OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

With another outdoor season in the books, the Forester track and field program left with seven All-American badges from the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Carmen Trier had an incredible showing in the half marathon to earn HU’s first All-American honor of the three-day meet. Seeded 25th, the Fort Wayne native shocked the field of 27 competitors by claiming third in 1:27.08 which also proves a new school record.

Dylan Felger garnered two All-American praises on Friday which included clocking in at 51.14 in the 400 meter hurdles to cross the line third. Earlier in the day, the senior speedster teamed up with Reece Gibson, Aaron Hendryx and Elijah Chesterman to live up to their No. 6 seeding in the 4×800 meter relay by finishing in that spot in 7:37.04.

In the prelims on Thursday, the quartet broke their own school record by five seconds when they turned in the second fastest time of 7:32.99.

Chesterman brought home a second piece of All-American hardware with his eighth place finish in the 1500 meters by clocking in at 3:54.04.

Noah Bise wrapped up his Huntington career by overachieving in both his jumps. As the 13th seed in long jump, the Edgewood High School product took 11th with his leap of 7.11 meters. Triple jump saw him finish 15th, four spots ahead of his seeding, with a mark of 14.57 meters.

Freshman Zachary Collins made his first debut on the big stage. As the 36th seed in the 100 meters, the rookie sprinter took 27th in 10.76. He followed up that performance with a 30th place finish in the 200 meters in 22.01.

Kent Yoder represented HU in the 10,000 meters where he posted a 32:49.86 to claim 23rd place.

Two other Foresters on the women’s side had solid outings for Childs’ crew. Freshman Shelby Christman outran her seeding by ten spots in the 10,000 meters by crossing the line in 38:25.72 for 17th place. Another freshman in Abigail Mays ran a 2:16.06 in the 800 meters to earn 16th, one spot better than predicted.

As a team, the Huntington men finished 32nd out of 77 while the HU women took 38th out of 70.