GULF SHORES, Ala. – [WOMEN'S RESULTS | MEN'S RESULTS] The first day of the 2021 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championship finished with one Cascade Collegiate Conference student-athlete winning a national championship at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Complex in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Women Highlights
- Day one featured six preliminary events in the 4x100m relay, 1500m, 400m hurdles, 200m, 4x800m relay and 3,000m steeplechase.
- The first three champions of the event were crowned in the hammer throw, javelin, pole vault and 10,000m run.
- Corban University’s Gracie Long turned in an impressive performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase prelims, crossing the finish line at the 11:09.43 mark, placing seventh overall.
- Lewis-Clark State's Kea Stieglitz grabbed All-American honors with a fifth-place finish in the javelin with a mark of 43.84 meters.
- Oregon Tech has 10-points, all from the javelin, where Alex Conley finished second (46.57m), and Aarika Brooks was seventh with a throw of (42.75m)
- College of Idaho's Catylynn Duff of earned All-America honors in the hammer throw after taking fourth overall
- With a time of 46.44 seconds, the Southern Oregon University quartet of Baylee Touey, Arianna Daniel, Julia Delucchi and Lindsey Bonney placed second in its heat and fifth overall to qualify for Saturday's final.
- SOU sophomore KiAshe Hobby placed 10th in the women's hammer with a throw of 166 feet, six inches.
Men's Highlights
- Day one featured six preliminary events in the 4x100m relay, 1500m, 400m hurdles, 200m, 4x800m relay and 3,000m steeplechase.
- The first three champions of the event were crowned in the hammer throw, javelin and 10,000m run.
- LC State's Leon Menten (pictured) won the first javelin title for the Warriors with a mark of 66.38 meters, shattering the school record in the process.
- Lee Walburn of College of Idaho sits in second place in the decathlon with 2603 points in the decathlon. Walburn notched a first-place finish in the 100m (11.21).
- Oregon Tech leads after day one with a fifth-place finish by Mark French in the 10,000m (30:47.04) along with a second-place finish by Hunter Drops in the javelin (66.24m) Tech's Thomas Dodgen is sixth after the first part of the decathlon events.
- LC State is tied for second.
- SOU's five-time All-American Joseph Dotson is in strong position midway through the men's decathlon with 3,441 points in ninth place.
Up Next
The second day of the 2021 NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship will take place on Thursday, May 25. The day will open with the heptathlon and decathlon events at 10 a.m. central.
Three women's events will be in competition for their individual title, while eight men's events will be in competition for their individual title.