From Indiana sports info:
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Indiana track and field advanced four more athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on the final day of the East Preliminary Round, bringing the team’s travel party to 11 for June 5-8. Andy Bayer was second in the 1,500m to extend the defense of his national title, Kyla Buckley threw her way into the NCAA meet in the shot put, and Derek Drouin and Darius King advanced in the high jump.
Bayer led from the start and took second in the first heat in 3:40.43, leading the top 10 finishers in his heat to times faster than the winner of the other heat. Bayer won the NCAA 1,500m title a year ago. Bayer’s time is the second fastest of his career in a pacer-free race. Adam Behnke took 10th in the same heat in 3:47.38, and his time, despite being the 10th fastest overall, got him a 15th place finish.
Buckley punched her ticket with a 16.00m (52-6) on her first throw, which held up for eighth place. Buckley returns to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she took ninth in 2012, and qualifies for her third straight national meet, as she competed ...