Women's Track and Field | 03.02.2023

RESULTS
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jennah Carpenter earned the second All-American honor of her career to open competition at the 2023 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships on Thursday. The sophomore from Lewiston made LC State history, and she still has more action ahead of her this weekend.
 
"We had a great first day of competition," Head Coach Mike Collins said. "Unfortunately, in some cases we competed great, but others had even better days. We focus on what we can control and our results look pretty good with that."
 
Two school records fell including Carpenter's mark in the pentathlon. The men's 4x800m relay shattered the previous program best. The women's distance medley relay ran its best race of the season, and Christian Bothwell began his competition in the heptathlon.
 
"I can't say enough as to how proud of these kids I am, and also my assistant coaches," Collins added. "Kurtis (Bonner), Jacob (Whittaker) and Matt (Kelley) have done a ton of work and no way would we be where we are without them, and special shout out to LHS coach Stuffle who has been working with our hurdlers on a volunteer basis. This is a team sport and it takes a team effort by everyone for individual successes to occur."
 
THE WOMEN
Carpenter set the LC State record in the five-event pentathlon with 3,375 points and became the second Warrior to earn All-American status in a combined event. The high jump specialist placed third in her best event at a height of 1.67m to score 818 points. Her highest total (842 points) came from an eighth-place finish in the 60m hurdles (9.33) where she won her section.
 
The sophomore placed sixth in the long jump (5.20m) to earn 614 points, 10^th in the shot put (9.55m) for 500 points, and ran a personal-best time of 2:37.61 in the 800m for her final 601 points. Carpenter placed eighth in the field of 16.
 
The women's distance medley relay team of Grace Tiegs, Emily Collins, Geraldin Correa and Brooklyn Shell finished 14^th overall at nationals. The group ran a time of 12:18.26 for the third-fastest in LC history.
 
THE MEN
Christian Bothwell opened competition in the heptathlon with four of the first seven events. He currently sits 11th in the field of 16 with 2,500 points. His best finish on the day was in the shot put where he finished fourth (11.30m) to earn 564 points. He finished 10th in the high jump (1.79m), 10^th in the long jump (6.14m) and 16^th in the 60m dash (7.54). The multi will conclude on Friday with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m.
 
Though they missed the final cut, the LC State men's 4x800m relay destroyed the school record by nearly nine seconds. The team of Kobe Wessels, Cooper Carlson, Conner May and Carter Gordon placed 11^th in the field of 24 with a time of 7:44.98.
 
UP NEXT
Bothwell will compete in the final three events of the heptathlon on Friday beginning at 8 a.m. The rest of the individual prelims begin with the women's 60m hurdles at 10:35 a.m. where Madigan Kelly and Sara Hathaway will be in action.
 
Collins and London Kirk will race in the 400m prelims starting at 11:05 a.m. Gordon will run the 600m prelim at 12:05 p.m., Correa will compete in the 800m prelim at 12:45 p.m. and Brycen Brown will race the 3,000m prelim at 2:15 p.m.
 
Action will continue with Anika Grogan and Kirk racing their respective 200m prelims starting at 2:40 p.m.
 
All times above are Pacific.
 
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