Stacked Event Groups At 2019 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships

We had an idea of how well several programs performed at the NCAA Division I East & West Preliminary Rounds, but we needed to wait until the entry lists for the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships came out to do a deeper dive.

Well, it’s safe to say our assumptions were correct as we’ll be seeing a lot of BYU distance athletes and sprinters & hurdlers from Houston and Southern California.

2019 NCAA DI Outdoor T&F Championships: Entry Lists & More
From The USTFCCCA InfoZone: National Championships Central

The Provo-based Cougars punched 12 tickets to Austin in distance events, the most out of any event group, regardless of gender. Half of those entries – or 6, for those who are mathematically challenged – are in the 10,000, which set an NCAA record for most final qualifiers (The previous all-time best was five when BYU stacked the decathlon in 1975).

The Women of Troy own the second most entries by event group, regardless of gender, with their 10 in the sprints & hurdles. Southern California had a field day at the NCAA West Preliminary Round as Caryl Smith Gilbert’s squad sent three to Austin in the both the 100 and 200, two in the 100 Meter Hurdles and one each in the 400 and 400 Meter Hurdles.

The Houston-based Cougars hauled in nine final-site men’s qualifiers in the sprints & hurdles. Get ready to see two Houston athletes in the 100, 200, 400 and the 400 Meter Hurdles, as well as one in the 110 Meter Hurdles.

Three programs notched eight qualifiers in an event group: LSU’s women in the sprints & hurdles, Oregon’s men in the sprints & hurdles and Texas Tech’s men in the jumps.

Two men’s programs tied for the most entries into throwing events as North Dakota State and UCLA each have six.