Mersal, Pitter to Jump at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Kareem Mersal and Remar Pitter are heading to Boston, Mass. to represent the University of Wyoming at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in the Long Jump after earning a spot with record-breaking jumps during the season.
Mersal and Pitter are one of three sets of teammates that will compete in the Long Jump at the NCAA Championships joining duos from the University of Florida and Florida State University in the field of 16 in the event. The Cowboys will be the first Pokes at the Indoor Championship since Shayla Howell earned second-team All American Honors in the Long Jump in 2021.
The duo are two of 10 athletes from the Mountain West Conference to qualify for the Championships. They will compete at 2pm (MT) on Friday March 8th.
MERSAL
This will be Mersal's first time competing at the NCAA Indoor Championship Meet after qualifying two-straight years for the Outdoor Championships. Mersal broke the eight-meter mark for the first time in his career earlier this season as he set the Mountain West and Wyoming school record. Mersal went to Albuquerque and the Mountain West Championships and earned an individual title in the event two weekends ago.
2024 Season
Air Force Linderman Classic | 8.02M / 26-3.75
Don Kirby Elite Invitational | 7.75M / 25-5.25
Mountain West Championships | 7.55M / 24-9.25
PITTER
Pitter started the season with a bang breaking the Wyoming school record at the Power Meet in December with a jump of 25-10.25. Mersal went on to break that record but Pitter remains No. 2 in school history with that jump. The sophomore from Gillette, Wyo., finished fifth at the Mountain West Championships and will head into his first NCAA Championship Meet.
2024 Season
Power Meet | 7.88M / 25-10.25
Air Force Linderman Classic | 7.61M / 24-11.75
Bobcat Challenge | 7.17M / 23-6.25
Don Kirby Elite Invitational | 7.42M / 24-4.25
Mountain West Championships | 7.13M / 23-4.75
SCHEDULE
The championships, co-hosted by Boston College and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, will be held March 7, 8 and 9 at the TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts. The championships will kick off with the weight throw competition on the evening of March 7 with the men's competition at 6 p.m. Eastern time, followed by the women's competition at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
The Long Jump will take place on Friday, March 8 at 2 p.m. Mountain Time.
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