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Highlanders Finish
Strong at Indoor Nationals
 (Johnson
City, Tenn.)—Highlander women Naomi Christensen, Darby Emerson and
Kaitlin Fadden joined the men’s distance medley relay team to compete in
the finals of their respective events at the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics’ (NAIA) National Indoor Track and Field
Championships on Saturday.
Christensen ran
in the finals of the women’s 600M, posting a 1:35.45 to take fourth
place.
Running in the
women’s 800M final, Emerson finished eighth in 2:18.20.
Fadden was the
last of the three women to run, finishing in 10:32.88 to take 11th
in the women’s 3000M.
The Highlanders’ men’s distance medley relay team of
Johnny Kimani (1200M),
Steve Scott (400M), Josiah Snelgrove (800M, pictured at right)
and Dan Ballard (1600M) ran a 10:19.59 to take sixth place in their
event.
On Friday, three
other Highlanders competed in finals as well.
Rachel Rhodes
walked a 16:43.49 in the women’s 3000M race walk
to take second place.
Competing in the same race, Chelsea Adams was disqualified for “losing
contact” with the ground—one of the rules of race walking.
Zach Adams’ 15:15.31 in
the men’s 3000M race walk finals placed him in 11th for the
event.
The women’s
performances garnered enough points for the Highlanders to take 11th
place as a team.
Two other Highlander athletes and the women’s 4 X 400M relay team
competed at the national meet on Friday but did not advance to the
finals.
Sarah Whipple ran a 9.81 in her heat of the 60M hurdles.
Running in the semifinals of the men’s mile, Dan Ballard put up a time
of 4:23.82. The women’s 4 X 400M relay team, which consisted of Emerson,
Lydia Parsons, Kaitlin Smith and Christensen, ran a 4:05.02 in their
qualifying heat.
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.
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