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Statesmen Qualifiers Just Miss Stand at Nationals
Yankton, S.D.–For the first time in several campaigns, the William Penn track and field teams were not able to bring home any hardware as they competed at the NAIA Indoor National Championship Wednesday through Saturday.
Men’s high jumper Mofiyinfoluwa Alade (Sr., Hoffman Estates, Ill., Exercise Science) was in action, as was the women’s 4×400-meter relay team composed of Michaela Kmiec (So., Centerville, Texas, Exercise Science), Shaniah Newby (So., Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nursing), Ashley Omoregie (Jr., Old Bridge, N.J., Biology), and Raven Williams (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.).
On Wednesday, the ladies hit the track for the preliminaries. The team, unfortunately, did not qualify for the finals, posting a time of 4:04.75, which placed William Penn 14th out of the 16 squads in the field.
Quartet of Champions at Graceland Meet
Lamoni–Four members of the William Penn women’s track and field team took home titles as the season rolled on at the Graceland Winter Series #3 Saturday.
Alexandra Rose (Fr., Quincy, Ill.) topped the navy and gold as she not only won the 55-meter dash in 7.62 seconds, but was also fourth in the 200-meter dash in 28.65 seconds.
WPU won nearly all of the shorter races with Raven Williams (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.) taking the other sprint victory, leading the 200-meter dash field in 26.98 seconds.
Michaela Kmiec (So., Centerville, Texas, Exercise Science) earned gold in the 600-meter run (1:49.32), while Zena Cohuo (Jr., Carrollton, Texas, Exercise Science) hit the line first in the 1,000-meter run in 3:25.60.