Riverside’s Jamir Brown, a Syracuse sophomore, cruised through the first round of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Prelims in Lexington, Ky., and Lumberton’s Greg Foster, a Princeton junior,, joined him advancing to the hurdles quarterfinals and also qualified in the long jump.
Brown, whose 13.25 last week in Louisville is No. 13 in the world, earned a Large-Q qualifier by winning the 3rd of six heats in the hurdles. The top 24 advance to Saturday, and the top 12 Saturday from the East and West regionals advance to the NCAA Championships next month in Eugene.
Foster ran 13.80 and advanced to Saturday with a small Q after placing 6th in the 2nd heat. The top three in each semi plus the next six-fastest advance to the national quarterfinals, scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Friday.
Hampton sophomore Yashahya Brown from Washington Township came up 8-100ths of a second shy of advancing in the hurdles after running 13.90.
Foster was the 4th qualifier in the long jump with a 25-10 ¾ on his 2nd jump with a legal 0.7 win. The long jump is a national quarterfinal, so the top 12 from the East and the top 12 from the West advance to Eugene.
Foster ranks 8th in NCAA Division 1 with a 26-5 ½ at the Ivy League Championships at Princeton last week.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 