are set to compete at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Preliminary Round at University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium Wednesday through Saturday.
>> There are 48 competitors from the East Region in every individual event and 24 in the relays. The NCAA West Preliminary Round will be running simultaneously in Sacramento, California.
 and will compete in the 110m hurdles Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. If he advances to the quarterfinals, he will compete on Friday at 6:15 p.m.
 and will compete in the first round of the triple jump on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
The pair last competed at the IC4A/ECAC Championships in Fairfax, Virginia over a week ago. Murphy took fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.45m. Williams finished third in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.99.
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Overall, the Red Flash had 11 athletes earn All-East honors and the women's 4x800m relay Saint Francis school record was broken by
Monica Gregg,
Tesslyn Helms,
Emma Fleck and
Mariclare Anderson with a time of 9:11.21.
RED FLASH AT NCAA PRELIMS HISTORY
Last season three men qualified for the preliminary round, including Williams. Williams finished 37th in the 110m hurdles.
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The last time a Red Flash woman qualified for the preliminary round was in 2021 where Sara Phelan competed in the javelin. In 2019, Phelan was the first-ever SFU female student-athlete to qualify for the National Championship.
IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Murphy and Williams have both made their mark in the Saint Francis record books.
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Murphy holds all the Saint Francis women's horizontal jump program records. The Cresson, Pa., native most recently broke her own long (5.99m) and triple jump (12.69m) records at the Northeast Conference Championships. Her mark in the triple jump also broke the NEC's 17-year-old record.
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Williams ranks second SFU all-time in the 110m hurdles with his career best time of 13.94 from this year's NEC Championships. Jackson currently holds the school record with a time of 13.37. Williams holds the 60m hurdles program record (7.74), breaking Jackson's record of 7.85.
UP NEXT
The top 12 student-athletes in each event from both regions will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas June 7-10.
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