Women's Track and Field | 5/24/2023 10:59:00 PM
Marion, Ind. - The first day of the 2023 NAIA Men's and Women's Track & Field Championships was led by the second place and All-American performance of junior
Ellyse Tingelstad in the 10,000m run.
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The Joseph, Ore. native was in the top four for the entire race as she earned her first individual All-American honor with a time of 35:59.90. Julia Rohm of Southeastern (Fla.) edged her by 6.804 seconds for the individual title. Previously, Tingelstad had earned All-American honors as a member of the 4x800m relay on both the indoor and outdoor circuit in 2021. Teammate
Molly Connor was 24
th in 38:30.51.
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Three Yotes secured spots in Friday's final including
Abbey Shirts in the 1500m run with the fifth-fastest qualifying time (4:38.52). The Yotes also got two in the final of the 3000m steeplechase led by
Sage Martin, who posted the eighth-fastest qualifying time in 10:58.41, followed by
Larissa Mauer, who had the 11
th fastest in 11:02.63.
The 4x100m relay team of
Chloe Barylski,
Charlotte Bowman,
Sage Wood and
Addison Trent were 18
th in a time of 47.81. Trent was 25
th in the long jump with a leap of 16-9.5 (5.12m).
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Roby Young is in 10
th after day one of the heptathlon as she picked up 751 points (15.70) after a seventh-place finish in the 100m hurdles, 678 points with a clearance of 1.55m in the high jump, 488 points with a toss of 9.37m in the shot put, 769 points (26.43) in the 200m dash.
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On the men's side,
Braden Heath qualified for Friday's finals in the 3000m steeplechase with the seventh-fastest qualifying time (9:21.72).
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College of Idaho picked up a pair of 24th-place finishes.
Hayden Bostrom in the 10,000m run (31:52.72) and
Daniel Butler in the 1500m run (4:07.66).Â
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