Four qualify for regionals in Raleigh Relays

On Friday and Saturday, N.C. State and Paul Derr Track played host to athletes from 83 other schools for the Raleigh Relays.

By the end of those two days, four Wolfpack athletes qualified for regional championships.

Julia Lucas, a junior in English, qualified as she won her 1,500-meter race.

Meanwhile, Gavin Coombs, a sophomore in history, was second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on his way to qualifying.

John Crews, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, qualified with his fourth-place finish in a 5,000-meter race.

Mitchell Pope, a junior in technology education, qualified on Friday in the shot put and on Saturday in the hammer throw — Saturday’s mark good enough to be the best of his career.

Pope finished second in the shot put on Friday and fourth in the hammer throw on Saturday.

The State women won the 4 x 1,500-meter relay behind the performance of sophomore Angelina Blackmon, junior Jemissa Hess, Lucas and freshman Megan Rumley on Friday with a school-record time.

The men finished second in the 4 x 100-meter event on the strength of juniors Kevin Hutton and Matt Minnick and freshmen Reggie Reese and T.J. Sheppard.