Former Manual runner keeps finding success at Notre Dame
Yared Nuguse won the 1,500m at this month s Outdoor ACC Championships, days after he set the NCAA record in the event Share Updated: 1:47 PM EDT May 25, 2021
Former Manual runner keeps finding success at Notre Dame
Yared Nuguse won the 1,500m at this month s Outdoor ACC Championships, days after he set the NCAA record in the event Share Updated: 1:47 PM EDT May 25, 2021
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Show Transcript You can like train as much as you want or be as talented as you want. But like when you come to like that last in my events case like 400 or 200, you know, it s not it s more of a mental fortitude kind of thing. It is how tough I am I at this moment, you know, one of my fighting for and why am I doing this?
UW-La Crosse, with an absolutely staggering among of entries into the meet, is a heavy favorite to win its fourth team title in program history. If the Eagles can accomplish that feat, it would be their first crown since 2015. Fourteen of UW-La Crosse’s 23 entries are ranked among the top-10 performers this season. The Eagles have multiple entries in the 100H (x3), pole vault (x2), triple jump (x2), hammer throw (x3) and heptathlon (x2).
Loras, the 2019 champion, sits second. The Duhawks bring 13 entries with them, of which nine are ranked among the top-5 performers this season.
Terrianna Black (triple jump),
Jennifer Sandoval in the 10,000 (32:58.39),
Jaylah Walker in the 400H (58.16) and
Chinenye Agina in the high jump (1.84m/6-½).
No. 2
West Texas A&M is seeking its first NCAA title since 2017 and will do so with 17 entries across 13 events.
Taylor Nelloms and
Zada Swoopes are the top-ranked athletes in the triple jump (13.52mw/44-4¼) and shot put (17.71m/58-1¼), respectively. The Lady Buffs also have two other entries in the triple jump that are ranked in the top-10.
Grand Valley State will enter the meet at No. 3 and eyeing the top of the podium for the first time since 2012. The Lakers have 17 entries across 12 events.
Many of these honored athletes and coaches are headed to the
2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION – Jah’mere Beasley – Rowan
Beasley, a freshman from Camden, New Jersey, is ranked second nationally in the 100 at 10.48 and fourth nationally in the 200 at 21.18. He was named the NJAC Runner of the Year and won the 200, was a member of the winning 4×100 relay and placed runner-up in the 100 at the NJAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
CENTRAL REGION – Matthew Wilkinson – Carleton
Wilkinson, a junior from Greenwood, Minnesota, ran into the record book at the MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Already the national leader in the 5000 at 13:58.25, Wilkinson shot to the top of the steeplechase chart at 8:44.01 with what is the third-fastest mark in NCAA DIII history. He also won the 5000 at the MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and was named
Doane (Neb.) actually strengthened its hold at the top of the National TFRI. The Tigers are clearly a favorite for the title on that basis, let alone having the most entries in the meet – 24 in individual events plus a pair of relays.
Field events are where Doane is slated to make the most noise, with leaders in the both high jump with Jacob Heitkamp and the decathlon with Levi Sudbeck, who won the heptathlon in the NAIA Indoor meet in March. Four other field-eventers are among the top-4 ranked athletes in the meet.
Doane has never won this meet, but finished as runner-up in 2011.