MARION, Ind. - Eastern Oregon took on day one of the 2024 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday, battling against top competition in the NAIA this season.
MULTI-EVENTS
DECATHLON: TJ Davis started strong in the men's decathlon, holding an early lead with 3,629 points. Israel Miles currently sits in 12th place with 3,327 total points.
HEPTATHLON: Elizabeth Grandle leads all Mounties in the women's heptathlon with a score of 3,038 points, ranking sixth after one day of competition. Grandle is followed by Adrienne Washington (2,805 points) and Karli Bedard (2,743 points), sitting in 11th and 13th place respectively.
MEN'S TRACK
400-METER HURDLES: Bryson Spears finished 18th in the men's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.42 seconds, followed closely by Mason Nichols with a time of 57.96 seconds in 26th place.
STEEPLECHASE: Hunter Nichols placed 6th with an overall time of 9:08.99, followed by Justin Ash in 10th place with a time of 9:15.76. Both will advance to the finals set to take place at 1:20 EST on Friday.
WOMEN'S TRACK
4X100-METER RELAY: Karina DeYoung, Sydney Peck, Katie Brown, and Taylor Joyce finished 24th with a time of 48.12 seconds.
1500-METER: Riley Morris took 20th place in the 1500-meter with a time of 5:08.17.
400-METER HURDLES: The duo of Skotlyn Hill and Sydney Peck placed 13th and 23rd in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing with times of 1:03.86 and 1:06.96 respectively.
4X800-METER RELAY: Lauryn Mitchell, Madelyn Nichols, Skotlyn Hill, and Karli Bedard took 21st in the 4x800-meter relay, finishing with an overall time of 9:47.47.
MEN'S FIELD
HAMMER THROW: Mark Church finished with a toss of 53.59 meters, taking 22nd in the hammer throw.
WOMEN'S FIELD
HAMMER THROW: Kenna Woodward fouled her three attempts in the women's hammer throw.
JAVELIN: Sammy Conley took a top-ten spot in the women's javelin with a toss of 41.49 meters, followed by Elizabeth Grandle in 20th place with a throw of 39.27 meters.
The Mountaineers will return to action tomorrow at Indiana Wesleyan University for day two of NAIA National Championship competition.
