PISCATAWAY, N.J.  – Eleven Scarlet Knights are set to represent Rutgers men's track and field at the 2019 NCAA East Regional Preliminary from May 23-25 in Jacksonville, Florida. Rutgers will compete in eight individual events, as well as the 4x400m relay.
 
Graduate student Chris Mirabelli (javelin), redshirt-junior Greg Harnett (javelin), freshman A'nan Bridgett (long jump), sophomore Malachi Davis (triple jump), junior Perry Christie (high jump), senior John Mooers (discus) and redshirt-sophomore Jason Campbell (discus), will compete in field events.
 
Sophomore Taj Burgess (400m, 4x400m), freshman Chris Jenkins (4x400m), sophomore Semaj Willis (4x400m), and senior Sterling Pierce (4x400m) will hit the track for RU at the University of North Florida.
 
STREAM THE ACTION LIVE
NCAA track and field fans can watch a live stream of the NCAA Division I East and/or West Preliminary Championships as FloTrack Pro subscribers. Coverage of the preliminary competitions will be available May 23 - 25 at www.FloTrack.com. Live results of the event will also be available.
 
TRACK EVENTS
The 4x400m relay team of Jenkins, Burgess, Pierce, and Brown posted a Rutgers outdoor record of 3:04.27 this season, a mark that ranks 11th in the nation and fifth in the east. Burgess, Jenkins, Willis, and Pierce posted a podium finish in the event at Big Ten's this season. The quartet of Jermaine Griffith, Brown, Alanzo Aris, and Boaz Madeus collected Second Team All-America honors at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Individually, Burgess qualified for the 400m for the second consecutive season, having earned Second Team All-America status at nationals. He is seeded 17th in the prelim with a time of 46.05.
 
FIELD EVENTS
Mirabelli, a three-time Big Ten champion and three-time All-American in the javelin, earned First Team All-America status with an eighth-place finish in the javelin at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Lumberton, New Jersey, native redshirted in 2018 due to injury, returning to the field with a mark of 72.30m (237' 3") this season that ranks 16th in the nation and eighth in the East.
 
Bridgett owns two Big Ten medals in the long jump, including a bronze medal indoors and a silver medal outdoors.  The Princeton Junction, New Jersey, native posted a mark of 7.47m (24' 6.25") at the 2019 Big Ten Outdoor Championships to finish second.  His season-best mark of 7.72m (25' 4") ranks 35th in the NCAA and 19th in the East.
 
Qualifying for the second-straight season, Davis enters competition following a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at Big Ten's, posting an outdoor personal-best mark of 15.58m (51' 1.5").
 
Also making a second consecutive appearance, Mooers season included a third-place in the discus throw championship at Penn Relays, registering a PR of 56.45m (185' 2"). Campbell joins in the event after finishing seventh at Big Ten's with a PR 52.98m (173' 10").
 
Harnett makes his second straight selection as well, finished fifth at the conference championships with a mark of 65.30m (214' 3").
 
Christie rounds out the field competition for RU, posting an outdoor PR of 2.13m (6' 11.75")  in the high jump.
 
For a full list of participants and seeding, click here.
 
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