Howard Qualifies For NCAA With Record-Setting Toss

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Central Michigan's Erin Howard set a program record and qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Championships on Saturday at the East Preliminary at North Florida's Hodges Stadium.

Howard, a sophomore from Lansing, finished 11^th in the women's shot put with a toss of 53 feet, 6 ¼ inches. She broke her own program record (53-3) which she set on April 20 at the Virginia Challenge.

As a top-12 finisher in her event, Howard advanced for the NCAA Championships June 5-8 at the University of Texas in Austin.

Howard joins teammate Nadia Williams, who advanced to the NCAA Championships with a 12th-place finish in the long jump on Thursday.

Also for the Chippewas on Saturday, Shane Moffo finished 19^th in 13.89 seconds in the men's 110-meter hurdles; Megan O'Neil finished 38^th in 17:16.37 in the women's 5,000-meter run; Kevin Weiler finished 35^th in the men's shot put with a toss of 56-1/2; and Janelle Perry placed 14^th in 13.31 in the women's 100 hurdles.

Perry, a senior, came excruciatingly close to qualifying for the national as she finished just 1/100^th of a second behind the 12^th-place finisher, Summer Thorpe of Notre Dame (13.30).

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Players Mentioned

Erin Howard

Shane Moffo

Megan O'Neil

Janelle Perry

Kevin Weiler

Nadia Williams