her ticket. She currently ranks 14th and will look to fight into the top eight and earn All-American honors.

The NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships will be held May 21-23 at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kan., hosted by Emporia State University.