Indoor Track & Field competes at JDL Fast is Flat Invitational

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 23, 2022) – The Milligan University indoor track & field team continued to stack national qualifying times, Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) qualifying marks, personal bests and seasons debuts at the Flat is Fast Invitational at the JDL Fast Track on Sunday.

Milligan took first place in both men's and women's 4x800 meter relays on Sunday. Sylas Chambers, Nathan Baker, Jake Crow and Will Stockley combined for a winning time of 8:07.73. Caitlin Dominy, Gracie Allen, Kiley Wood and Avery DeWolf Burton took first in 9:50.19.

In the 1k, Burton finished first, logged the Appalachian Athletic Conference's (AAC) top time this season and met the national standard with a 3:03.39. Burton's converted time of 3:01.41 ranks fifth nationally. Allen placed third and had the second-fastest mark in the conference in 3:04.77. Kaelyn Slaughter also posted a top-10 finish in the 1k in 3:31.00.

Milligan had three of the top five and four of the top seven finishes in the men's 1k. Stockley took first in 2:32.58, and his converted time of 2:30.51 is a national standard and ranks No. 7 in the NAIA. Baker was fourth in 2:38.58, Crow finished fifth in 2:38.85 and Chambers took seventh (2:40.20).

Dominy and Alyssa Bearzi led the way for the Buffs in the mile. Dominy finished second in 5:15.06 and her converted time is a national qualifying mark. Bearzi posted a 5:24.70 to place 11th in her first appearance in 2022.

Pablo Rivas led the charge for the Buffs in the mile with a personal best of 4:27.13 to finish fourth. Alex Brittain (4:13.62) and Zimri Kuhn (4:37.80) took 12th and 13th in the mile.

Making her season debut, Rebecca Glover earned fifth in the 600 meter dash in 1:45.52.

Skylan Stephens notched eighth-place finishes in the 200 (23.12) and seeded 400 (51.49).

In the 3k, Annie Kate McDermott and Anna Jones both ran PBs and AAC qualifying times. McDermott finished in 11:54.09 and Jones ran 11:57.82. On the men's side, Keaton Hincher and Eli Hornbuckle each made their first indoor collegiate appearance in the 3k. Hincher recorded an AAC qualifying time of 9:17.60.

In the shot put, Corey Greenson set a personal best with a heave of 12.01 meters.

""Perhaps we were a little off across the board today, but we still saw a bunch of encouraging performances," said head coach Chris Layne. "Corey Greeson did a nice job in the shot, Skylan had two strong runs in the sprints and I thought our distance crew handled stepping down in distance pretty well today. It was really good to see Rebecca Glover running well after missing all of last semester due to illness and our upperclassmen like Avery, Caitlin, Will and Jake performed well I thought."

Milligan indoor track and field returns to action next weekend at the Appalachian State Split Meet and the VMI Winter Relays.