SEATTLE (May 17) ­ Danielle Ayers-Stamper will compete in four events­the most ever by a Seattle Pacific University athlete­at next week's NCAA Division II track and field championships.

The Falcons will send a total of eight athletes, including six women and two men, to the national meet, May 26-28 in Abilene, Tx.

Ayers-Stamper (Jr., Lacrosse, Wa.) owns the No. 2 qualifying mark in the heptathlon, a two-day competition combining seven events. She is No. 4 in both the 100-meter hurdles and high jump, and also made the final cut in the javelin.

Ayers-Stamper was the NCAA runner-up in the heptathlon as a freshman and fourth last season. She won the national title in indoor high jump in March. Previously, the most national events for a Seattle Pacific woman was three by Karin Grelsson in 1992 and '93. Ayers-Stamper would have been included in the long jump field but opted not to declare.

Chris Randolph (Jr., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian) is the nation's No. 1 qualifier in the men's decathlon while Paul Mach (Sr., Seattle, Wa./King's) is No. 2 in the 800 run. Randolph was third in 2004 while Mach was ninth at the 2004 indoor meet.

Three of the Falcon women are freshmen and Ayers-Stamper is the only previous qualifier. Lauren VerMulm (Fr., Mount Vernon, Wa.) is seeded No. 2 and one of three javelin entries for SPU. Molly Hornbuckle (So., Burien, Wa./Highline) and Ayers-Stamper are the others.

Kelsey Cooley (Fr., Missoula, Mt./Hellgate) earned a berth in the heptathlon, Bridgette Sexton (Fr., LaCenter, Wa.) in the 800 and Amy Harris (Jr., Corvallis, Or./Crescent Valley) in the pole vault.

Just missing the qualifying cut were three SPU athletes. Ally Studer (Sr., Redmond, Wa./Redmond) missed making the pole vault field by one place and three-quarters of an inch. Studer was an All-American twice and a three-time NCAA qualifier.

Linda Blake (Jr., Richland, Wa.) was two spots down the list of eventual heptathlon qualifiers; the lowest score was 4694 and she scored 4680. In the decathlon, where 14 men were selected, Jason Childress (Fr., Arlington, Wa.) was 17th and missed by 27 points.