Kent State University
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Women’s Track and Field Duo to Compete at NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/8/2021 4:51:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Kent State student-athletes Gabby Bailey and Leah Pasqualetti will seek to earn All-America honors this week at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The championships return to historic Hayward Field for the first time since 2018.
Competition begins on Wednesday, June 8 and concludes Saturday, June 12. Pasqualetti and Bailey will both compete on Thursday, June 12, with Pasqualetti competing in the pole vault at 7 p.m. ET and Bailey slated for the shot put at 8:40 p.m. ET. Bailey will conclude the meet for the Golden Flashes on Saturday in the discus throw at 5:35 pm ET. She will throw in the second flight for both events, with the top nine performers at the end of the third round advancing to the finals.
PREVIEWING THE FLASHES
Gabby Bailey will be competing in her second NCAA Outdoor Championships and placed 18th with a throw of 51'-11.25" in the shot put back in 2019. The Portmore, Jamaica native enters the meet as the field's No. 20 seed with a season-best mark of 55'-1" at the Mid-American Conference Championships. Bailey will also throw the discus at the meet and her personal-best heave of 191'-6" at the Akron Field Events Qualifier earned her the No. 8 seed
Leah Pasqualetti is seeded 14th in the pole vault with a Kent State record height of 14'-0" at the Akron Field Events Last Chance Qualifier. The freshman has a personal-best clearance of 14'-8.25" last June, which would put her in contention for a spot on the podium.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
The meet will be broadcast in its entirety by the ESPN family of networks and the ESPN app. For detailed broadcast information, visit NCAA.com. Additionally, live results will be available online throughout the meet.
NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Schedule
Thursday, June 10
7:00 pm ET - W Pole Vault – Leah Pasqualetti
8:40 pm ET - W Shot Put – Gabby Bailey
Saturday, June 12
5:35 pm ET - W Discus Throw – Gabby Bailey
