NAIA 2023

Finals - Results - Wednesday 05/26/99
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS

1 Koech, Kenneth FR McKendree 1:46.10
2 Birir, Solomon JR Life (Ga.) 1:46.77
3 Kabara, Anthony FR Cumberland (Ky.) 1:47.34
4 Yossef, Gezachw SO Lindenwood (Mo.) 1:48.84 5
5 Browne, Milton SR California Baptist 1:50.07 4
6 Nehus, Eddie SO Cedarville (Ohio) 1:50.62 3
7 Keny, Phillip SR McKendree (Ill.) 1:51.97 2
8 Edgar, Robert FR Geneva (Pa.) 1:53.03

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Finals - Results - Wednesday 05/26/99
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS

1 Koech, Kenneth FR McKendree (Ill.) 3:45.89 10
2 Bowditch, Kris JR California Baptist 3:46.47 8
3 Yossef, Gezachw SO Lindenwood (Mo.) 3:47.42 6
4 Nyamongo, Sammy SR Life (Ga.) 3:47.89 5
5 Wilford, Gareth SR Cumberland (Ky.) 3:48.22 4
6 Kennedy, James FR Grace (Ind.) 3:49.22 3
7 Bargensabe, Fidele FR Life (Ga.) 3:51.14 2
8 Hodges, Will JR Cumberland (Ky.) 3:53.59 1
9 Stanley, Scott JR Dana (Neb.) 3:54.04
10 Misoi, Silah JR Life (Ga.) 3:54.54
11 Merchoud, Zak SR Life (Ga.) 3:55.00
12 Cluff, Marty JR Simon Fraser (B.C.) 4:01

What's been up with Shawnee State?

They were looking really good in xc now outside of Kammler they look pretty bad. Morris has been solid but nothing else looks good.

Two of the Lanoys looked solid in the middle of xc but after that they started to fall apart. All three have looked like huge disappointments in track.

Shawn Little was an All-American in xc as well and didn't even qualify for indoor.

Early on some solid performances from NAIA athletes.

Andrew Davies runs a 29:03 10k #1 NAIA this year and the fastest time we've seen in some years in the NAIA.

Dylan Uhrich runs a 8:58 steeple. Not a PR or even close, but a very solid time this early and an NAIA #1.

Kiana Gibson 9:51 steeple. Absolutely amazing performance. Would've been one of the fastest flat 3ks indoor for women. Looks like we already have an overwhelming favorite for the women's steeple.

NAIA #2 10k from Kyla Becker in 35:09. Very impressive, but still a full minute behind Hannah Fredericks NAIA lead.

big hoedown in in lewisburg, PA at bucknell this weekend. Numerous big names and faces taking to the track, how low can they go???????? How many athletes will beat valby????

Some good times in the 5k at the Bryan Clay invite this weekend

Cumberlands has their official 800 school record listed at 1:45.29 by Anthony Kabara in 2001, I would be willing to bet that this is the NAIA record.

cumberlandspatriots.com

School Records

Men's Track and Field School Records Indoor Event Competitor Mark/Time Distance Year 55

Link:cumberlandspatriots.com/sports/2017/7/...

The records listed on USTFCCA are not not accurate at all.

A lot of schools have shifted in and out of the NAIA so even just looking through team records isn't an easy way to find the true record.

Kabara was competing in the NAIA though and may have that record.

I wish the NAIA did have their official records more accessible, if they even keep track of them.

Looks like Silva didn't race despite being at APU's facility just a few hours prior to when he would have raced according to Strava. Wonder what that was about... Missed check-in or possibly an injury, maybe?

Any NAIA schools entered in Penn Relays this year? I didn't think I saw any looking at entries.

It looks like there are some in the race walk, but outside of that, I couldn't find any in field or running events. I could be wrong, though as I only did a quick skim

Looks like Dean Reynolds will be running his first race in a while at GVSU unattached.

He's seeded at 3:48 for the 1500 this weekend.

Noah McClellan will never break 15 minutes.

Only 4 men have hit A standard in the 800. Has the standard gotten too fast is it much too early to tell?

The 800 always looks weak this time of year compared to the longer events. There won’t be a ton of change on the leaderboard for the 5k/10k between now and the end of the season but the 1500/800 will see a lot more fast times as the weather warms up in certain parts of the country and guys peak and get into big races. There were lots of fast times in the mid-d races indoor, the talent is there and I’d expect a lot of people under 1:52.8 by mid May.

Bruh quit endorsing lubbers stadium 🤣

It’s definitely a hard standard (1:52.0 for A/1:52.8 for B) but it’s more so that it’s just too early.

Remember last year we had 4 800 prelim heats and there are only 9 spots in the final. That standard needs to be hard.

Keep in mind a lot of the best mid distance schools are in the Midwest and the weather early on in the Midwest doesn’t make it easy to hit qualifying times.

On top of that it just takes a while to run fast 800 times. That’s part of the reason we don’t see many 4x8 qualifiers until Drake relays/conference weekend. The qualifying times will eventually come. And if the field size is smaller than last year that’s a positive.

Did you all hear the news about Shawnee State?

What is the news?

Jayne Halterman placed 7th at Footlocker this past fall and has signed with Taylor. I was curious how she was doing in track this season so I looked her up on athletic.net. She has no track results since 2022. Does she only run cross country and not track? Does she do another sport in the spring instead? I assume she will be doing both at Taylor.

crazy stuff going on in Portsmouth.