Jacksonville, Fla. – The Florida State women’s track and field team closed out the 2023 NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday at Hodges Stadium.
Caisa-Marie Lindfors, Alexandra Webster, Dajaz DeFrand, and Alyson Churchill will join Stella Weinberg at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas from June 7-10 following their performances on Saturday.
“It was another really good night for the Noles,” FSU head coach Bob Braman said. “The ladies had bests by Daja, Alyson, and Alexis, and the 4×100 automatically qualified. Caisa got her ticket punched as well.”
Just off her ACC title, Lindfors started off the day by finishing 12th in the discus, with a mark of 52.70, which she threw on her second attempt.
The 4×100 relay claimed the final NCAA qualifying spot, finishing 12th at 44.34 behind Ava Klein, Kaniya Johnson, Tyra Wilson, and Faith Banks.
Webster ran her personal best in the 100m hurdles, qualifying for her first NCAAs with a time of 13.00. Webster also competed in the 400m event, finishing 23rd (1:01.19).
DeFrand led all freshmen in the 100m field, clocking her personal best at 11.05 for fourth place in order to qualify for nationals. DeFrand later placed 13th in the 200m at 23.08.
Churchill ran the second-fastest time in Florida State history in the 5,000m, crossing the line at 15:33.83 for third.
Amani Heaven also competed in discus with Lindfors, finishing 29th with a throw of 48.38. Kayla Pinkhard posted her season best in the triple jump at 12.91m on her last attempt for 20th place.
Banks (54.64) placed 21st in the 400m and Emmy Van den Berg followed in 19th place at 16:11.58, which was her personal best.
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