The Lincoln Blue Tigers opened the Division II outdoor track and field championships Thursday by competing in six events and advanced four individuals and a relay team to the finals at Colorado State Pueblo University’s ThunderBowl Stadium.
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It was not exactly the day the Lincoln Blue Tigers wanted Saturday in Day 2 of the MIAA track and field outdoor championships at Dwight T. Reed Stadium. The Blue Tigers got 19 qualifiers through the preliminary rounds and into today’s finals and collected a few points in the men’s and women’s long jump, but it was not the dominant day Lincoln wanted, especially in a meet at its home track.
The Lincoln Blue Tigers will have several athletes in action at the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field national championships, which begin today and continue through Saturday at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. Heading into the national championships, both Lincoln teams are ranked in the top 10 in Division II by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The men are ranked No. 7 and the women are ranked No. 8.