Orangeburg, SC—Seven SC State University track and field performers will participate in the 2009 NCAA East Regional at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University this Friday and Saturday, May 29-30.

            Representing SC State on the men side will be freshmen Donta Young, (Fayetteville, NC-Seventy First HS), who will be competing in the 110-meter hurdles and Noel Facey, (Kingston Jamaica, Calabar HS), who is entered in the men's discus.

            The Bulldog women's team will send five representatives to this year's competition. Competing for the women will be freshman Shamire Rothmiller, (Glassboro, NJ-Glassboro HS) in the shot-put; junior Jasmine Smith, (Due West, SC-Dixie HS), in the triple-jump; freshman Monique Gracia, (Miami, FL-Robert Morgan Educational Ctr.), in the 100-meter hurdles; junior-transfer Nicole Mobley (Snellville, GA/Fort Valley State University) in the 100 meters; and senior Tempest Vance, (Anderson, SC-Westside HS), in the 400-meter hurdles. This is Vance's second straight season qualifying for the NCAA East Regional.

            One additional qualifier, senior Renee McWilliams, who qualified in the 100 meters, will be unable to compete due to previous obligations.

            Last season, the Bulldog Track Teams sent just two qualifiers to the regional competition.

            The top five finishers in each event advance to the NCAA Track and Field National Championship, which gets underway June 10 at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.