HONOLULU – A group of four athletes will represent the Hawai'i women's track and field team in five different events at the NCAA First Round in College Station, Texas, May 28-31 following the announcement of the field Thursday.
 
Lilian Turban will compete in both the high jump and javelin while Tara Wyllie competes in the triple jump, Helen Hoadley qualified in the pole vault and Lucy Milliner earned a spot in the 800m.
 
A two-time champion at the Big West Championships last weekend, Turban will become the first Rainbow Wahine athlete to compete in multiple events at the NCAA preliminary round since Charlinda Ioane and Alex Porlier Langlois in 2016 (shot put, discus). In Turban's last NCAA postseason appearance outdoors in 2023, she finished third at the first round meet on the way to claiming All-America honors with a fourth-place national finish.
 
Wyllie is the No. 28 qualifier in the west in the triple jump with a season best mark of 12.93m that has her in second all-time at UH. She will be making her second consecutive appearance in the NCAA First Round.
 
Hoadley will compete in the NCAA First Round for the first time in her career after setting a school record earlier this year by clearing 4.20m. She finished runner up this year at both the Big West Championships outdoors and the MPSF Championships indoors.
 
Milliner turned in a stellar freshman season in the middle distance races and will represent the 'Bows in the 800m. Her season best mark of 2:07.05 puts her in 44th in the region and second all-time in program history. The native of England claimed a spot on the podium at the Big West Championships in the 1500m while also finishing fourth in the 800m. She is the first UH distance runner to qualify for the NCAA First Round since 2005 (Kelly Young, Dana Buchanan).