| Brittany Epps | Jessica Jones |
SAN ANTONIO ? Senior Brittany Epps and sophomore Jessica Jones will represent the UTSA women’s track & field team at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, which is set for this Friday-Saturday at Ed Weir Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
Epps will compete in the long jump, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday, while Jones is in the 100-meter hurdles field, with preliminaries slated for 2:40 p.m. Friday and the final at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. The top five finishers in each event receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships set for June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Epps leaped to a personal-best mark of 20-0 1/4 at the Javelina Invitational on April 12 in Kingsville to punch her second career ticket to the regional meet. Her runner-up performance in the long jump paired with running on a couple of victorious relay teams at that meet earned her Southland Conference co-Athlete of the Week honors the following Wednesday. Epps flew past 19 feet in the long jump four times during the outdoor campaign and won individual titles at the Border Olympics (March 1) and Texas State Open (March 7). The Midwest City, Okla., native enters the regional meet tied for 18th in the 31-person field. Two years ago, Epps measured 19-1 1/2 to finish 21st in the long jump prelims in Austin.
Jones qualified for the 100m hurdles field over her last three races, capped by a personal-best 13.76 to win the SLC Outdoor crown on May 11 in Huntsville. The sophomore from Hightower High School won four races during the outdoor season, including the Border Olympics (March 1), Texas State Open (March 7) and Texas Twilight (April 19). She enters this weekend’s meet with the 20-fastest time in the field.
The Midwest Regional is one of four regional meets contested this weekend to help determine the national field. Student-athletes from institutions located in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. For complete Midwest Regional meet information, live video and real-time results, please click here.