Elizabeth Martell Places 21st at NCAA Prelims

Saturday, May 29

Jacksonville, Fla.

7:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

NCAA Preliminary Round

Elizabeth Martell placed 21st in the 800 at the NCAA Prelims

5/29/2021 8:23:00 PM | Track and Field, Women's Track & Field

Martell concludes outstanding freshman season.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Freshman Elizabeth Martell (Essex Junction, Vt.) of the University of New Hampshire women's track and field team placed 21st in the 800-meter quarterfinals at the 2021 NCAA Track and Field Preliminary Round at the University of North Florida on Saturday. The top 12 qualified for the NCAA Championship from June 9-12 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Martell placed 21 out of 24 athletes with a time of 2:06.07. She placed seventh out of eight in her heat.

800M QUARTERFINAL RESULTS

Martell concludes her stellar freshman season. In her NCAA Prelims debut on Thursday she placed 10th out of 48 athletes with a school-record time of 2:04.31 in the 800 meters. She placed third in her heat earning the automatic qualifier to the quarterfinals. Martell broke her own school record of 2:05.59 that she set when she won the silver medal at the IC4A/ECAC Championship on May 15. Martell also earned a bronze in the 800m at the America East Championship on May 2 with a time of 2:07.96.

Earlier today, graduate student Alyssa Colbert (Smithfield, R.I.) placed 30th in the discus throw. VIEW RECAP