A top 12 finish sends you to the NCAA Championships
The Minnesota Golden Gophers track and field teams will be sending 39 different events—21 from the men’s side and 18 from the women to the NCAA West Regional held at Texas A&M beginning on Wednesday and continuing through Saturday. The Gophers entries will join the rest of the west region’s top 48 athletes in individual events and the best 24 relay teams. The men will compete on Wednesday and Friday, while the women will compete on Thursday and Saturday. The top 12 in each event will join the top 12 from the eastern regional and will advance to the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon from June 11-14.
The Gopher men have athletes seeded #1 through #48 in their competitions. The following athletes are making the trip along with their seeds in their events:
Devin Augustine – 100m (17th), 200m (10th)
Kion Benjamin – 100m (48th)
Aaron Charles – 200m (27th)
Christian Martin – 110m Hurdles (15th)
Michael Buchanan – 110m Hurdles (T33rd)
Spencer Brown – 110m Hurdles (T33rd)
Ahmed Khadar – 400m Hurdles (21st)
Frankie Grey – 400m Hurdles (41st)
Emmett Gerres – 3000m Steeplechase (36th)
Sam Snitker – High Jump (48th)
Jak Urlacher – Pole Vault (12th)
Charles Godfred – Long Jump (2nd)
Michael Buchanan – Long Jump (29th)
Hakeem Ford – Triple Jump (2nd)
Precious Opinion – Triple Jump (26th)
Isaiah Schafer – Shot Put (6th)
Angelos Mantzouranis – Hammer Throw (1st)
Kostas Zaltos – Hammer Throw (2nd)
4x 100 Relay- (Augustine, Benjamin, Charles, Zion Campbell) (2nd)
4x 400 Relay- (Martin, Grey, Dwyne Smith Jr., Ramy Ayoub, Joseph Manser (ALT) (18th)
The Gopher women are ranked 4th through 46th in their region. The athletes making the trip along with their seeds include:
Erin Reidy – 1500m (18th)
Ali Weimer – 10000m (12th)
Maja Maunsbach – 100m Hurdles (11th)
Dyandra Gray – 400m Hurdles (27th)
Zoie Dundon – 3000m Steeplechase (8th)
Isabelle Schmitz – 3000m Steeplechase (9th)
Alliyah McNeil – High Jump (T34th)
Nyalaam Jok – High Jump (T34th)
Lexy Berger – Pole Vault (27th)
Sofia Condon – Pole Vault (31st)
Diarra Sow – Triple Jump (10th)
Brooke Moore – Triple Jump (18th)
Anthonett Nabwe – Shot Put (19th), Discus (6th), Hammer Throw (4th)
Isabelle Schmidt – Shot Put (46th)
Hadley Streit – Hammer Throw (14th)
4×400 Relay- (Gray, Kendra Kelley, Kennedy Martinson, Kitania Headley, Ellie Kuechle (ALT), Laubenra Ben (ALT) ) (23rd)
The full schedule of events is below. All of the action will stream on ESPN+.