ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Defending women's pole vault champion Brynn King and freshman thrower Thomas McConnelee lead a list of five Roberts Wesleyan University student-athletes who have qualified for the NCAA Division II Track and Field Outdoor Championships next week in Pueblo, Colo.

King, a graduate student, broke her own NCAA Division II Outdoor record earlier this season by clearing 4.76 meters (15-feet, 7-inches) at the 97^th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on March 29.
King, a three-time NCAA Division II champion for Roberts is seeded first in the field of 22 and will compete at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 24.

King will be joined in Colorado by fellow vaulters sophomore Sarah Ferguson, freshman Karis Kraf and freshman Austin Melvin.

Ferguson, who set a personal best of 4.18m (13-8½) while winning the St. John Fisher Invitational is seeded seventh. The sophomore placed sixth at the DII Indoor Championships and was named a first-team All-American.

Kraf cleared 3.96 meters (12-feet, 11-inches) to finish second at the East Coast Conference championships and secure a trip to nationals. She is seeded 18^th in the field.

McConnelee, who owns school records in the discus (56.16m/184-3) and hammer throw (61.67m/202-4) qualified in both events. The freshman is seeded 11^th in the hammer throw, which will be contested on May 22, and fifth in the discus, which will be contested on May 23.

Melvin opened the season by setting a school record of 5.10m (16-8¾) at the Redhawk Invitational on March 19 and qualified in the men's pole vault. Melvin earned second-team All-America after finishing 10^th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships and is seeded 13^th for the Outdoor competition which takes place on May 22 at the CSU Pueblo Thunderbowl.