Friday's Results

GREENSBORO, N.C. – LIU Brooklyn freshman Mica-Jonathan Petit-Homme continued his standout first season with the Blackbirds, advancing to the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., by recording the seventh-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Meet on Friday.

The performance highlighted a trio made by Blackbirds on day two of the event, which is being held on the campus of North Carolina A&T.
 
Petit-Homme ran from lane three in the first heat of three in the 400-meter hurdles, and sprinted to a personal-best time of 51.60 in the 400-meter hurdles. The time shaved .30 seconds off his previous best, which he ran in the quarterfinal round on Friday.

The Linden, N.J. product finished fourth in his heat, not quite good enough to earn him an automatic bid into the NCAA Championships. But the time was one of the three non-automatic qualifiers over the three heats which was good enough to advance him to Eugene.
 
Sophomore Brendon Rodney, who entered the meet with the seventh-fastest time in the East Region in the 200-meter dash, qualified for the quarterfinals in the event with a time of 20.97. Rodney finished second in his heat, earning an automatic advancement into Saturday's round.
 
The lone representative at NCAA Preliminaries from the women's side, freshman high jumper Kyaira Wright-Harmon completed the event with a mark of 1.67m, placing her 37th in the field of 48.
 
The Blackbirds conclude prelims on Saturday, as Rodney looks to join Petit-Homme in Eugene in the 200-meter event and sophomore high jumper Kemar Lewis takes the stage in his event. LIU's men's 4x100-meter relay team of Rodney, senior Nickolei Mahlung, senior Brian Richards and sophomore Mikhail Williamson, and the 4x400-meter team of Petit-Homme, Rodney, sophomore Alistair McLean, and junior Kervin Morgan will also compete.