GENEVA, OHIO – The young guns on the TCNJ men's track and field team will get another chance to step into the spotlight as the Lions are set to send two individuals and a relay to the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week.
 
Maxim Rychkov qualified in the 100 and 200 meters, Nate Adams did so in the 400 hurdles, and the pair will join Anthony Senatore and Noah Traverso in the 4x400 relay at SPIRE Institute. Adams, only a sophomore, is the lone non-rookie in head coach Justin Lindsey's traveling party.
 
Adams will make his NCAA debut thanks to his second-place time of 52.72 at the NJAC Championships, enough to land him the 22^nd and final qualifying spot in the event.
 
Rychkov made a big splash at the NCAA Indoor Championships, running to All-America honors in the 60-meter dash (12^th place) and 200-meter dash (7^th). He also joined Senatore, Traverso, and Jack Attali to place 8^th in the 4x400 relay.
 
Rychkov owns the 8^th-best time in Division III in the 200 (20.98), and his record-breaking mark of 10.45 seconds from the AARTFC Championships was enough to move him into 18^th in the 100.
 
Adams, Rychkov, Senatore, and Traverso posted a school-record mark of 3:10.70 at Widener earlier this week, which clocks in at 11^th nationally.
 
Adams will compete in the 400 hurdles prelims at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday. Rychkov will then take on the 200-meter dash prelims at 6:40 p.m., and the 4x400 prelims are set for 8 p.m.
 
The 100-meter prelims are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
Finals are slated for the following times on Saturday: 100 (2:30 p.m.), 400 hurdles (3:15 p.m.), 200 (3:40 p.m.), and 4x400 relay (4:50 p.m.).