Hailey Gerard News Today

JOLIET, Ill. --Although the Owls turned in several solid performances at the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite, Landon Dunlap was the only movement for William Woods on the NAIA qualification sheets. The grad student continued the momentum he rallied from the squads double conference championship and took more than two seconds off his qualifying mark in the 1,500 meters.

ELSAH, Ill. -- Nia Hawkins led a strong William Woods University performance in the 2024 American Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning AMC Field Athlete of the Meet as the high points scorer.

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. -- The William Woods mens and womens indoor track and field teams competed in the Jim Green Invitational hosted by Illinois College on Saturday.

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- In the first of two season-opening trips to the Harvey Dean Track inside the Robert W. Plaster Center at Pittsburg State University, William Woods track and field posted a solid performance across the board, etching personal records and a host of top-five marks into the record book.

NEVADA, Mo. -- Running for the second time this year at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course, William Woods battled through difficult weather conditions and the absence of last years top runner, Ellie Dimond, and this years No. 4 runner, Sarah Kirby, but finished just four points shy of Missouri Baptist for second.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Mekayla Gibson picked up her second individual race title of the season, and William Woods easily cruised past the field at the Seminole Valley Stampede, scoring a season-best 33 points to claim the top spot in the seven-team event. All five scoring runners for the Owls finished in the top 15, with Sarah Kirby picking up a new PR by better than a minute with a time of 20:12.0.

NEVADA, Mo. -- Although William Woods was without top returner Ellie Dimond for the seasons opening meet, the Owls brought home the individual title and a second-place finish from the Cottey College Invitational on Friday.