DAYTON – Wright State senior Cierra Lively has qualified for the 2025 NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville, Florida in the women's high jump. Action gets underway on Wednesday, with Lively and the rest of the women's high jump field competing at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, May 31.
 
The events will take place at the University of North Florida's Jax Track and Hodges Stadium. This is the eighth time the facility has hosted the prelims, and the first time since 2023. The women's high jump competition will be part of Saturday's ESPN+ coverage.

NCAA East Prelims (Women's High Jump - Saturday 2:30pm)
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Lively was one of 48 women's high jump athletes to qualify, with her 1.80m clearance height tied for the 10th-best mark among qualifiers. The qualifiers will be split into two 24-person prelim flights on Saturday, with the top 12 overall placers advancing to the NCAA Championship, set for June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
 
Lively cleared her collegiate-best 1.80meter/ 5 ft 10.75-inch in April at the Otterbein Twilight and has 1.7 meters on four different occasions this outdoor season while resetting her top mark multiple times throughout the indoor and outdoor season. The 2024 Horizon League outdoor champion and the 2025 HL indoor champion in the women's high jump, Lively finished third at this spring's HL championships.
 
Lively was named the Horizon League's Alfreeda Goff Outdoor Athlete of the Year in May and was named a Horizon League's 2025 Indoor Sportsmanship Award winner in mid-March. She graduated with her Communication Studies degree in early May and was also a member of Wright State SAAC and worked in Wright State's athletic department with marketing and promotions during her career.