By: Austin Sommerfeld, Assistant AD for Strategic Communications
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - Two members from the men's and women's track & field teams have been selected to compete in three events at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships, the NCAA announced Friday.
The top 22 declared student-athletes in each individual event and the top 16 declared relay teams (one per institution) were accepted into the meet, which will be held Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25 at the at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Senior
Lily Beneke (Green Isle, Minn./Sibley East HS) qualified for her third straight Outdoor Championship in the women's hammer throw. Beneke's best mark of the season came in early May, when she threw 57.89m. That ranked her sixth overall and she'll look to repeat as she placed third last season to earn her first All-American award.
Trent Beseth (Stanchfield, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS) will compete in two events this weekend. Beseth is ranked fourth in the nation in the discus throw with a mark of 55.23m and tenth in the shot put with a mark of 16.95m
Schedule
5/23 - Men's Discus Throw - 10:00 AM
5/24 - Men's Shot Put - 12:30 PM
5/25 - Women's Hammer Throw - 12:00 PM