Women's Track and Field | 05.25.2021

GULF SHORES, Ala. – The Lewis-Clark State Track and Field team is set to open the 2021 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala. With 16 Warriors entered in events this year, it is the largest group of athletes the Warriors have taken to nationals in program history. The first day of competition at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium will be Wednesday and the events will run through Friday.
 
"We are looking forward to the week as we do every year," Head Coach Mike Collins said. "Gulf Shores obviously offers its challenges when it comes to the climate with highs in the 80s and high humidity every day, and it is harder to replicate that here, but we've always been able to perform quite well. We have an opportunity to earn some more recognition for individuals in our team this year and hopefully we will earn some more All-American awards at this national championship."
 
THE WOMEN
Senior Madi Carson is seeded eighth in pole vault with a mark of 3.78m coming off of a win in the event at the Cascade Conference Championships. The pole vault is set to take place on the opening day at 2:30 p.m. PT.
 
In the 400m hurdles, Ashley Britt enters as a seventh seed with a time of 1:02.91. Prelims will take place on Wednesday at 3:10 p.m. PT. Britt will also be in action in the 4x400m relay. The team of Britt, Anika Grogan, Rebekka Kalmbach and Karlie Smith will be racing on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. PT for a spot in finals. They are seeded ninth with their time of 3:52.96.
 
The 4x800m relay team will be battling in hopes to advance as well and will race on Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT. The team of Brooklyn Shell, Emily Adams, Rylee Brown and Correa, is seeded 18^th with a time of 9:26.95. Freshman Correa is seeded 19^th heading into the prelims of the 800m, with a time of 2:15.39. She is set to race at 1:30 p.m. PT on Thursday.
 
Senior Delaney Warren is seeded 25^th in the discus throw with a mark of 43.48m. Warren will compete on Friday at noon PT. Freshman Kea Stieglitz will be competing in the javelin throw and is seeded eighth with her throw of 42.16m. Javelin will take place on Wednesday at 1 p.m. PT.
 
THE MEN
Clayton VanDyke is ranked sixth in the 800m with his seed time of 1:51.83. Prelims for the event will be on Thursday at 1:50 p.m. PT. VanDyke recently captured the title in the event, as well as in the 1500m, at the Cascade Conference Championships. He will also compete in the 1500m prelims on Wednesday at 2:50 p.m. PT and enters seeded seventh with a time of 3:53.48.
 
Cole Olsen will compete in the 5,000m prelims on Thursday at 6:35 p.m. PT and is seeded 12^th (14:37.26). Olsen will also race the 10,000m on Wednesday at 7:50 p.m. PT and enters seeded 11^th with a 30:56.96. He is coming off a dominate win in the 10,000m at the Cascade Conference Championships.
 
Connor Turpin claimed the second seed heading into the marathon with his qualifying half-marathon time of 1:10:40.10. Turpin is prepared and readily awaits this opportunity, as he qualified last spring for the event but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was cancelled.
 
Andrew Carlyle is seeded 20^th in pole vault with the mark of 4.70m. He will compete on Friday at 11:00 a.m. PT. Freshman Leon Menton holds a strong spot in the javelin throw, coming in seeded second with a mark of 63.36m. He will compete for a title on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. PT.
 
To view full schedule and time of events, visit naia.org. A live stream and results can also be viewed on the website, found HERE.

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