JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Maryland track and field team will send 18 student-athletes,  twice the amount last year and the program's most since at least 2005, for the 2019 NCAA East Regional Meet May 23-25 in Jacksonville, Florida as announced this week by the NCAA. The Terps will have athletes in action on all three days of the event held at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida.

The top 48 declared student athletes in an event and top 24 declared relay teams from each region are accepted into the competition, with the top 12 regional place finishers advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas June 5-8. A full list of qualifiers can be found here. Live results can be found here.

NCAA track and field fans can watch a live stream of the NCAA Division I East and/or West Preliminary Championships as FloTrack Pro subscribers. The subscription will include access to all FloTrack live broadcasts, video on-demand from all events, documentaries, technique videos and more. Coverage of the preliminary competitions will be available May 23 - 25 at www.FloTrack.com.

TODAY'S TERRAPIN SCHEDULE
 

Mikella Lefebvre-Oatis	Women's High Jump	3:30 p.m.
Alice Barnsdale	Women's Hammer Throw	4:00 p.m.
Xahria Santiago	Women's 400m Hurdles	4:30 p.m.
Alexandra Lucki	Women's 1500m Run	5:30 p.m.
Jewel Smith	Women's Long Jump	6:45 p.m.
Kameron Jones	Men's 400 Dash	7:45 p.m.

HOW THEY GOT HERE

• Mikella Lefebvre-Oatis is ranked 24th in the NCAA in the high jump, finishing in the top five in six events throughout the outdoor season and most recently taking home fourth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
• Alice Barnsdale is ranked 21^st in the NCAA in the hammer throw, winning four events in the outdoor season and finishing in the top 10 in every meet she competed in. Last weekend at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Barnsdale finished ninth with her second-best throw of the season.
• Xahria Santiago is seeded ninth in the NCAA in the 400m hurdles, and is also a key member of the top-25 4x400m relay team which has broken school records all season and most recently took home sixth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. In the 400m hurdles, Santiago has consistently finished in the top five throughout the outdoor season and most recently finished with All-Big Ten honors with a second-place performance. Last season, Santiago became Maryland's first freshman to make regionals since 2015 and will now make it in back-to-back seasons.
• Alexandra Lucki currently ranks 16th in the NCAA in the 1500m and will also be an NCAA qualifier in the 5k. Lucki is coming off a fifth-place performance in the 1500m at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and has several podium performances on the season, both in the 5k and the 1500m.
• Jewel Smith is seeded 27th in the NCAA in the long jump and is coming off a podium performance in the long jump, finishing third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
• Kameron Jones ranks 19th in the NCAA in the 400m and is also a key member of the 11th-ranked 4x400m relay team which finished third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships last weekend and finished in the top five of every event it competed in throughout the outdoor season. Jones is also fresh off a school record-breaking performance in the 400m at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth at the meet with a 46.17.