PITSBURG, Kan. – The 2019 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will commence on Friday, March 8 with eight members of the Winona State University Warriors slated to compete. The meet will be held at the Robert W. Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State University.

Four different Warriors will compete in individual events while two WSU relay teams have qualified for nationals.

Senior Brittany Schyvinck will run in the 200m dash and will compete as part of both the 4x400m and DMR teams. Schyvinck ran her season-best time of 24.90 seconds in the 200m at the NSIC Championships.

The 4x400 relay team of Kalley Harris, Brit. Schyvinck, Brooklyn Schyvinck and Shereen Vallabouy qualified with a time of 3:47.85 which ranks second in Winona State indoor program history. The DMR team of Brit. Schyvinck, Ali Johnson, Anna Rogahn and Hope Willenbrink set a new Warrior program record earlier this season with a time of 11:50.74.

Rogahn will compete individually in the mile run, in which she twice set a new WSU indoor record this season, and enters nationals with a time of 4:57.82. Vallabouy will run in the 400m dash after qualifying with a time of 55.69 seconds.

Sophomore Kristi Springer will represent the Warriors in the field events, having qualified for the championships with a distance of 12.08m. That distance also set a new program record earlier this year.

Senior Kari Schneiss and junior Nikki Staffen are accompanying the qualifiers to nationals as alternates.

Live video and event results will be provided by the NCAA.

Winona State Schedule of Events

Friday, March 8

3:30 p.m. – Mile Prelim

4:00 p.m. – 400m Prelim

5:15 p.m. – 200m Prelim

6:40 p.m. – DMR Final

Saturday, March 9

5:40 p.m. – Mile Final

5:55 p.m. – Triple Jump

6:00 p.m. – 400m Final

6:45 p.m. – 200m Final

7:45 p.m. – 4x400 Final