APSU Track and Field has Two Lady Govs ready for NCAA East Preliminary Championship

Clarksville, TN – A pair of Austin Peay State University women’s track and field team members will represent the Lady Govs at the NCAA East Preliminary Championship round in Greensboro, NC, this weekend, hosted by North Carolina A&T.

For the second year in a row, senior Chantelle Grey will square off against the best middle-distance runners in the region in the 800m run. Grey will be in lane eight of the second heat, against foes both familiar – she’s raced against Ohio State’s Janel Olberding (Lane Three), Tennessee’s Najgia Snapp (Lane Four) and Western Michigan’s Aisha Hodge (Lane Seven) in 2013) – and formidable. Georgetown’s Chelsea Cox (sixth, Lane One) and Snapp (seventh) enter the meet ranked in the top 10 regionally.

Last season, Grey finished 43rd in the preliminary round at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium with a 2:12.64; Grey has not had a time higher than 2:11 in her last three meets, and has been above 2:10 just three times during outdoor season.

Joining Grey will be freshman Breigh Jones, who will run the 400m dash in her first Preliminary appearance. She will have Lane Five in the second heat, where she will face three of the top 15 runners in the region – Notre Dame’s Michelle Brown (second overall qualifier, Lane Six), Virginia’s Jordan Lavender (11th, Lane Seven) and Florida State’s Elizabeth Ichite (14th, Lane Three).

Jones has made a drastic improvement during outdoor season. After a 56.44 time in her first outdoor 400m dash attempt, she’s steadily lowered her times each week before hitting a personal-best 54.44 two weeks ago at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

The first round of competition for both Jones and Grey is scheduled to take place Thursday, with the 400m scheduled for 7:20pm (ET) and the 800m scheduled for 8:10pm (ET). Should they advance to Friday’s quarterfinal, Jones’ 400m would be scheduled for 6:00pm and Grey would be slated to race at 7:00pm.