Helena, Mont. – Saints Track & Field heads to Asheville, N.C. for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships May 20-22.
For Carroll, 16 athletes made the voyage across the country to compete over the course of the three day meet. The group includes 8 individual qualifiers and 2 relays and is made up of 9 men and 7 women. The men are projected in the Top 10 as a team.
Wednesday will be busy for the Saints with Carson Krack and Tucker Monaco starting off competition for the team in the Decathlon. The two men are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively in the event. Monaco will also compete Friday in the Pole Vault where he has cleared the 3rd highest bar in the field.
Katelyn Christensen will be the first women's competitor for the Saints, starting with the Heptathlon Wednesday morning. Currently 9th, she'll aim to break into the scoring 8. She will also throw in the Javelin on Thursday after wrapping up Day 2 of the Heptathlon.
In field events, Brynn Wandle (Pole Vault) and Reuben Hornby (Javelin) will compete Wednesday as well. Wandle has jumped the 4th highest in the field after placing 4th at the NAIA Indoor National Championships this spring. Hornby is ranked 3rd after placing 2nd in the Nation last outdoor season.
For running events, Claire Bucklin (400m Hurdles), Oliver Morris (3000m Steeplechase), and the Men's 4x800m Relay (Tanner Joyce, Wyatt Ehredt, Jack Jensen, Conrad Schruth) will contest their preliminary rounds on Wednesday. There will be 5 heats in the 400m Hurdles with the top placer in each and next 3 fastest times reaching the final. Bucklin races in the 5th heat. In the Steeplechase, 8th ranked Morris will compete in Heat 2 of 3 with the Top 3 and next 5 fastest times making the final. The relay runs in the 3rd of 4 heats. The top placer in each and next 4 fastest will race again Thursday.
The Decathlon and Heptathlon will conclude over the course of the day Thursday. The Women's 4x400m Relay (Chloe Raats, Claire Bucklin, Rylee Herbstritt, Madalen Shipman) will race Thursday evening. They will be in Heat 2 of 3. The top 2 placers and next 2 fastest times will make Friday's final.
On Friday, Jackson Barney will join Monaco in the Men's Pole Vault. The Saints will hope to compete in several running event finals in the afternoon as well.
Heats and live results are available HERE.
Live coverage will stream at this LINK.
The schedule for the Saints (converted to Mountain Time from Eastern) is below with full meet information HERE.
Wednesday
8:00 am Decathlon (Carson, Tucker)
8:15 am Heptathlon (Katelyn)
9:30 am Pole Vault (Brynn)
2:30 pm Javelin (Reuben)
2:30 pm 400m Hurdles (Claire)
4:50 pm 4x800m (Tanner, Wyatt, Jack, Conrad)
5:55 pm Steeple (Oliver)
Thursday
7:30 am Heptathlon (Katelyn)
8:00 am Decathlon (Carson, Tucker)
4:30 pm 4x800m (Tanner, Wyatt, Jack, Conrad)
5:00 pm Javelin (Katelyn)
6:15 pm 4x400m (Chloe, Claire, Rylee, Madalen)
Friday
9:00 am Pole Vault (Tucker, Jackson)
12:45 pm Steeple (Oliver)
3:15 pm 4x400m (Chloe, Claire, Rylee, Madalen)
