Women's Track and Field | 5/13/2015 11:18:00 AM
UPDATED – University of Mary hurdler
Molly McDonald has been added to the list of participants for the 2015 NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The junior from Lakewood, Colo., will compete in the 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 14:03 seconds will rank her 20
th in the event. The story below has been updated for the addition of McDonald.
INDIANAPOLIS – Ten members of the University of Mary women's track & field team have earned the opportunity to perform on a national stage. The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Track & Field / Cross Country Committee announced the participants for the 2015 NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships and the ten selected Marauders will compete in eight events, six individual and two relays.
A total of 754 participants, 377 men and 377 women, will compete at the 2015 NCAA championships, set for May 21-23 in Allendale, Mich., at the Grand Valley State University Track & Field Complex.
Two Marauders will compete in three events each. Seven-time All-American
Kathryn Stewart will run in the 200 meter dash and the 4x100 and the 4x400 meter relays. Three-time All-American
Cassandra Jones will compete individually in the 400 meter dash and in both the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays.
A senior from Kingston, Jamaica, Stewart is seeded 11
th in the 200 meter dash with a top time this season of 23.90 seconds. She is making her eighth trip to the NCAA championships, counting both indoors and outdoors.
Jones, a sophomore from North York, Ontario, ranks 14
th in the 400 meter dash with a clocking of 55.02 seconds. This is her fourth trip to the NCAA championships.
Joining Jones and Stewart on the 4x100 meter relay are freshman
Tonie Pandohie and junior
Faith Kjelstrup. The quartet owns a top time this season of 46.16 seconds and is seeded 11
th.
This will be the first NCAA championship appearance for both Pandohie, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, and Kjelstrup, from Glendive, Mont.
Josie Guptill and
Melanie Rodriguez join Jones and Stewart on the 4x400 meter relay. The foursome has a top time of 3:44.26 this season and ranks 13
th entering nationals.
An All-American in the relays from Quinn, S.D., Guptill is making her fourth NCAA championship appearance. A sophomore from Burlington, Ontario, Rodriguez is also making her fourth NCAA championship appearance and has earned All-American honors once in her career in the relays.
Making her first NCAA championship appearance is
Molly McDonald. The junior from Lakewood, Colo., was a late addition to the qualifiers list in the 100 meter hurdles. She is seeded 20
th in the country with a top time of 14.03 seconds.
Brienna Lynch rounds out the Marauders track contingent. The senior from Bismarck, N.D., was selected for her efforts in the 800 meter run. Her school-record time of 2:08.79 ranks her tenth. A two-time All-American, both in relays, this is her fifth trip to the NCAA championships.
The Marauders will also have two performers in the field events.
Danylle Kurywchak was an automatic NCAA qualifier in the triple jump. The junior from Cameron Park, Calif., is seeded fifth with a top effort of 12.86 meters. She earned All-American honors at the NCAA indoor championships in March and is coming off wins in both the triple jump and long jump at the Northern Sun championships.
Sophomore
Davina Carr will compete in the pole vault. The native of Nine Mile Falls, Wash., is seeded 18
th with a top mark of 3.78 meters. She earned All-American honors at the 2015 NCAA indoor championships in her first trip to nationals.
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