NCAA West Prelim Qualifiers | NCAA West Prelim Information

INDIANAPOLIS – Three Missouri State student-athletes will compete in four individual events at the 2017 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor West Preliminary Rounds May 25-27 in Austin, Texas, the NCAA announced Thursday (May 18).  
 
Seniors Shani Adams and Holly Pattie-Belleli return to the preliminary round for the third-straight year, in the 400-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles, respectfully. Junior Marissa Kurtimah repeats as a NCAA qualifier in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash for the Bears.

Adams will compete in the first round of the 400-meter hurdles on Thursday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m. while Kurtimah will go in the 100-meter dash at 6:30 p.m. On Friday, May 26, Pattie-Belleli will compete in the first round of the 100-meter hurdles at 4:30 p.m., while Kurtimah will race in the first round of the 200-meter dash at 7:30 p.m. 
 

Missouri State Track and Field at 2017 NCAA DI Outdoor Track West Preliminary Round
Date	Thursday, May 25 - Saturday, May 27
Location	Austin, Texas
Site	Mike A Meyers Stadium
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Watch Live	Link | Thurs., May 25 starts at 11 a.m.; Friday, May 26 starts at noon; Saturday, May 27 starts at 1 p.m.
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Adams is seeded 18^th with a time of 58.62 in the 400-meter hurdles, for which she collected a silver medal at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track Championships (May 14). It marked the second time this season she posted a time under one minute in the event. 
 
Pattie-Belleli turned in her time of 13.62 in the 100-meter hurdles during the preliminary race of the MVC Championship. She enters the meet with the 45^th-best time. The Ongar, Essex, England native holds the Missouri State program record in the event, posting a time of 13.27 at the 2016 MVC Championship.
 
After defending her MVC Championship titles in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, Kurtimah became the only student-athlete to win two events at the league meet last weekend. The Guelph, Ontario, Canada native qualified in the 100-meter dash with her time of 11.55 from the Tom Botts Invitational (April 14) while her time of 23.57 from the MVC Championships qualified her for the 200-meter dash. Kurtimah currently sits in 42^nd in the 100-meter dash and 39^th in the 200-meter dash.
 
The 48 west preliminary site competitors will be whittled down, as the top 12 athletes from each individual event in the will qualify to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Oregon, on June 7-10.