Bolivar, Mo- The SBU Track and Field team travels 5 members to the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. The Championship takes place in Pittsburg, Kansas at Pitt St University beginning tomorrow going through Saturday. The 5 bearcats headed to Nationals include Zara Brown, Britney Clark, Elysia Burgos, Collinique Farrington, and Parker Love.
 
"I am excited to see these five individuals represent Southwest Baptist University this weekend on our sports highest stage! They have put in hours and hours of work and now have earned the opportunity to race with the best in the Nation!" -Head coach Corey McElhaney
 
Brown and Clark will each make their second Nationals appearance both competing in the 60-meter dash. They will have their preliminary run at approximately 3:15 PM where the top-8 advance to the finals on Saturday. Clark's qualifying time is ranked 16^th, whereas Brown's time is ranked 9^th heading into Friday's competition.
 
Senior Elysia Burgos is making her 4^th Indoor National Championship appearance. She has raced in a variety of events, but this trip she will be competing in the mile. Her time of 4:52.02 at the GLVC Championships helped her just slipped in the top 18 in the Nation to compete this weekend. Her preliminary race will take place at approximately 3:45 PM.
 
Freshman Collinique Farrington is appearing in her first National Championship where she will be running in the 200-meter dash. As the only freshman in this race, she hit her qualifying time in the GLVC Championships where she is ranked 16^th. Her preliminary race will be at approximately 5:35 PM.
 
Sophomore Parker Love is also making his first appearance to the National Championship. He will be running in the 200-meter dash where he hit is qualifying time at the Crimson and Gold Invitational. His preliminary race will take place at approximately 5:15 PM.
 
A full schedule of events, live scoring, and live stream can be found below.
 
Schedule of Events: https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/crosstrack/d2/indoortf/2021-22D2XITF_Schedule.pdf
 
Live scoring: https://results.leonetiming.com/?mid=4853
 
Live stream: https://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2022/03/10