BROOKINGS, S.D. – The second day of the 42nd annual NAIA Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship saw nine different semifinal running events and crowned five individual national champions Friday at Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex. 

• Concordia (Neb.) holds a five-point lead over defending champion Indiana Tech (29-24) after the second day of the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Women’s National Championships.  Hastings (Neb.) is third with 16 points, followed by Columbia (S.C.) fourth with 15 points.   
• Indiana Tech’s Loanie Cellard repeated the 3000-meter race walk national title in 14 minutes, 27.71 seconds.  She improved her previous time of 14:33.43 in the 2021 national meet. 
• The running semifinals began with the women’s 1-mile run, with the top seven runners with just 1.17 seconds separate.  Andrea Ertz of Mount Mercy (Iowa) hit the fastest time of 5:00.75.   
• A pair of hurdlers from William Carey (Miss.) claimed the top two times in the 60-meter hurdles, paced by Joy Abu in 8.38 seconds followed by her teammate Salieci Myles in 8.52 seconds.  
• Abu also hit the second-fastest time in the 400-meter dash semifinals in 54.21 seconds.  Freshman Praise Idamadudu of Cumberland (Tenn.) clocked the fastest 400-meter dash in 53.72 seconds. 
• Idamadudu also posted the top time in the 200-meter dash semifinals with a time of 23.62 seconds.  Raheema Westfall of Wayland Baptist (Texas) was second in 23.74 seconds, followed by Abu third with a time of 23.85 seconds. 
• Five freshmen runners will compete in the 600-meter run final on Saturday, including the fastest time by Harriet Tuson of Keiser (Fla.). 
• Destiny Copeland of Indiana Tech edged two-time defending national champion women’s long jumper Brittany Jones of William Carey.  Copeland leaped 5.94 meters (19 feet, 6 inches) on her first jump attempt in the finals, while Jones finished with 5.91 meters (19 feet, 4.75 inches) on her final attempt. 
• It was the second national long jump title for Copeland, with her first national title coming in 2019. 
• Indiana Tech dominated the 60-meter dash semifinals, placing four sprinters in the top eight. 
• College of Idaho produced its first women’s weight thrower national title in school history.  Catylynn Duff tossed 17.79 meters (58 feet, 4.5 inches) to win the national title. 
• After finishing second in the 4x800-meter relay semifinals Thursday, Dordt (Iowa) won its first women’s 4x800-meter relay national title. Ten Bethany Haken, Emilee Heynen, Anmarie Stuit, and Mika Kooistra produced a time of 9:08.57 to win the title. 
• The second day of the meet concluded with Concordia’s (Neb.) Josie Puelz claiming back-to-back national titles in the pole vault.  She cleared the height of 4.10 meters (13 feet, 5.5 inches), .02 meters improvement from last year’s national title mark. 

The NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championship will conclude Saturday with 15 different national titles on the line. The women’s triple jump kicks off at 10 a.m., followed by the women’s shot put at 11 a.m. 

The NAIA Championships Ceremonies are set for 12 p.m. Saturday.  The awards ceremony is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.