HONOLULU – Four Hawai'i track and field athletes are set to compete on the national stage at the NCAA First Round in College Station, Texas, Thursday and Saturday.
 
Lilian Turban, Helen Hoadley, Tara Wyllie and Lucy Milliner will compete against some of the best athletes in the West Region with a chance to advance to the NCAA Championships, June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore. The four athletes who have qualified mark the most UH has sent to the NCAA First Round since 2016.
 

NCAA FIRST ROUND
Date | Time				Lilian Turban Thursday, May 29 -- 9:30 a.m. HT (Javelin) Saturday, May 31 -- 10:30 a.m. HT (High Jump) Helen Hoadley Thursday, May 29 -- 12:30 p.m. HT (Pole Vault) Tara Wyllie Saturday, May 31 -- 9:30 a.m. (Triple Jump) Lucy Milliner Thursday, May 29 -- 2:50 p.m. (800m)
Location				College Station, Texas -- E.B. Cushing Stadium
Live Stream				Thursday | Saturday
Live Results				HERE

Turban is entered in the javelin Thursday and the high jump Saturday while Wyllie competes in the triple jump Saturday, Hoadley qualified in the pole vault and will be in action Thursday and Milliner earned a spot in the 800m which is set for Thursday, with a chance to advance to Saturday's quarterfinals.
 
A two-time champion at the Big West Championships earlier this month, 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 an NCAA event 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).