Greensboro, NC – Six Fayetteville State Broncos surpassed the NCAA DII National Championship qualifying marks at the North Carolina A&T Track & Field Classic over the weekend. Eleven FSU student-athletes are currently listed as provisional qualifiers. Before this weekend's meet, Queen Burnett ran 11.81 seconds in the 100 meters at the Mount Olive Trojan Relays. Domanique Knowles also made the list in Mount Olive with a clearance of 1.66 meters (5 feet and 5.25 inches) in the high jump. Tracy Idugboe joined the list with a hop skip and a jump of 11.80m (38'8.75") in the triple jump. Tiara Wilson exceeded the qualifying triple jump mark at the High Point Vertklasse meet with 11.68 meters (38'4"). The most notable NCAA qualifier for Fayetteville State is two-time Long Jump All-American S'Mrya Seward. At the Mount Olive Sixth Annual Adidas Trojan Challenge in March, Seward won the long jump event with a qualifying leap of 6.24 meters (20'5.75"). The mark has her ranked third overall in Division II.
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