Recap - Day Three of the 2023 NAIA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
May 26, 2023
MARION, Ind. - [RESULTS] The final day of the 2023 NAIA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship saw British Columbia crowned the champion. The Thunderbirds are taking home the red banner.
- Princess Kara of Indiana Wesleyan won her first discus title with a mark of 52.77m and the second discus title for IWU.
- Jennah Carpenter of Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) won her first high jump title with a mark of 1.74m after jumping from a 6th-place finish in 2022. Carpenter added .04 to her mark for the 2023 win.
- Sage Martin of College of Idaho won her first title in the 3,000m steeplechase and second title for her school in the event.
- William Carey (Miss.) reclaimed its 4x100m relay with a time of 45.07 after winning the event for the first time in 2021
- Addy Wiley of Huntington (Ind.) won her first 1,500m title with a time of 4:14.56 as a freshman. Wiley and runner-up Holly MacGillivray of British Columbia topped the defending champion in the event Sydney Little Light from Rocky Mountain (Mont.).
- Wiley also topped the field in the 800m with a time of 2:04.29 and beat the defending champion by a margin of 3.96.
- Salieci Myles of William Carey (Miss.) claimed the 100m hurdles title with a time of 13.28 to tie the record time.
- Hannah Antkoviak of Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) beat out the defending champion in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.71, just 2.41 seconds difference.
- Praise Idamadud of Cumberland (Tenn.) defended her title in the 400m with a time of 53.28.
- Praise Idamadudu of Cumberland (Tenn.) won her first title in the 200m with a time of 23.60.
- Katie Newlove of British Columbia won her first title in the 5,000m with a time of 16:57.35.
- Indiana Tech defended its 4x400m relay title with a time of 3:43.01.
- British Columbia maintained its lead and posted 104 points to win the red banner. This title is the third outdoor track & field title that the Thunderbirds have won.
- William Carey (Miss.) finished runner-up with a total of 71 points.
- Awards
- Outstanding Performer: Hannah Antkoviak of Olivet Nazarene University
- Most Valuable Performer: Machaeda Linton from William Carey
- Coach of the Year: Laurier Primeau, British Columbia