The 86th-annual NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship will take place June 6-9 (Wed.-Sat.), in Sacramento, Calif., at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex, co-hosted by Sacramento State University and the Sacramento Sports Commission. Twenty Valley athletes, including a relay team, will compete for national championships and All-American status in 20 events throughout the championship.
UNI leads the way for the Valley with 11 total entries, nine from the league-champion men's squad and two from the women's team. Indiana State, Southern Illinois and Wichita State will each send a pair of athletes to Sacramento while Drake, Illinois State and Missouri State will be represented by a single athlete.
Of note, UNI's Raven Cepeda enters the championship with the nation's second-best decathlon point total of the season at 7,838 while Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley holds the country's second-rated hammer throw at 72.51m and UNI's Rachel Jansen hold the fourth-best shot put mark at 17.29m.
Later this week, the Valley will preview the NCAA Championship and recap the 2007 track & field season.
Fans can view the full list of declared athletes by following the links at the top of the page.
Missouri Valley Conference Qualifiers
| Name, School | Event (s) | Qualification | Name, School | Event (s) | Qualification | |
| Raven Cepeda, UNI | Decathlon | automatic | Chandra Andrews, Wichita St. | hammer | automatic | |
| Derek Johnson, Drake | 110 hurdles | automatic | Leander Ernest, Missouri St. | 800m | at-large | |
| Paladin Jordan, Indiana St. | 400 hurdles | automatic | Kylie Hutson, Indiana St. | pole vault | automatic | |
| Jarono Kivioja, UNI | pole vault | automatic | Rachel Jansen, UNI | shot put, hammer | auto/at-large | |
| Ehi Oamen, UNI | high jump | at-large | Kellyn Johnson, Wichita St. | 5,000m | at-large | |
| Terrance Reid, UNI | 400m | automatic | Brittany Riley, Southern Ill. | hammer, discus | auto/auto | |
| Brenton Siemons, Southern Ill. | shot put | automatic | Dani Stipe | heptathlon | at-large | |
| Kyle Smith, UNI | 800m | automatic | ||||
| Alex Straughn, Illinois St. | high jump | automatic | ||||
| Dorian Ulrey, UNI | 1,500m | automatic | ||||
| UNI (Goos, Grenko, Mulder, Reid) | 4x400 Relay | at-large |
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