Three CAA Men’s Track & Field Student-Athletes Qualify for 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships
Hunter Peters
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 27, 2024) – Three CAA Men’s Track and Field student-athletes qualified for the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships announced Tuesday night.
Hampton freshman Leo Davis, Northeastern junior Ethan Exilhomme and North Carolina A&T sophomore Jason Holmes qualified for the National Championships after posting top-16 marks in their respective events this winter.
Davis won the 800m at the South Carolina Invitational in a personal-best 1:47.05 to rank 12th in the NCAA this season. His time also broke the conference record in the event. The freshman ran the top prelim time (1:49.66) in the 800m at the CAA Championships before placing eighth in the finals of his conference championships debut.
Exilhomme won the 60m hurdles at the UMass Flagship Indoor Invitational in a Northeastern and CAA record 7.60. The time is the fifth-fastest in the NCAA this season. The junior placed fourth (8.00) in the 60m hurdles at the CAA Championships before winning the 60m crown (6.69).
Holmes won all four 60m hurdles races he competed in this winter and ran his best race at the CAA Championships, winning the crown in a meet-record 7.65. The sophomore posted five times sub 7.80 in the event this season, with his personal-best time at the conference championship ranking 12th in the NCAA this season.
The 2024 championships will take place from Thursday, March 7 through Saturday, March 9 at The Track at New Balance in Boston.
Qualification to the Championships is based on the descending order list for the current indoor season, prepared solely from the mandatory submission of meet results during the current indoor season and adhering to the current Championships Qualifying Regulations published in the current 2024 PreChampionships Manual. For each individual event contested at the Championships, the top sixteen (16) declared student-athletes will be accepted into the Championships. For each relay event contested at the Championships, the top twelve (12) declared relay teams will be accepted into the Championships. The stated maximums are absolute and will not be extended as a result of ties.
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