PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers track and field will send four Scarlet Knights to the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6.
A'nan Bridgett and
Celine-Jada Brown will represent RU in the men's and women's long jump, while
Brian O'Sullivan and
Chloe Timberg will compete in the men's and women's pole vault, respectively.
O'Sullivan and Bridgett will open the competition for the Scarlet Knights on Wednesday, June 5 with the men's pole vault getting under way at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the men's long jump at 9 p.m. ET. Timberg and Brown will compete on Thursday, June 6 with the women's pole vault taking place at 9 p.m. ET and women's long jump at 10 p.m. ET.
ESPN2 will provide coverage of the championships and live results are available
here.
For the third-straight year, Rutgers will send competitors to the outdoor championships on both men's and women's side. The Scarlet Knights qualified a program-record 22 for the 2023 NCAA East First Round in Lexington, Kentucky.
The four events match the most events qualified for at the outdoor championships since 2018. That year, RU sent five competitors in four events, including men's hammer, men's 400-meter, men's 400-meter hurdles and the men's 4x400-meter relay.
At the NCAA East First Round, Timberg finished in a tie for sixth, clearing 4.30m (14' 1.25") to advance to her third-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships. She enters competition having posted a school record and personal best 4.60m (15' 1") at the Penn Relays.
Bridgett is making his return to the NCAA Championships after missing out on last year's event due to injury. He led the field East First Round, posting a distance of 7.76m (25' 5.5") to qualify for his third career appearance at the championships.
Brown finished fourth at the East First Round, jumping 6.28m (20' 7.25") to earn her first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, while O'Sullivan placed eighth (5.32m/17' 5.5") and will make his championship debut.
