The Lincoln Blue Tigers will send eight athletes in six events to the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships, which are set to begin today and run through Saturday in Emporia, Kan.
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It was not exactly the day the Lincoln Blue Tigers wanted Saturday in Day 2 of the MIAA track and field outdoor championships at Dwight T. Reed Stadium. The Blue Tigers got 19 qualifiers through the preliminary rounds and into today’s finals and collected a few points in the men’s and women’s long jump, but it was not the dominant day Lincoln wanted, especially in a meet at its home track.
Being a three-sport athlete at School of the Osage wasn’t enough for senior Brockton McLaughlin, so he decided to join the track and field team this spring. Winning two individual state championships? That’s not your typical “beginner’s luck” outcome.