by Alan Babbitt

Four members of the Hope College track and field teams are headed to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in Greensboro. N.C.

Senior Jacinda Cole, senior Hannah Kenny, and sophomore Ana Tucker will run in the women's meet, while junior Nick Hoffman will race in the men's meet.

The three-day event will be held at the Irwin Belk Track at North Carolina A&T State University from Thursday-Saturday, May 27-29.

Men's Qualifiers | Women's Qualifiers

Schedule of Events

On Thursday, Cole and Kenny will compete in the 1,500-meter preliminaries at 3:55 p.m.

Cole (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa HS) is seeded 16th out of 19 entrants with a season-best time of 4 minutes, 37.18.

Kenny (Grand Haven, Michigan / Grand Haven) is seeded 18th with a season-best run of 3:37.41.

Hoffman (Holland, Michigan / Holland) will follow with his 1,500-meter preliminary at 4:10 p.m. He is seeded fifth out of 17 runners with a season-best effort of 3:49.48. He is just two seconds behind top seed Gabriel Pommier of North Central College (Illinois).

The top eight in each race advance to Saturday's 12:25 and 12:35 p.m. finals.

On Friday, Kenny will race in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at 4:30 p.m. She is seeded 16th out of 19 entrants with a season-best time of 11:00.50.

On Saturday, Tucker (Midland, Michigan / H.H. Dow) will run in the 5,000-meter final at 3 p.m. She is seeded second with a season-best effort of 16:37.99. Ithaca College (N.Y.) freshman Parley Hannan is first 16:17.94.