DAVIS, Calif. — Following her historic championship performance at the Big West Championships, junior
Kylee Davis is officially bound for Fayetteville, Arkansas, to represent UC Davis at the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Earning the first NCAA postseason qualification of her career, Davis will compete at John McDonnell Field tomorrow, Thursday, May 28, with the women's long jump scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. PT (6:30 p.m. CT).
Davis earned her inaugural trip to the NCAA Prelims by capturing the individual conference crown at the Big West Track and Field Championships. Her gold-medal winning mark of 6.26m set a massive lifetime-best, catapulting her to the No. 2 spot in the UC Davis women's outdoor record book and cementing her status as one of the premier jumpers in the region.
The NCAA West First Round features the top 48 long jumpers in the region, with competitors looking to secure a coveted spot in the top 12 of Thursday's field to punch their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, held from June 10-13.
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN/FOLLOW
Jack McDonnell Field | Fayetteville, Ark.
May 28 – NCAA West Championship Prelims |
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PRELIMS SCHEDULE:
MAY 28 (THURSDAY)
(4:30 p.m. PT) Long Jump –
Kylee Davis
RETURNING PLAYERS: UC Davis is headlined by returning Big West conference second and sixth-place finisher
Maya Shinnick (400m and 200m Dash); third-place finisher
Kylee Davis (Long Jump); conference third-place finisher
Aidan Hagerty (Pole Vault); conference fifth-place finisher
Ethan Brooks (10k); conference sixth-place finisher
Kadidja Sangare (Long Jump); conference sixth-place finisher
Hailey Hernandez (Hammer); conference multi's sixth-place finisher
Justin Reichenberg (Decathlon); conference ninth-place finisher
Fiona McGrath (10000m Run); conference tenth-place finisher
Caden Hicks (Steeplechase); conference seventh-place finishing squad Davis,
Anistecia Kinsey, Sangare, Shinnick, and
Riley Lankford (4x100m Relay); and the Big West conference eigth-place finishing squad Shinnick, Kinsey,
Dominika Janik,
Elle Middleton, and
Ashleigh Christy (4x400m Relay).
These Aggies are joined by fellow female returners,
Kiah Aitken (So.);
Emily Allison (So.);
Brooke Butler (Jr.);
Francesca Castro (So.);
Elizabeth Churchill (Sr.);
Hannah Crone (Sr.);
Grace Dunham (So.);
Chinyere Egbuziem (Sr.);
Chiara Fantin (Jr.);
Kirra Fisk (So.);
Lily Holman (So.);
Madison Kackley (Sr.);
Cassidy Kajita (So.);
Cierra Kinsey (Jr.);
Haley Large (Sr.);
Atianna Marquez (So.);
Fiona McGrath (So.);
Tauren Mitchell (So.);
Ningning O'Brien (Jr.);
Jocelyn Pacheco (Jr.);
Avah Reichow (So.);
Tianna Ruskovich (So.);
Kayla Rutz (Sr.);
Aiza Sarwar (Sr.);
Trisha Sharma (Sr.);
Kayla Towne (So.);
Gracie Trenam (So.);
Angelina Valladeres (So.);
Francesca Villain (Jr.);
Lauren Villegas (So.);
Stormy Wallace (Sr.)
And fellow male returners,
Santiago Adan (So.);
Kathir Balakrishnan (Jr.);
Hayden Brooks (So.);
Chris Coles (Sr.);
Erik Erdiakoff (Sr.);
Dario Garrett (So.);
Zachary Graeber (Sr.);
Nick Herrmann (So.);
Jake Joerger (So.);
Riley Leyva (So.);
Anderson Lin (Sr.);
Marco Martin (R-Jr.);
Brandon Pau (R-So.);
Daren Randolph (Sr.);
Andres Ruiz Perez (Sr.);
Lucas Tam (So.);
Christian Taylor (Jr.); Chance Tobuko (Sr.);
Luke Wales (So.);
Jakob Zimmerman (So.)
ABOUT UC DAVIS ATHLETICS:
UC Davis, the No. 2 ranked public university by the Wall Street Journal, is home to 40,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 employees. Ranked No. 1 in Agriculture and Forestry as well as No. 1 in Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis is located in a true California college town nestled between world-class destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports, with 16 sports transitioning to the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026–27.
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