Indoor Track sends four individuals to Saturday finals at NAIA National Championships

BROOKINGS, S.D. (March 4, 2022) – The Milligan University indoor track and field team had four individuals advance to tomorrow's national championship final in their respective events on day two of the NAIA National Championships at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on Friday.

"Another really strong day on both sides," said head coach Chris Layne. "Will got things going for us in the mile and then to see Sylas make that final as a freshman really speaks to his composure. Avery looked so controlled in her 3k heat and then Bryn and the boys ran so tough in the 3k...really not a bad race from anyone today."

Will Stockley punched his ticket to tomorrow's mile final with a 4:13.56 effort to finish second in his heat. He logged the third-fastest preliminary time overall.

Sylas Chambers advanced to the final in the 800 in dramatic fashion. He ran down several runners in the final straight-away to finish second in his heat as he recorded a personal best time of 1:54.10.

Fresh off her standout anchor leg of Milligan's record-setting distance medley relay yesterday, Avery DeWolf Burton cruised to a first-place finish in her 3k preliminary heat in 10:09.26.

Bryn Woodall was the runner-up in heat one of the men's 3k and posted the third-fastest time overall (8:29.33) to move on. Jake Crow was 18th and Evan Henson finished 23rd in qualifying.

Caitlin Dominy ran a PB in the women's 1k prelims (3:00.67) to finish fifth in her heat and 10th overall. Gracie Allen finished 12 overall in 1k qualifying.

Milligan has seven individuals set to compete in six championship events tomorrow, along with the men's and women's distance medley relays. Saturday's schedule of Milligan events is below.

Saturday Schedule:

Men's Mile Finals (1:35 p.m. EST) – Will Stockley

Men's 800 Finals (3:15 p.m. EST) – Sylas Chambers

Women's 3k Finals (3:45 p.m. EST) – Avery DeWolf Burton

Men's 3k Finals (4:00 p.m. EST) – Bryn Woodall

Women's 5k Finals (4:35 p.m. EST) – Alyssa Bearzi

Men's 5k Finals (5:00 p.m.) – Eli Cramer, Aaron Jones

Women's DMR Finals (5:20 p.m. EST)

Men's DMR Finals (5:40 p.m. EST)