Outdoor Track has 16 national qualifiers bound for NAIA National Championships

MILLIGAN, Tenn. (May 19, 2023) – Milligan University's outdoor track & field teams are sending 16 student-athletes to the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships at Indiana Wesleyan next week May 24-26.

Milligan has 10 men and six women set to compete in seven individual events and two relays. Milligan has qualifiers in four individual men's events, three individual women's events and both men's and women's 4x800 relays.

The Buffs have student-athletes or relays seeded inside the top 10 in six different events. Bryn Woodall owns the No. 2 time in the 5k and is joined by fifth-seeded Aaron Jones and No. 10 seed Will Stockley in the event. Alyssa Bearzi is the third seed in the 10k, Ellen Mary Kearney owns the No. 5 seed in the 1500 and the women's 4x800-meter relay is seeded ninth.

Last spring Jones (5k) and Stockley (1500) took home All-America honors at the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships.

Men's National Qualifiers (10):
Sylas Chambers – 800, 4x800
Jake Crow – 4x800
Keith Fletcher – 110 Hurdles
Aaron Jones – 10k, 5k
Arran Kearney – 4x800
Dawson Reed – 10k
Will Stockley – 5k, 4x800
Aaron Vaughn – 4x800
Carter Windham – 4x800
Bryn Woodall – 5k, 4x800

Women's National Qualifiers (6):
Gracie Allen – 4x800
Alyssa Bearzi – 10k, 5k
Megan Christian – 4x800
Caitlin Dominy – 5k, 4x800
Ellen Mary Kearney – 1500, 4x800
Kaelyn Slaughter – 4x800

Wednesday, May 24

Women's 1500 Prelims (4:50 p.m.) – Ellen Mary Kearney

Women's 4x800 Prelims (7:15 p.m.)

Men's 4x800 Prelims (7:50 p.m.)

Women's 10k Final (9:20 p.m.) – Alyssa Bearzi

Men's 10k Final (10:10 p.m.) – Aaron Jones, Dawson Reed

Thursday, May 25

Men's 110 Hurdles Prelims (3:15 p.m.) – Keith Fletcher

Men's 800 Prelims (3:50 p.m.) – Sylas Chambers

Women's 4x800 Relay Final (7:10 p.m.)

Men's 4x800 Relay Final (7:30 p.m.)

Women's 5k Prelims (7:45 p.m.) – Caitlin Dominy, Alyssa Bearzi

Men's 5k Prelims (8:35 p.m.) – Bryn Woodall, Will Stockley, Aaron Jones

Friday, May 26

Women's 1500 Final (3:00 p.m.)

Men's 110 Hurdles Final (3:30 p.m.)

Men's 800 Final (5:00 p.m.)

Women's 5k Final (5:30 p.m.)

Men's 5k Final (5:55 p.m.)