INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana State senior pole vaulter Will Staggs and sophomore hurdler Rachel Mehringer officially qualified for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor National Championships.
 
Official qualifiers for the national championships were announced Monday afternoon, with the Sycamore duo earning their spots in the field by virtue of their top-12 finishes at the NCAA East First Round.
 
Staggs, who owns Indiana State's indoor and outdoor school and facility pole vault records, earned his second NCAA Outdoor National Championships berth with a clearance of 5.43m (17-9.75), one of five athletes to break North Florida's facility record in the preliminary round. A 2024 Indoor Second Team All-American and 2023 Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American, the five-time MVC pole vault champion will be making his third appearance at an NCAA National Championship (2023 outdoor, 2024 indoor, 2025 outdoor).
 
Mehringer, the Indiana State and MVC 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles record holder, secured her spot at the national championships with a 100m hurdles quarterfinal time of 13.08. She also ran a time of 13.05 in the first round of the NCAA East First Round, and has run five sub-13.10 100m hurdles times in her last three meets. A four-time MVC champion between the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles, Mehringer will be making her first appearance at an NCAA National Championship.
 
Staggs will compete in the pole vault Wednesday, June 11 at 7:35 p.m. ET (4:35 p.m. PT), with Mehringer's 100m hurdles semifinal taking place Thursday, June 12 at 8:08 p.m. ET (5:08 p.m. PT). Should Mehringer qualify for the 100m hurdles finals, that race would take place Saturday, June 14 at 9:42 p.m. ET (6:42 p.m. PT).
 
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