Western Kentucky’s track and field program had 10 Hilltoppers and one Lady Topper qualify for the finals of seven individual events Saturday at the 2019 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charlotte, N.C.

The final day of competition has been moved up due to expected inclement weather. Sunday’s field events will begin at 7 a.m. CDT while track events will start at 9 a.m. CDT.

On the men’s side, WKU qualified four Hilltoppers in the 100-meter dash and three in the 200 meters, 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles. Martin Owusu-Antwi, Will Bush and Josh Davis finished second, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the preliminary round of the 100. Those three were joined by Kymari Gates in qualifying for the 200 meters. Austin Hayes finished just outside the qualifying pack in each of those races.

In the quarter-mile race, Gates led the qualifying round at 46.25 seconds. Duncan Agyemang and Oliver Alexandre qualified for the finals as well, posting 47.10 and 47.16 times, respectively. Lincoln Warren and Abdur Kelly finished outside the final round by just under a second.

2016 C-USA Outdoor 400-meter hurdle winner Maor Seged placed first in the qualifying round with his second-best time of the season. David Saruni finished fourth in the preliminary race while Agyemang placed sixth, both good enough finishes to move on to the final round.

Mid-distance runner Dedrick Troxell qualified for the men’s 1,500-meter finals with a time just over four minutes. Michael Sherman and Matthew Wininger were the first and second men out of the final race.

Lady Topper Juannae Lewis qualified for the women’s 200- and 400-meter final events. In the preliminary races, Lewis finished sixth in the 200 and fifth in the 400.

WKU continued to see success in its female jumping events. Annastacia Forrester jumped 6.14 meters, which was good for second, earning eight points for the Lady Toppers.

Forrester bested her own top jump from the 2019 season by a tenth of a meter.

Briana Eskridge placed ninth with a jump of 5.79 meters, while Myesha Nott finished 13th after recording a jump of 5.51 meters. The Lady Toppers are set to compete in the high jump and triple jump Sunday.

Pole vaulters Getter Lemberg and Nicole Ogorek placed seventh and 11th, respectively. Lemberg completed a jump of 3.61 meters while Ogorek jumped 3.31 meters.

Morgan Kannapel was WKU’s sole competitor in the meet Friday. Kannapel ran in the 10,000 meters, finishing 12th with a time of 43:22.31.

At the end of the third day of competition, the women’s team is in ninth while the men’s team is yet to get on the board.