This Week in Vandal Track & Field:
Mike Keller Invitational (Mar.28)
Dan O'Brien Track and Field Complex

Looking Forward
The University of Idaho track and field team opens up the 2015 outdoor season hosting the Mike Keller Invitational on Saturday at the Dan O'Brien Track and Field Complex. Field events are slated to begin at 10 a.m. PT with the women's javelin and the women's shot put, while events on the track will begin at noon with the men's 5000m run. Admission to the meet is free to the public. 

Historically Speaking
This is the first year the Vandals have hosted the Mike Keller Invitational.

A Quick Recap
The Vandals wrapped up the 2015 indoor season at the Big Sky Conference Championship. One Vandal walked away a champion, while Katelyn Peterson became an all-conference performer with a second-place finish in the high-jump.

Outdoor Competitors:
Men:                                                               Women:

Christopher Black                                           Emma Balazs

Morgan Choate                                               Kolcie Bates

Mickey Day                                                       Holly Stanton

Tim Delcourt                                                     Alycia Butterworth

Pierce Fix                                                          Nicole Carter

Riley Jorgenson                                               Lauren Cooper

Cody Helbling                                                   Faith Eruwa

Sean Hollenbeck                                             Tayler Feinauer

Zac Homer                                                         Ally Ginther

Dušan Jevtic                                                     Taylor Hewett

Paul Matejcek                                                   Mareyna Karlin

Alijah Medellin                                                 Helga Machleidt

Juan Medina-Cuenca                                      Valerie Mitchell

Emmanuel Panchol                                         Kayla Ockerse

Al Taylor                                                            Ana Pardo Cofrades

Zach Trumbauer                                              Katelyn Peterson

Cayle Turpen                                                   Jenna Phipps

Brayden White                                                Andrea Pikes

Taylor John Wilson                                         Halie Raudenbush

                                                                           Alex Sciocchetti

                                                                            Julia Smith

                                                                            Sierra Speiker

                                                                           Wednesday Walton

                                                                           Adara Winder

NCAA Outdoor Qualification
NCAA outdoor track and field is in the sixth season of the two-region national qualification system. The top 48 athletes in each event qualify for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds, which are split between the East and West Regions. The Preliminary Round sites host the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifying rounds of the field events and the opening rounds through semifinals of track events (depending on the event distance). In the first year of the system in 2010, Idaho had eight women and five men qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Last season, the vandals sent six women and five men to the meet. This year's NCAA West Preliminary will be hosted by the University of Texas.