WICHITA, Kan --  Wichita State qualified 25 track and field student-athletes for the West Preliminary Championships competition of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 25-27 in Austin, Texas, it was announced today.

In addition, four Shocker multi-athletes (Hunter Veith, Breanne Borman, Gavyn Yetter, Nikki Larch-Miller) were announced today as qualifying for the NCAA Championship.  Those four, in addition to the qualifiers out of the East and West Preliminary Championships, will compete at the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held June 7-10 in Eugene, Oregon.

Wichita set 42 personal bests in winning both the Men's and Women's Missouri Valley Conference Championships in Wichita last weekend. In addition, the Shockers also set or improved 15 Top 10 All-Time WSU marks, including school records by Jamesia Milton in the hammer throw (205-8/62.69) and Tyra Bickham in the discus (48-6.25/14.79m).

Austin Corley has the highest ranking of WSU's preliminary qualifiers with the No. 9 time of 50.59 in the West 400 meter hurdles, while Milton's throw in the hammer is the highest WSU's women's West ranking at No. 11.

Hunter Veith's 7,610 points ranks No. 9 on the list of the multi-athletes qualifying for the NCAA Championship, which includes athletes with the Top 24 point totals across the NCAA.

Here is the list of NCAA West Regional qualifiers and their events and times:

Women
Nikki Larch-Miller, 100 meters, 11.58; 100 meter hurdles, 13.35
Taylor Larch-Miller, 100 meter hurdles, 13.25
Rebekah Topham, 5,000 meters, 16:17.69
Sidney Hirsch, 10,000 meters, 34:37.87
Claudia Rojo, 400 meter hurdles, 59.94
4x100 meter relay, (Raianna Maples, Jacque Darby, Nikki Larch-Miller, Taylor Larch-Miller),  44.57
Alesa Frey, pole vault, 4.06m/13-3.75
Courtney Mills, triple jump, 12.70m/41-8
Meghan Holmes, triple jump, 12.38m/40-7.5
Tyra Bickham, discus, 52.24m/171-5
Jamesia Milton, hammer throw, 62.69m/205-8
Carlea Holt-Miles, javelin, 47.96m/157-4
Breanne Borman, javelin, 45.86m/150-5

Men
Mike Wells, 100 meters, 10.37
Ugis Jocis, 1,500 meters, 3:45.62
Austin Corley, 400 meter hurdles, 50.59
Isaac Poe, 400 meter hurdles, 52.00
Austin Chippeaux, high jump, 2.14m/7-0.25
Garret Lynch, high jump, 2.11m/6-11
Hayden Bugner, pole vault, 5.10m/16-8.75
Hunter Veith, long jump, 7.62m/25-0
Zach Loesch, shot put, 18.11m/59-5
Aaron True, javelin, 69.88m/229-3
John Hoplin, javelin, 64.29m/210-11

NCAA Qualifiers (Oregon)
Hunter Veith, Decathlon, 7,610 points
Breanne Borman, Heptathlon, 5,640 points
Gavyn Yetter, Heptathlon, 5,553 points
Nikki Larch-Miller, Heptathlon, 5,551 points