MARION, Ind. -- Indiana Wesleyan University will be well represented over the next three days as the host of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships on May 27-29 at the Outdoor Sports Complex.
IWU Day 1 Recap | IWU Day 2 Recap
Indiana Wesleyan is in its first year of hosting the national championship that has brought in just under 2,000 student-athletes into Marion.
The Wildcat men will have 10 competitors on the roster in six different events while the Wildcat women have 14 student-athletes on the roster in 12 events.
The national championship opens up at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 27 with the beginning of the Men's Decathlon and the Women's Hammer finals. The final event of the weekend is the Men's 4 x 400-Meter Relay at 6:05 p.m. on Saturday, May 29.
Below is the list of Indiana Wesleyan student-athletes competing at the NAIA National Championships in chronological time of their first competition:
Women's Hammer Throw
Victoria Lee
150-5 (20th place)
Women's 4 x 100-Meter Relay
Laura Bowman, Chelsea Heyne, Katelin Morgan, Lizzy Skinner
Trials- 46.86 (advance to semis), Friday at 3:50 p.m. (semis), Saturday at 2:40 p.m. (finals)
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
Katelin Morgan
Trials- 14.94 (did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Justin Schortgen
161-8 (27th place)
Women's 100-Meter Dash
Laura Bowman
Trials- 11.77 (advance to semis), Friday at 2:40 p.m. (semis), Friday at 4:50 p.m. (finals)
Women's Long Jump
Katelin Morgan
18-1.75 (11th place)
Women's 200-Meter Dash
Laura Bowman
Trials- 24.58 (advance to semis), Saturday at 3:20 p.m. (semis), Saturday at 4:50 p.m. (finals)
Men's 200-Meter Dash
Seth Virgil
Trials- 21.55 (advance to semis),Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (semis),Saturday at 5:00 p.m. (finals)
Women's 3,200-Meter Relay
Amanda Johnson, Lindsey Waggoner, Cassidy Wagner, Kailee Whitaker, Angi Wolgemuth
Trials- 9:15.88 (advance to finals), Friday at 6:00 p.m. (finals)
Men's 3,200-Meter Relay
Andrew Albert, Eric Brown, Dan Carrick, Ethan Laudermilch, Ethan Naylor, Jason Wenzel
Trials- 7:41.72 (did not advance)
Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Laura Dziagwa
Trials- 12:01.37 (did not advance)
Women's 10,000-Meter Run
Angela Arvoy, Kelsey Devereaux
Devereaux- 39:28.68 (22nd place), Arvoy- 40:50.87 (37th place)
Men's Long Jump
Thomas Collet, Seth Virgil
Collet - 24-11.75 (NAIA National Champion), Virgil - 23-2.75 (13th place)
Women's 100-Meter Dash
Laura Bowman
Semis- 12.03, Finals- 11.96 (7th place)
Women's 4 x 100-Meter Relay
Laura Bowman, Chelsea Heyne, Katelin Morgan, Lizzy Skinner
Semis- 48.08 (did not advance)
Men's Discus
James Schortgen
143-8 (17th place)
Women's 3,200-Meter Relay
Amanda Johnson, Lindsey Waggoner, Cassidy Wagner, Kailee Whitaker, Angi Wolgemuth
Finals- 9:11.67 (6th place)
Women's 5,000-Meter Run
Beka Bentle
Semis - 18:53 (did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Kelsey Devereaux
3:23:07 (9th place)
Women's 200-Meter Dash
Laura Bowman
24.77 (did not advance)
Men's 200-Meter Dash
Seth Virgil
21.73 (did not advance)
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