Women's Track and Field | 3/10/2015 12:38:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced Monday morning the participants in the 2015 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships.
 
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Among those invited from Bethel was distance runner Annika Halverson and field participant Alyssa Solberg. Halverson reached the national meet in the one-mile race, thanks to a time of 5:00.99 at Grinnell's Darren Young Classic on February 14. The freshman's national meet appearance is her first career, but second NCAA Championship event. Halverson reached the Division III meet for cross country earlier this fall.

Meanwhile, Solberg received her first-ever invitation in the weight throw with a toss of 16.51 meters (54' 2") at the University of Minnesota's Parents Day Open on February 21.


For each woman's individual event contested, including the pentathlon, the top 17 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each men's individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 15 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.
 
The championships will be held March 13-14 at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with Roanoke College serving as the official host.