SANTA CRUZ, Ca. - The UC Santa Cruz men's and women's track and field team has qualified several athletes for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, scheduled for May 22–24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. This marks a significant achievement for the Banana Slugs, who recently secured the Coast-To-Coast (C2C) Outdoor Track and Field Championship, completing their first-ever Triple Crown on the men's side with titles in cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. Kenzie Seymour was the lone qualifier on the women's side while Eric Anderson, Graeme Maclean, and Evan Hofstetter qualified on the men's side.

This marks just the fifth time in program history the Banana Slugs will have student-athletes at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This is also the first time in program history the Banana Slugs have sent student-athletes to the NCAA Championship in the fall, winter, and spring with men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, and now men's and women's outdoor track and field all seeing runners at the NCAA Championships. This also marks the second time in history the Slugs will be sending at least one competitor on both the men's and women's side.

See below for a list of this year's UC Santa Cruz NCAA Qualifiers:

Kenzie Seymour – 3,000m Steeplechase – Seymour continues to headline for UC Santa Cruz as she earned the program's first ever Cross Country All-American honor with a 21st place finish at the NCAA Championships in the fall and will enter the weekend with the 13th fastest time so far this season, having run 10:43.21.
Eric Anderson – 1500 Meters – Anderson enters the weekend as the No. 6 seed with a time of 3:45.02 but is no stranger to the big stage as he has three NCAA All-American trophies to his name, including two National Runner Up finishes in the Indoor Mile and Outdoor 1500m, respectively.
Graeme Maclean – 1500 Meters – Maclean will join Anderson in the 1500m as the No. 20 seed, making his NCAA debut with a time of 3:48.41.
Evan Hofstetter – Decathlon – Hofstetter makes his trip to Geneva as the No. 10 seed in the decathlon after setting a lifetime best at the Redlands Final Qualifier. Hofstetter soared into the top 10 with a personal best by over 300 points to make his NCAA debut in the two day multi event competition.