Qualifying for NCAAs is one thing. Qualifying for NCAAs as a true freshman is another story. Here are the 31 true freshmen who booked their ticket to NCAAs in an individual event. Notably, Penn State's Danae Rivers had the best improvement from her high school personal best.

U.S. ATHLETES:

Event	Athlete	School	2017 Best	HS Best	Improvement
Mile	Danae Rivers	Penn State	4:32.55	4:48.59	5.89%
60	Derrius Rodgers	Illinois State	6.64	6.87	3.46%
200	Danyel White	Texas A&M	23.14	23.76	2.68%
PV	Chris Nilsen	South Dakota	5.70m	5.60m(o)	1.75%
LJ	Grant Holloway	Florida	8.05m	7.91m	1.74%
60	Cassondra Hall	LSU	7.26	7.36	1.38%
800	Ruby Stauber	LSU	2:03.87	2:05.56	1.36%
200	Maxwell Willis	Baylor	20.76	21.04	1.35%
HJ	Justice Summerset	Arizona	2.21m	2.20m(o)	0.45%
3K	Katie Rainsberger	Oregon	9:01.21	9:00.62(o)	-0.11%
HJ	Darius Carbin	Georgia	2.22m	2.25m(o)	-1.35%
HJ	Darryl Sullivan	Tennessee	2.20m	2.24m(o)	-1.82%
3K	Taylor Werner	Arkansas	9:06.34	NM	N/A
5K	Judy Pendergast	Harvard	15:52.64	NM	N/A
60H	Grant Holloway	Florida	7.58	NM	N/A
60H	Braxton Canady	Oregon	7.74	NM	N/A
60H	Anna Cockrell	USC	8.11	NM	N/A

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES:

Event	Athlete	School	2017 Best	HS Best	Improvement
LJ	Samara Spencer	South Dakota	6.43m	6.06m(o)	5.75%
TJ	Clayton Brown	Florida	16.58m	16.17m(o)	2.47%
HJ	Clayton Brown	Florida	2.25m	2.20m(o)	2.22%
TJ	Jordan Scott	Virginia	16.36m	16.01m(o)	2.14%
HJ	Eleonora Omoregie	Florida State	1.88m	1.86m	1.06%
800	Emmanuel Korir	UTEP	1:46.15	1:46.94(o)	0.74%
TJ	O'Brien Wasome	Texas	16.38m	16.39m(o)	-0.06%
400	Akeem Bloomfield	Auburn	45.43	44.93(o)	-1.10%
PV	Lucy Bryan	Akron	4.33m	4.40m(o)	-1.62%
800	Michael Saruni	UTEP	1:46.30	NM	N/A
60H	Rushelle Burton	Texas	8.03	NM	N/A
WT	Gleb Dudarev	Kansas	23.44m	NM	N/A
WT	Aleks Rapp	Tulsa	21.59m	NM	N/A
PENT	Nina Schultz	Kansas State	4271	NM	N/A
PENT	Louisa Grauvogel	Georgia	4187	NM	N/A
PENT	Zoe Hughes	Harvard	4093	NM	N/A