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NCAA East First Round
Florida State Qualifies 31 Athletes for NCAA East First Round
5/26/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State track and field teams have qualified 31 student-athletes to compete in the NCAA East First Round on May 27-30 at the Shively Track and Field Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.
MEET NOTES:
The four-day meet will begin on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. with the men's long jump that will feature Curtis Williams The running events will start at 6:00 p.m. Expanded coverage will air on ESPN+ and can be accessed at Seminoles.com. Live Results will be available here.
Last year, Florida State crowned two regional champions and sent 21 athletes to the NCAA Outdoor National Championship at Hayward Field, marking the most since the 2022 season.
To qualify for the first round of the NCAA Championships, student-athletes must have finished the season ranked within the top 48 of their individual events or as a member of a top 24 relay team on their respective regional qualifying list (East or West), which was released by the NCAA on Thursday. The top 12 athletes in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon in the East and West automatically receive entry to the national meet.
From there, the top 12 finishers in each event at each regional meet advance to the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to the University of Oregon at Hayward Field on June 10-13.
The FSU women's team will be highlighted by senior two-seed Shenese Walker, who was named the Women's MVP for the second straight year after scoring 28 individual points behind two wins and one silver medal finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships on May 16. Walker competed in the women's 100 placing first with a time of 11.07, before helping the women's 4x100-meter to a second-place finish and fourth-fastest time in FSU history at 42.96. The Saint Thomas native concluded her night in the women's 200 with a winning personal-best and sixth-fastest time in program history of 22.65.
Rylee Blade will have her eyes set on qualifying for her first NCAA Outdoor National Championship in the women's 10,000. The true freshman captured gold on opening day of the ACC Outdoor Championships, setting a new meet record and second-fastest time in program history at 32:35.72. Blade became the second person in program history to secure gold in the event and the first freshman in FSU history to be crowned the 10k champion.
Shamar Reid enters the meet as the top seed in the men's discus and has been a key competitor in the field on the men's side. Reid is coming off a historic performance in the event after being crowned the ACC Champion and breaking a 47-year-old school record that was set by Bradley Cooper in 1979 with a new personal best of 65.87 meters. Reid became the first champion in the event since 2023 and the fifth-overall in program history.
Despiro Wray notched gold in the men's shotput with a new personal best and the sixth-furthest throw in program history at 18.58 meters. Wray became the first shotput champion since 2018 and was just the second freshman in program history to win the event. Reid followed up with a fifth-place finish at 18.12 meters.
Neo Mosebi is returning to Lexington for the second time in his career, seeded fifth in the men's 100. Mosebi was victorious in the event at the ACC Outdoor Championship for the second straight year, marking the fifth consecutive year Florida State has won gold in the event for both the men and women. Mosebi tied the sixth-fastest time in FSU history with a time of 9.98, which ranks him the 11th fastest South African to record a wind legal sub-10 time. The junior also placed second in the men's 4x100, before ending his night in the 200 in third with a time of 20.80.
FLORIDA STATE NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 – First round/semifinal
6:00 p.m. Long Jump (first round) – Curtis Williams
6:00 p.m. 110m hurdles (first round) – Andre Korbmacher, Tyson Williams, Zach Extine
6:30 p.m. Shotput (first round)- Despiro Wray
7:00 p.m. 100m (first round)– Neo Mosebi, Durian Moss
7:25 p.m. 400m(first round) – Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng
THURSDAY, MAY 28 – First round/semifinal
1:00 p.m. Javelin (first round)-Alexa Schwartz
6:30 p.m. 1,500m (first round) – Suus Altorf, Nicole Dinan
6:30 p.m. Shotput (first round)-Nafy Thiam
7:00 p.m. 100m (first round) –Shenese Walker, Micayah Holland, Lucy May Sleeman
8:45 p.m. 200m (first round) – Oludoyin Soremi
9:10 p.m. 10,000m (semifinals)- Rylee Blade
FRIDAY, MAY 29- Men's Quarterfinals/Semifinals
1:00 p.m. Discus (first round)-Shamar Reid
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (quarterfinals)
5:40 p.m. 3,000-meter steeplechase(quarterfinals)-Kaden Levings
6:00 p.m. Triple Jump (first round)- Kyvon Tatham
6:15 p.m. 110m hurdles (quarterfinals)-Andre Korbmacher, Tyson Williams, Zach Extine
6:35 p.m. 100m (quarterfinals)- Neo Mosebi, Durian Moss
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinals)– Isaac Hirshman Chandler
8:45 p.m. 4x400 relay (quarterfinals)
SATURDAY, MAY 30- Women's Quarterfinals/Semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (semifinal)
5:15 p.m. 1,5000m (quarterfinals)-Suus Altorf
5:40 p.m. 3,000-meter steeplechase(quarterfinals)-Leah Taylor
2:30 p.m. Triple Jump (first round) – Kayla Pinkard, Ana Bulat
6:35 p.m. 100m (quarterfinals)- Shenese Walker, Lucy May Sleeman, Micayah Holland
7:50 p.m. 200m (quarterfinals)- Oludoyin Soremi
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinals) – Bieke Schipperen
NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES MEET INFORMATION
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