SEATTLE (Mar. 5) -- With three women's qualifiers, Seattle Pacific University will send its largest contingent to next week's NCAA Division II Indoor Track & field Championships in Boston. Sarah Kraybill (Sr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) qualified automatically in the 800-meter run while Ally Studer (Jr., Redmond, Wa./Redmond) and Danielle Ayers-Stamper (Fr., LaCrosse, Wa./Lacrosse-Washtucna) made the final cut of provisional qualifiers in the pole vault and high jump, respectively.

The national meet is Mar. 14 and 15 at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Kraybill, whose time of 2 minutes, 9.81 seconds is fifth among the qualifiers, will run in the first of two prelim heats the first day. The top two finishers in each heat pus the next five fastest times advance. Steph Kuhlman of Grand Valley State (Mi.) is the top qualifier at 2:06.70.

Studer, a two-time outdoor All-America, is also fifth in her field, with a season-best clearnace of 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Amanda Frame of Mankato State (Mn.) is first at 12-3 1/4. Allison Hedges (Fr., Richland, Wa.) just missed the qualifying cutoff. Twelve vaulters were taken and Hedges tied for 13th.

Ayers-Stamper is No. 8 in the high jump with a best mark of 5-6 1/2, Abilene Christian's Maresa Cadienhead leads the field at 6-1 1/2. Both the high jump and pole vault will be contested Mar. 15.

Nathanael Castle (Sr., Gooding, Id.) did not make the cut for the men in either the 800 or mile. He was 0.29 seconds off the pace in the 800 and 0.70 seconds in the mile. Castle's indoor season concluded his collegiate eligibility.

Prior to this season, Seattle Pacific had never taken more than one female to indoor nationals. last season Dionna Anderson finished eighth in the shot put. Karin Grelsson won the indoor triple jump in 1993 and 1994.