SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the third season in a row and fourth time in five campaigns, Santa Clara track & field is postseason-bound. The Broncos will have a program record five men's student-athletes race in the 2021 NCAA Championship West Preliminary competition: Alex Scales at 800 meters and Jack Davidson at 5,000 meters as well as Zach Litoff, Harvey Chilcott and Christian Raslowsky in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

The west perliminary meet is set for May 26-29 in College Station, Texas. Qualifiers from that meet will advance to the NCAA Championships from June 9-12 in Eugene, Oregon.

Davidson and Litoff return to the second season for the second time while Scales, Chilcott and Raslowsky are set to make their postseason debuts. Scales is the first Bronco to qualify at 800m.

Scales, Davidson and Litoff qualified with program record times in their respective events, while Raslowsky is the third-fastest steepler and Chilcott is the fourth-fastest steepler all-time for the Broncos.

"I am extremely proud of the team this year," head coach Felipe Montoro said. "To qualify five student-athletes for round one is a big step in the right direction for our program. The guys that qualified are fit, healthy and ready to go. I'm really looking forward to watching them compete against the best."

QUALIFYING TIMES

Scales 800m - 1:49.54 | West Coast Distance Carnival (seeded 37^th)

Davidson 5,000m – 13:51.79 | Oregon State High Performance Meet (seeded 41^st)

Litoff 3,000m Steeplechase – 8:43.43 | Oregon State High Performance Meet (seeded 14^th)

Chilcott 3,000m Steeplechase – 8:55.92 | Azusa Pacific Last Chance Twilight (seeded 39^th)

Raslowsky 3,000m Steeplechase – 8:56.80 | Bryan Clay Invitational (seeded 43^rd)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WEST PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Scales 800m: First Round Wednesday, May 26 5:50 p.m. PT | Quarterfinals Friday, May 28 5:35 p.m. PT

Litoff/Chilcott/Raslowsky 3,000m Steeplechase: Semifinals Friday, May 28 4:10 p.m. PT

Davidson 5,000m: Semifinals Friday, May 28 6:30 p.m. PT

BRONCOS IN THE POSTSEASON

Santa Clara sends multiple runners to the postseason for the third time in program history. Davidson ran at 1,500m amd 5,000m while Litoff ran in the steeple in the last NCAA preliminary meet in 2019; the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joey Berriatua competed in the steeple at the 2018 regional meet. Mary Kriege (5,000m, 10,000m) and Grayson Murphy (3,000m steeple, 5,000m) each qualified for a pair of events in 2016. Kevin Oliver (10,000m – 2013) and Michael Delaurenti (3,000m steeple – 2008) also reached the second season for SCU. 

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