INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The NCAA announced on Tuesday that sprinters
Sariyah Copeland and
Alexis White, along with the CSUSB 4X100 relay team, will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Championships at Colorado State-Pueblo on May 25-27.
The meet will be streamed live at
www.NCAA.com.
Sariyah Copeland and
Alexis White will represent the Coyotes in the women's 200 meter dash. The Coyotes 4X100 meter relay team consisting of Copeland, White,
Mahlaya Salter and
Hailey Hunt also made the field in that event.
Copeland's best 200 this season is 23.38 while White ran 23.86. The 4X100 relay team clocked a team record 45.82 this season.
Alexander just missed the qualifying standard in the long jump. Her best leap in 2023 was a team record 19 feet, 7 inches. The final woman to qualify for the championship in the event had a best of 19 feet, 9.4 inches.
The Coyotes will be among 377 women athletes competing in the nationals.
CSUSB, as a team, finished fourth in the CCAA conference championships out of 11 teams and produced the most points in the event (77) of any Coyote team since the program began in 2015.
Schedule
Thursday, May 25th
3:50 PM - Women's 4x100 (Prelims) -
Sariyah Copeland,
Alexis White,
Mahlaya Salter and
Hailey Hunt
Friday, May 26th
4:30 PM - Women's 200M (Prelims) -
Sariyah Copeland,
Alexis White
Saturday, May 27th
4:10 PM - Women's 4x100 (Finals) -
Sariyah Copeland,
Alexis White,
Mahlaya Salter and
Hailey Hunt
6:45 PM - Women's 200M (Finals) -
Sariyah Copeland,
Alexis White