Indianapolis, IN – Four members of the Towson University track & field team have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, announced by the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross-Country Committee Thursday afternoon.

Cristal Cuervo (200m – ranked 33rd), Fatimah Owens (discus – ranked 43rd), Georgia Coleman (hammer – ranked 37th) and Manie Mevo (triple jump – ranked 30th) have all qualified for the meet for the first time in their collegiate careers and will travel to University of North Florida from May 24-27 to compete at the Hodges Stadium. All four athletes had gold medal performances at conference meets this outdoor season.

Cuervo saw a third-place finish in the 200m at Outdoor Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships after clocking a 23.96. The sophomore went on to win the event the following weekend at Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Outdoor Championships, breaking the program and Panama National record with a time of 23.29.

Fatimah Owens picked up a gold medal at ECACs in the discus with a PR toss of 50.72m, posting the second highest mark in Towson history.

Georgia Coleman won bronze at CAA's in the hammer throw with a mark of 58.17m. The graduate student saw improvement the following weekend at ECAC's, claiming the event title with a new PR of 59.81m.

Freshman Manie Mevo won the triple jump at back-to-back conference meets, posting PRs both times. Mevo was the triple jump champion at CAAs with a distance of 12.35m. The Maryland native went on to win the event at ECACs, where she posted a new school record mark of 12.84m.

The top 12 finishers in each event at this meet will advance to the NCAA Championship, hosted by the University of Texas June 7-10 at the Mike A. Myers Stadium.