KINGSVILLE, Texas – The Rogers State Track & Field team opened up the NCAA Championships on Thursday with the preliminary rounds of the 4x100-meter relay and the 100-meter dash.

Alfred Thomas had a strong showing in the 100-meter dash, but fell fractions short of qualifying for the finals after running a 10.438 to finish third in his heat. Thomas' time finished 11th overall out of 21 competitors, but missed the finals by .017 seconds.

The relay team of Mikel Stone, Quintin Powell, D'Jiron Lilley and Alfred Thomas failed to finish the 4x100-meter relay despite a school record time of 40.35 comi...