WAC Student-Athletes Set To Compete At 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships In Austin
WAC Student-Athletes Set To Compete At 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships In Austin
2023 NCAA OTF Championships Live Results
ARLINGTON, Texas – A total of 10 student-athletes representing the WAC across both men’s and women’s events will take part in the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scheduled for June 7-10 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Linear television coverage of the national meet is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT on June 7 on ESPNU, at 7:30 p.m. CT on June 8 on ESPN2, and at 8 p.m. CT on June 9-10 on ESPN2.
Six women’s entries; California Baptist’s Greta Karinauskaite (3000-meter steeplechase) and Yasna Petrova (10,000-meter), Grand Canyon’s Keira Christie-Galloway (100-meter hurdles), Stephen F. Austin’s Nissi Kabongo (high jump) and Angel Richmore (heptathlon) and Utah Valley’s Everlyn Kemboi (5000-meter and 10,000-meter); and four men’s entries; Stephen F. Austin’s Izac Canchola (javelin) and Branson Ellis (pole vault) and Southern Utah’s Astley Davis (triple jump) and Cedar English (long jump); from WAC track & field members qualified for the NCAA Championships based on top finishes at the NCAA West preliminary and, in the case of SFA heptathlete Richmore, a top score posted during the regular season.
HISTORIC SEASONS FOR KEMBOI, KARINAUSKAITE SET STAGE FOR NCAA MEET
California Baptist’s Greta Karinauskaite and Utah Valley’s Everlyn Kemboi have been standouts for their respective teams, and the WAC overall, throughout the entire 2023 outdoor season and will have a chance to showcase their skills among the nation’s best in Austin. Kemboi arrives at the NCAA Championships as the WAC all-time outdoor performance leader in the 5000-meter (15:20.67) and 10,000-meter (32:03.30) events after stellar showings earlier this season, ranking first and third in the nation, respectively. Karinauskaite logged a conference record time of 9:26.88 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West preliminary to rank first in NCAA Division I ahead of the national championships meet.
ALL-TIME WAC OUTDOOR INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS
With CBU’s Greta Karinauskaite and Utah Valley’s Everlyn Kemboi ranked at the top of their respective events entering the 2023 NCAA Championships, both student-athletes will look to join the lineage of WAC outdoor national champions this week in Austin.
Since 2000, WAC student-athletes have captured a total of seven women’s and 10 men’s individual and relay track & field national titles at the NCAA outdoor meet. The most recent men’s outdoor national champions representing the WAC was UTEP’s Mircea Bogdan in the 3000-meter steeplechase (8:27.29) and Boise State’s Gabriel Wallin in the javelin (78.76m) in 2005, while Hawai’i’s Amber Kaufman won the women’s high jump (1.86m) in 2010.
MORE ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICA PERFORMERS ON THE WAY?
WAC student-athletes will attempt to add to the eight total All-America honors that were earned by conference competitors at the 2022 NCAA Championships during the 2023 edition of the national meet.
Since 2011, all student-athletes who finish among the top eight in a given NCAA final have earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) DI First-Team All-America accolades. Athletes who place 9-16 at the national meet are recognized as USTFCCCA Second-Team All-Americans.
Clayton Fritsch from Sam Houston and Branson Ellis from Stephen F. Austin each landed on the 2022 first team in the men’s pole vault, while Stephen F. Austin’s Asani Hylton and Abilene Christian’s JJ Ply claimed first-team honors in the men’s decathlon. Cord Neal from SFA was among the WAC second-team All-Americans after a top finish in the men’s javelin. ACU’s Annina Brandenburg (women’s shot put) was on the 2022 outdoor All-America first team, with Utah Valley’s Everlyn Kemboi (women’s 10K) on the second team.
WAC Track & Field Athletes At 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships
June 7-10
Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas
WAC Entries
Men's Javelin Throw
Izac Canchola, Stephen F. Austin – 68.81m (225-9.0) seed mark (June 7 at 5:30 p.m. CT)
Men's Pole Vault
Branson Ellis, Stephen F. Austin – 5.40m (17-8.50) seed mark (June 7 at 6:30 p.m. CT)
Men's Long Jump
Cedar English, Southern Utah – 7.72m (25-4.0) seed time (June 7 at 8 p.m. CT)
Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinals
Keira Christie-Galloway, Grand Canyon – 13.08 seed time (June 8 at 8:32 p.m. CT)
Women's Heptathlon
Angel Richmore, Stephen F. Austin – 5,691 seed points
(100-meter hurdles, June 9 at 2:45 p.m. CT; high jump, June 9 at 3:45 p.m. CT; shot put, June 9 at 5:45 p.m. CT; 200-meter dash, June 9 at 9:43 p.m. CT; long jump, June 10 at 4 p.m. CT; javelin, June 10 at 5:15 p.m. CT; 800-meter run, June 10 at 9:43 p.m. CT)
Men's Triple Jump
Astley Davis, Southern Utah – 15.73m (51-7.25) seed mark (June 9 at 8:10 p.m. CT)
Women's 10,000m Run
Everlyn Kemboi, Utah Valley – 32:05.56 seed time (June 9 at 10:08 p.m. CT)
Women's High Jump
Nissi Kabongo, Stephen F. Austin – 1.82m (5-11.5) seed mark (June 10 at 7:30 p.m. CT)
Women's 3000m Steeplechase
Greta Karinauskaite, California Baptist – 9:26.88 seed time (June 10 at 8:24 p.m. CT)
Women's 5000m Run
Everlyn Kemboi, Utah Valley – 15:30.25 seed time (June 10 at 9:55 p.m. CT)
Yasna Petrova, California Baptist – 15:45.14 seed time (June 10 at 9:55 p.m. CT)
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