Geneva, OH:  Day one of the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships came to a close seeing Cheickna Traore advance to the finals of the 200m dash while the women's 4x100-meter relay team posted their second best time this season.
 
Traore set a new NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record and broke his own school record with a time of 20.73 seconds in the 200m dash. Traore advances to Saturday in the event and will compete for a NCAA Title on Saturday, May 28th at 2:50pm. Traore will compete in the 400m dash tomorrow afternoon at 3:15pm.
 
The women's 4x100-meter relay team, made up of Delilah Cruz, Rebecca Kneppel, Meredith Yaskovic and Gbarper Dwah posted a combined time of 47.16 seconds. This is their second-best time of the season as they finished in 14th place in the prelims this afternoon. The top nine teams advanced to Saturday's Championship race.
 
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