GLIAC Track & Field athletes receive bids to NCAA Indoor Championships

GLIAC Track & Field athletes receive bids to NCAA Indoor Championships

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee has announced the participants for the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.

A total of 37 GLIAC participants, 18 men and 19 women, will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championships by reaching a provisional standard established for each event.

The championships will be held March 10-11 in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. The championships will be streamed live on www.NCAA.com.

A complete list of GLIAC track & field athletes who will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships is below.  

MEN

Davenport
• Noah Dooley - Heptathlon
• Noah Evers - Shot Put

Grand Valley State
• Wyatt Alwine - Pole Vault
• Elias Bergman - Mile Run
• Jackson Blanchard - 4x400 Meter Relay
• Caleb Futter - Mile Run, Distance Medley Relay
• Steven Harris - 4x400 Meter Relay
• Nicholas Hoffman - Distance Medley Relay
• Ben Ireland - 4x400 Meter Relay
• Myles Kerner - Shot Put
• Eli Kosiba - High Jump
• Patrick Lyell - Distance Medley Relay
• Jonathan Rankins-James - High Jump
• Bryce Reynolds - Weight Throw
• Myles Rhodes - 4x400 Meter Relay, Distance Medley Relay
• Scott Spaanstra - 800 Meter Run
• Matt Thomas - Shot Put
• Jacob Urban - Weight Throw

WOMEN

Davenport
• Erin Dorn - 800 Meter Run

Grand Valley State
• Erika Beistle - Shot Put
• Taryn Chapko - 800 Meter Run, Distance Medley Relay
• Judith Essemiah - Weight Throw
• Natalie Graber - 3000 Meter Run, Distance Medley Relay
• Lauren Kiley - 5000 Meter Run, 3000 Meter Run
• Sarah May - 5000 Meter Run
• Klaudia O'Malley - Mile Run, 3000 Meter Run, Distance Medley Relay
• Alaina Omonode - Weight Throw
• Emma Richards - Shot Put
• Kayce Rypma - 5000 Meter Run
• Kassidie Stimmel - Pole Vault
• Kate Zang - Distance Medley Relay

Northern Michigan
• Crystal Walker - Long Jump

Saginaw Valley State
• Lauren Buckner - Mile Run, Distance Medley Relay
• Cassie Campbell - Distance Medley Relay
• Alexa Keiser - Distance Medley Relay
• Karissa Picard - Distance Medley Relay

Parkside
• Rachel Blaskowski - Long Jump