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For Immediate Release
March 8, 2007
NWU qualifies eight for NCAA Dic. III Indoor
Nebraska Wesleyan coaches hoped to be sending their
normal contingent of between 12 and 20 student-athletes to the 2007
NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend.
However, closed roads and interstates late last week made a trip
to Iowa State University impossible and eliminated their final opportunity
to qualify. As a result, only eight Prairie Wolves are traveling
to the national meet, which starts tomorrow at Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.
NWU Women’s Qualifiers:
Holly Andrews (Jr., Seward, Neb., Seward High School), 55
hurdles, 8.34*
Jenna Davies (So., Columbus, Neb., Columbus High School), high jump,
5’5 1/4
NWU Men’s Qualifiers:
Gordie Coffin (Sr., Osceola, Neb., Osceola High School),
55 dash, 6.40*
Jed Droge (Sr., Pawnee City, Neb., Pawnee City High School), long
jump, 23’5 1/4
Jason Peters (Jr., Lincoln, Neb., Southwest High School), 55 dash,
6.39*
4x400 Relay, 3:17.08*
-Chris Wolf (Jr., Ceresco, Neb., Raymond Central High School)
-Jason Peters (Jr., Lincoln, Neb., Southwest High School)
-Evan Knight (Jr., Keystone, Neb., Ogallala High School)
-Ben Thayer (Sr., Sidney, Neb., Sidney High School)
*Designates Converted Times
Peters and Wolf also qualified individually in the
400-meter dash, as did Knight in the 800, but they will focus their
energies on the relay instead. Peters, who has been named Central
Region Indoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S.
Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, will also
compete in the 55-meter dash.
Droge will lead off for the Prairie Wolves, competing
in the men’s long jump at 3 p.m. on Friday, followed by Davies
in the women’s high jump at 3:30. Andrews will compete in
the prelims of the 55-meter hurdles at 4:35. Coffin and Peters will
then take the track at 5:35 for the 55 prelims.
On Saturday, the finals of the women’s 55
hurdles and men’s 55 are scheduled for 2:25 and 3:15, respectively.
The men’s 4x400-meter relay will commence at 4:45. For
heat sheets, meet information and a complete schedule of events,
click
here.
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