SEWARD, Neb. - Several Kansas Wesleyan men's track and field athletes punched their tickets to the NAIA Indoor National Championships in March hitting national qualifying marks on Saturday at the Concordia Classic.
Julian Avila won the 1000m and hit the NAIA Automatic qualifying time with a 2:28.30.
The 4x800m relay team also hit the NAIA Automatic time with a second place finish. The group of Triston Cottone, Wyatt Johnson, Ty Davidson and Julian Avila finished with a time of 7:52.08.
Triston Cottone placed fifth in the 600m with a time of 1:24.59, Wyatt Johnson was sixth in 1:24.69 and Nate Chavez was 10th in 1:26.34.
Keegan Lott finished sixth in the seeded section of the shot put with a mark of 15.21m.
Also in the 1000m Ty Davidson placed sixth in 2:34.56, Ian Doss was eighth in 2;38.23 and Austin Schaeffer was 14th in 2:51.41.
In the 5000m, Cisco Alvarez placed seventh in 16:46.63.
KWU had two teams in the 4x400m relay. The group of Trevor Peal, Andrew Smith, Nate Chavez and Nicolas Martinez was seventh with a time of 3:33.97 and the group of Sidney Washingon, Ian Doss, Giovanni Rios and Kamal Murphy was ninth in 3:40.19.
In the unseeded section of the weight throw, Keegan Lott finished seventh with a mark of 14.99m, and Austin Baird finished 42nd with a mark of 10.31m.
In the 3000m, Evan Pearce was 10th in 8:56.84, Tytus Reed was 23rd in 9:24.54 and Brodie Bradshaw was 34th in 10:02.20.
Kamal Murphy finished 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 12.64m.
In the 60m preliminaries Zamari Burrell placed 12th with a time of 7.11 seconds, DeJaylon Beal was 29th in 7.34, Darius Archuleta was 38th in 7.42, James Preston was 44th in 7.53, Brennon Allen was 53rd in 7.63 and Kamal Murphy was 57th in 7.67.
In the mile, Austin Schaeffer was 12th in 4:29.37, Nicolas Martinez was 20th in 4:37.83, Tim Parish was 26th in 4:40.83, Will Childers was 43rd in 5:05.05 and Jack Horacek was 46th in 5:10.60.
Riley Garcia was 14th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 11.37 seconds.
In the long jump, Darius Archuleta was 14th with a marak of 6.29m, James Preston was 24th with a mark of 5.97m and Brennon Allen was 27th with a mark of 5.69m.
DeJaylon Beal finished 15th in the 200m with a time of 23.89 seconds, Darius Archuleta was 20th in 24.21, Brennon Allen was 31st in 24.72 and James Preston was 33rd in 24.84.
Riley Garcia was 21st in the 400m with a time of 53.70 seconds, Trevor Peal was 23rd in 53.86, Andrew Smith was 25th in 54.25, Cayden Purcell was 30th in 55.76, DeJaylon Beal was 34th in 56.37 and Sidney Washington was 35th in 56.43.
Will Childers was 23rd in the 800m with a time of 2:22.40 and Remington Wiseman was 24th in 2:57.79.
Keyon Baccus was 25th with a mark of 12.05m and Austin Baird was 41st with a mark of 9.44m in the unseeded section of the shot put.