BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bridgewater State University graduate student Jayci Andrews (Plymouth, Mass.), junior Abbi Peterson (Watertown, Mass.) and sophomore Serenity Sands (East Bridgewater, Mass.) will be competing at the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
The national championship meet will be held May 26-28 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio with the University of Mount Union serving as the host.
Andrews qualified in two events as she is seeded seventh in the 100-meter hurdles and 12th in the 400-meter hurdles. Andrews posted her qualifying time of 14.10 seconds in the 100 hurdles at the Division III New England Championships hosted by Williams College on May 7th, and notched her qualifying time of 1:02.25 in the 400 hurdles on May 14 at the NEICAAA Championships held at Bryant University.
Peterson is seeded fourth in the high jump. She recorded her qualifying and BSU school-record leap of five feet, 7.25 inches (1.71m) on March 26th at the season-opening BSU Bears Invitational.
Sands is also competing in the high jump as she is seeded 21st in the event. Sands notched her qualifying mark of five feet, 5.75 inches (1.67m) on April 2nd at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Classic.
The preliminary race of the women's 400-meter hurdles is slated to take place on Thursday evening at 6:10 PM with the finals scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 2:15 PM. The preliminary race of the women's 100-meter hurdles is expected to get underway on Friday afternoon at 2:10 PM with the finals on Saturday afternoon at 12:50 PM. The women's high jump is scheduled for Friday morning at 11:35 AM.
Peterson and Sands are both making their collegiate debuts at an NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship meet.
Andrews is making her seventh appearance at an NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship meet and fourth at the outdoor championships. A four-time All-American, Andrews is the only Bridgewater State student-athlete to win multiple NCAA titles. She claimed the national title in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, and then capped off her impressive run by capturing top honors in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2019 DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Andrews also garnered All-American accolades with a third place finish in the 400 hurdles at the 2019 outdoor championships and placed second in the 100 hurdles at the 2018 outdoor championships. As a freshman in 2016, Andrews placed 11th in the 400-meter dash at the indoor championships and tenth in the 400 at the outdoor championships. An injury kept her out of both NCAA championship meets during her sophomore year, but Andrews returned to compete at the 2018 indoor championships and finished 17th in the 60 hurdles.
For each women’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.
Please click on the links below for the complete list of accepted entries as well as the schedule of events, live scoring and video streaming.
Women's Accepted Entries | Schedule of Events (PDF) | Live Scoring | NCAA Live Video Day One | NCAA Live Video Day Two | NCAA Live Video Day Three