NCAA announces accepted entries into both Division I and II indoor track & field championships...
INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee Tuesday announced the participants who will compete in the 2019 NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The D1 championships, hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the City of Birmingham, will be held March 8 and 9 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama, while the D2 title clash will be contested March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kansas at the Robert W. Plaster Center. Pittsburg State University and the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau will serve as co-hosts of the championships.
DIVISION I
On the women’s side, Washington’s Katie Rainsberger (above/photo by Ricky Martinez) was accepted in both the mile and the 3000. while Izzi Batt-Doyle is in the 5000. Rainsberger is also part of the Huskies’ distance medley relay that includes Imani Apostol, Hannah Derby, and Lilli Burdon.
Mountlake Terrace HS grad Chinne Okoronkwo, who transferred from Wisconsin to Texas Tech, is in the pole vault and the triple jump.
Washington State’s Emmanuel Wells goes into the men’s 60 meters seeded fourth.
Washington’s Mick Stanovsek and Washington State’s Paul Ryan are in the men’s mile field, while the Huskies’ Fred Huxham is in the 3000.
Cobert native John Dressel of Colorado is in the 5000m field, while the UW distance medley relay squad of Connor Morello, Cass Elliott, Devan Kirk, and Stanovsek goes into the meet seeded seventh.
DIVISION II
Central Washington will have four women in the meet competing in five events, led by distance runner Alexa Shindruk, who is in both the 3000 and 5000.
Joining her are Halle Irvine in the pole vault, HarLee Ortega in the pentathlon, and Mariyah Vongsaveng in the 60 hurdles.
Seattle Pacific has Scout Cai in both the pentathlon and the pole vault, along with Peace Igbonagwam in the long jump, and Kate Lilly in the mile.
Western Washington’s two women’s entries are pole vaulter Anna Paradee, and high jumper Maddie Taylor.
The Wildcats of Central Washington has heptathletes Kodiak Landis and Braydon Maier in the field, along with triple jumper Zach Whittaker, while the only other male to make the NCAA D2 field was Saint Martin’s high jumper Tyler Cronk.
ESPN3 will stream the D1 championships live starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time March 8 and starting at 5 p.m. Eastern time March 9. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, March 10 on ESPN2 and again Monday, March 11 starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time on ESPNU.
The Division II championships will be streamed live on NCAA.com.
The NCAA D1 participants list is available here, while the D2 list is available here.
USTFCCCA D1 & D2 NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD RATING INDEX
The Seattle Pacific women’s team is the only team from the state of Washington in the national top 25 in either Division I or II, according to the organization’s rankings, released Tuesday.
Seattle Pacific is ranked number 20 in the country, based on the strength of Scout Cai’s number 3 ranking in the pentathlon, and Peace igbonagwam’s number 6 ranking in the long jump, entering the NCAA indoor championships.
The USTFCCCA’s national rankings for both Division I and II can be accessed through the organization’s home page.
NOTE: The NCAA and the USTFCCCA contributed to this report.
The D1 championships, hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the City of Birmingham, will be held March 8 and 9 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama, while the D2 title clash will be contested March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kansas at the Robert W. Plaster Center. Pittsburg State University and the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau will serve as co-hosts of the championships.
DIVISION I
Mountlake Terrace HS grad Chinne Okoronkwo, who transferred from Wisconsin to Texas Tech, is in the pole vault and the triple jump.
Washington State’s Emmanuel Wells goes into the men’s 60 meters seeded fourth.
Washington’s Mick Stanovsek and Washington State’s Paul Ryan are in the men’s mile field, while the Huskies’ Fred Huxham is in the 3000.
Cobert native John Dressel of Colorado is in the 5000m field, while the UW distance medley relay squad of Connor Morello, Cass Elliott, Devan Kirk, and Stanovsek goes into the meet seeded seventh.
DIVISION II
Central Washington will have four women in the meet competing in five events, led by distance runner Alexa Shindruk, who is in both the 3000 and 5000.
Joining her are Halle Irvine in the pole vault, HarLee Ortega in the pentathlon, and Mariyah Vongsaveng in the 60 hurdles.
Seattle Pacific has Scout Cai in both the pentathlon and the pole vault, along with Peace Igbonagwam in the long jump, and Kate Lilly in the mile.
Western Washington’s two women’s entries are pole vaulter Anna Paradee, and high jumper Maddie Taylor.
The Wildcats of Central Washington has heptathletes Kodiak Landis and Braydon Maier in the field, along with triple jumper Zach Whittaker, while the only other male to make the NCAA D2 field was Saint Martin’s high jumper Tyler Cronk.
ESPN3 will stream the D1 championships live starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time March 8 and starting at 5 p.m. Eastern time March 9. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, March 10 on ESPN2 and again Monday, March 11 starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time on ESPNU.
The Division II championships will be streamed live on NCAA.com.
The NCAA D1 participants list is available here, while the D2 list is available here.
USTFCCCA D1 & D2 NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD RATING INDEX
The Seattle Pacific women’s team is the only team from the state of Washington in the national top 25 in either Division I or II, according to the organization’s rankings, released Tuesday.
Seattle Pacific is ranked number 20 in the country, based on the strength of Scout Cai’s number 3 ranking in the pentathlon, and Peace igbonagwam’s number 6 ranking in the long jump, entering the NCAA indoor championships.
The USTFCCCA’s national rankings for both Division I and II can be accessed through the organization’s home page.
NOTE: The NCAA and the USTFCCCA contributed to this report.
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