TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's track & field team will enter the NCAA Championships as the No. 4 team in the country while the Crimson Tide women will open competition ranked No. 20 in the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) pre-NCAA Championships rankings released Tuesday.

Alabama has qualified 14 individuals (nine men, five women) and both women's relays for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 6-9, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Alabama's nine men have combined for 14 entries at this year's NCAA meet. The Tide will compete in the 200 meters ( Keitavious Walter ), 5,000 meters ( Alfred Chelanga , Gilbert Kigen and Vincent Kiprop ), 10,000 meters (Chelanga, Kigen and Kiprop), 110-meter hurdles ( Ruebin Walters ), high jump ( Shelby McEwen ), triple jump ( Christian Edwards ), shot put ( Kord Ferguson ), hammer throw ( Daniel Haugh ) and discus (Ferguson and Haugh).

The 14 event entries is the second-most among all men's teams at this year's championships.

The Tide women qualified in the 100 meters ( Tamara Clark ), 200 meters (Clark), pole vault ( Britainy Smith ), triple jump ( Tamara Moncrieffe and Jaimie Robinson ), shot put ( Portious Warren ) and discus (Warren). The women's 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays will also run in Eugene.

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