WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- Led by Dylan Schubert's third-place finish in the 5,000m, multiple Furman runners posted NCAA East Preliminaries qualifying times Friday at the Wake Forest Invitational at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., and senior Carson Williams recorded an Olympic qualifying time as an unattached athlete in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va.

Schubert, a senior from Loveland, Colo., posted a time of 13:36.98 in the 5,000m, which ranks 14th in the East region.  

Senior Cameron Ponder placed ninth collegiately and 13th overall with a personal-best time of 3:40.90, which is currently 29th on the East qualifying list, while senior Nicole Matysik turned in a personal-best time of 10:30.16 for 15th place in the 3,000m Steeplechase.  Her time is the 35th best in the East region.  

Also on the women's side, senior Megan Marvin recorded a season-best time of 4:18.13 in the 1,500m.  She placed 28th while notching the 45th-best time in the region.   

Williams, a native of Raleigh, N.C., recorded a personal-best time of 8:29.05 in the Steeplechase at Virginia, qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which will be held June 21-30 in Eugene, Oregon.

Select members of the Furman team will compete at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, Calif., on April 26.

Wake Forest Invitational

Complete Furman Results

Men

800m

28th Matthew Smith 1:51.10

1,500m Invitational

13th Cameron Ponder 3:40.90

1,500m

10th Brayden Seymour 3:46.13

42nd Chris Knight 3:51.69

5,000m Invitational

3rd Dylan Schubert 13:36.98

46th Luke Taylor 14:17.73

65th Gabe Montague 14:39.30

66th Nick Goldstein 14:40.59

5,000m

7th Owen Shifflett 14:22.35

3,000m Steeplechase

17th Colton Kempney 9:24.98

21st Casey Burr 9:32.48

Women

1,500m Invitational 

28th Megan Marvin 4:18.13

36th Camryn Wennersten 4:22.65

1,500m

31st Clair Garrett 4:38.90

5,000m Invitational

29th Madelynne Cadeau 16:37.70

34th Sierra Bower 16:41.24

42nd Abigail Robertson 16:52.56

43rd Lily Feingold 16:53.10

29th Bethany Graham 17:02.50

5,000m

12th Emma Jones 17:17.06

10,000m

4th Carly Wilkes 34:08.99

3,000m Steeplechase Invitational

15th Nicole Matysik 10:30.16
 

USC Outdoor Open

Complete Furman Results

Men

16th Snell, Travis, 44.53

Price, Newman

Women

1,500m

7th Callie Harper 4:48.85

19th Beth Donnelly 5:00.74

25th Kylie Wittman 5:03.37