Emory University juniors Lauren Attiah and Jasmine McCullough made the best of their last opportunities to qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship, as each notched a provisional qualifying mark at the North Central College Last Chance Meet in Naperville, IL on Friday.

McCullough set a school record in the 60-meter hurdles, running a time of 9.06 seconds in the finals of the event to best Kahlilah Jennings’ record time of 9.09 seconds, set in 1996.  Her time was good for a third-place finish in the event, and ranks her 18^th among all NCAA Division III competitors in the event this season.

Attiah notched a season-best jump of 11.42 meters in the triple jump, finishing second overall.  The distance was good for a provisional qualifying mark, and ranks her 13^th among Division III athletes this season.

Other top performers for the Emory women at the meet included Attiah in the long jump (5.21 meters, fourth place), sophomore Kaele Leonard in the 200-meter dash (26.85 seconds, third place) and the Eagles 4x400-meter relay team of Alisha Reynolds, Alycia Adams, Leonard and Attiah (4:01.59, sixth place).

On the men’s side of the meet, freshman Mike Moserowitz finished 10^th in the long jump (6.15 meters), junior Xavier Fowler finished fifth in the triple jump (13.70 meters), and senior Everett Bryant claimed 10^th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.83 seconds).

Earlier in the week, Emory senior Brad Pruente finished third at the Christopher Newport Last Chance Pentathlon, scoring 2,787 points. 

The Eagles will now await the official announcement of the list of qualifiers for the 2011 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships in Columbus, OH next weekend.