TRACK ATHLETES SET FOR
OUTDOOR NATIONALS
HOUGHTON,
N.Y. –
Seven members of the Houghton
College outdoor track and field team will be competing at the NAIA National
Championships in Louisville, Ky., May 26-28.
Junior Mary Gibson (Grosse Pte. Park, Mich. /
Grosse Pte. South) qualified in the 800 meters with a time of 2:17.71.
Senior Kerri Koch (Lititz, Pa. / Warwick)
will compete in the 1500 meters after setting a school record with a time
4:45.20 during the regular season.
Freshman Rachel Rhodes (Salamanca, N.Y. /
Cattaraugus-Little Valley) qualified in the 3000 meter race walk with a time
of 18:06.67. She reached the qualifying standard in just her first race, and
is the first Houghton athlete to ever compete in that event.
Sophomore Meghan Radimer (Branchville, N.J. /
High Point) will compete in the javelin after a school-record throw of 136-08.50 last week.
Senior Katy Sykes (Canton, N.Y. / Williams)
and sophomore Audrey Seldomridge (Landisville, Pa. / Hempfield) will join
Gibson and Koch on the 800 meter relay team that ran a school-record time of
9:31.94 earlier in the spring.
Sophomore Ryan Fadden (Hyde Park, N.Y. /
Franklin D. Roosevelt) will be the lone male Highlander athlete competing at
nationals. He will take part in the 800 meters after breaking the school
record with a time of 1:54.29 earlier in the spring.
To see more information in the NAIA National
Championships and to follow the events as they occur, visit
http://www.naia.org/track/otf/championship/2005/index.html.
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a
difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in
Allegany
County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the
door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
