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HELENA, Mont. -- Six men and nine women will represent Carroll College at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama, at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium Complex this weekend.
Carroll began their voyage south on Tuesday and the meet takes place from May 23-25. A full schedule of the events the Saints will compete in is below.
The warmer temperatures in Alabama will be a welcome feeling for the Saints, who combatted Montana weather swings during their practices this spring.
"We're not going there for vacation," Saints coach
Harry Clark heeded Sports 94.9 during an interview on Monday. "We're going there to get on the podium and be All-Americans, represent our school the best we can. That's what our kids do."
On the women's side, the Saints will take the 4x400 relay team, three pole vaulters and two throwers. The men's side will feature two jumpers, one hurdler, one pole vaulter, one middle distance runner and one thrower.
Seniors
Monica White and
Keely Ehmann, junior
Brooke Endy and sophomore
Elly Machado make up the Saints' 4x400 team. The Saints enter nationals with the 20th best time this season at 3:55.84, but with a national champion runner on board, the Saints will be a threat to make another run at a title.
"We always peak at nationals," said White, who was part of the Saints 4x400 relay team that won a championship in 2017 during the indoor season. "We always run a lot faster. It's easier to warm up. I think we'll see some phenomenal results from all our events."
In the women's pole vault, Carroll enters the competition with three of the 24 entrants. Freshman
Kelsey Bassett, an All-American during the indoor season, leads the Saints, entering nationals as the No. 9 seed with a vault of 3.70 meters (12-feet, 1.5-inches).
She'll be joined by sophomore
Shae Helterbran, seeded No. 14 with a 3.6-meter vault (11-feet, 9.75-inches), and senior
Mika Robinson, who enters ranked No. 18 with her fault of 3.55 meters (11-feet, 7.75 inches). It's Helterbran's second qualification for nationals and Robinson's sixth time qualifying for nationals.
Leading the women throwers, sophomore
Nikki Krueger and junior
Hope Welhaven will make their first appearances at nationals. Krueger enters ranked No. 10 in the shot put with a throw of 13.86 meters (45-feet, 5.5-inches), while Welhaven is ranked No. 16 in the javelin with a throw of 40.51 meters (132-feet, 10.75-inches).
On the men's side,
Josh Malone qualified in three separate events: the long jump, high jump and decathlon. The sophomore from Missoula, Montana, elected to compete in both the long jump and high jump and pass on the decathlon as he nurses a tender knee. He enters as the No. 10-seed in the long jump with a mark of 7.25 meters (23-feet, 9.5-inches) and No. 25 in the long jump at 2.02 meters (6-feet, 7.5-inches).
It's Malone's third qualification for nationals. He became an All-American in the heptathlon during the past indoor season.
Sporting the most nationals experience on the men's side,
Keaton Brady makes his seventh appearance on the national stage. A two-time All-American, the senior from Great Falls, Montana, enters nationals with the No. 26th mark this season with a vault of 4.65 meters (15-feet, 3-inches).
Four underclassmen Saints will make their first appearances on the outdoor national stage:
Noah Majerus in the 800,
Shamrock Campbell in the triple jump,
Garrett Kocab in the discus and
Chad Hemsley in the 400-meter hurdles.
Majerus, a freshman from Lewistown, Montana, earned All-American honors in the 800-meters this past indoor season. He's poised to repeat as an All-American, as he enters nationals ranked No. 5 with a time of 1:51.51.
Campbell qualified in the triple jump in his first track season, entering nationals with the No. 10 mark with his jump of 14.69 meters (48-feet, 2.5-inches).
Kocab will represent Carroll's throwers. The sophomore from Phelan, California, will make his nationals debut after putting up the No. 15 mark in the NAIA with a throw of 49.71 meters (163-feet, 1-inch).
Hemsley qualified for the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 54.51. The freshman from Kalispell, Montana, is ranked No. 24 entering his first appearance at nationals.
Saints competition schedule (All times are Central).
Thursday, May 23
3 p.m. pole vault --
Kelsey Bassett,
Mika Robinson,
Shae Helterbran
3 p.m. javelin --
Hope Welhaven
4:25 p.m. 400-meter hurdles --
Chad Hemsley
Friday, May 24
1 p.m. shot put --
Nikki Krueger
1 p.m. long jump --
Josh Malone
2:20 p.m. 800 prelims --
Noah Majerus
4:30 p.m. high jump --
Josh Malone
5 p.m. discus -- Garett Kocab
7:45 p.m. 4x400 prelims
Saturday, May 25
1 p.m. pole vault --
Keaton Brady
1:30 p.m. triple jump --
Shamrock Campbell
4:20 p.m. 400-hurdles final -- if Hemsley advances
5 p.m. 800 meter final -- if Majerus advances
6:15 p.m. 4x400 final -- if relay team advances
6:50 p.m. award ceremony
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