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The Virginia Tech women’s and men’s track and field squads will enter the NCAA Preliminary rounds ranked fifth and 17^th, respectively, in the final USTFCCCA rankings before the beginning of the NCAA meet on Thursday.

The women’s team stayed at No. 5 for the fifth-consecutive week, while the men’s unit remained at 17^th in the country for the second-straight week. A total of 26 Hokies, 16 women and 10 men, qualified for the national meet in 30 events.

The NCAA East Preliminary Round begins on Thursday and will run through Saturday in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Hokies’ first event will be at 4 p.m., on Thursday when Harrison and Washington will compete in the first round of the women’s 400-meter hurdles. Results will be available on hokiesports.com.

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