Kellion Knibb placed fifth in the discus for FSU's first NCAA Championships points, while Linden Hall and Kellion Knibb advanced to the finals in the 1500 and 100 hurdles Thursday.

Dentarius Locke, James Harris and the women's 4x100 relay all qualified for Friday's finals on the opening day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships meet.

Florida State's well-balanced track & field program will be well-represented when the NCAA Outdoor Championships begins Wednesday at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

They go about it in different ways, but there's no questioning that Dentarius Locke and James Harris are the leaders of the Florida State Track & Field team.

Seniors Dentarius Locke and James Harris anchored NCAA qualifying relay efforts as the Florida State track & field teams closed out the East Preliminary meet with 14 individual and three relay qualifiers for Nationals.

Kellion Knibb broke the Jamaican national discus record as she and her Seminole teammates pushed their NCAA Championships qualifying total to 11 heading into final day of East Prelims competition.

Katja Vangsnes, Paul Madzivire, Hannah Walker and Der'Renae Freeman all qualified for the NCAA Championship meet on the first day of East Preliminary action in Jacksonville.

Combined 34 strong, the Florida State men's and women's track & field teams will take their first steps toward the ultimate goal - advancing to the NCAA Championships - at the three-day East Preliminary, which begins Thursday.

James Harris and Michael Cherry went 1-2 in the 400, and Kellion Knibb won the discus at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Now the Seminoles turn their attention toward the postseason.

Zak Seddon qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet, while Katja Vangsnes broke her own school hammer record Friday night at the Georgia Tech Invitational.