Below is a breakdown of the NCAA Division 1 preliminary round entries, including both east and west regions, with totals for each school in each event group and for each gender.
In total, there are 115 schools in the west and 163 schools in the east with entries in their respective preliminary meets. Leading the way with a combined total of 69 entries between the men’s and women’s team is BYU from the west. Leading the way in throws entries is North Dakota State with 22 total entries in the throws.
The top 10 schools by number of total throws entries are:
1) NDSU (West) – 22
2) (tie) Auburn (East) -15
2) (tie) Memphis (East) -15
4) Minnesota (West) – 14
5) (tie) Washington (West) – 13
5) (tie) Iowa (West) – 13
5) (tie) Penn State (East) – 13
8) (tie) Oklahoma (West) – 12
8) (tie) Ole Miss (East) – 12
8) (tie) Alabama (East) – 12
8) (tie) Arizona State (West) – 12
8) (tie) Army (East) – 12
As always, if anything looks out of place, please feel free to reach out to me with any comments. RH