Petty Posts Provisional Mark at Texas Relays
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Texas A&M University-Commerce sophomore Shagayla Petty (pictured) posted an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles at the 83rd annual Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, on Friday.
Petty finished seventh in her heat, which consisted entirely of Division I athletes with the exception of herself, in a wind-aided (2.2 meters per second) time of 14.50. Although her time was wind-aided in terms of national rankings, the NCAA allows winds of up to 4.0 mps when qualifying for the national meet. The allowable wind for nationally ranked times and records is 2.0 mps.
The NCAA has two qualifying methods for Division II athletes – automatic and provisional. Athletes who run the former are automatically eligible for the national meet. Athletes running the latter, however, must wait to see how many participants are accepted into the field of their respective event at the national meet. The automatic time in the women's 100-meter hurdles is 13.90 and the provisional time is 14.55.
Additionally, senior sprinter Chad Washington and freshman sprinter Jakesia King posted season-best times in the men's and women's 100-meter dash, respectively. King ran a 12.69 in the women's event; Washington ran a 10.96 in the men's.
