Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – The 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships will begin this Friday, March 8, through Saturday, March 9, at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and five Midwest Conference (MWC) student-athletes have qualified for the event.
In running events,
Jenny Cortes will compete in the women’s 800-meter event and
Jacoby Cefalu in the men’s 200-meter, both representing Ripon, while Cornell College’s
Isaac vanWestrienen will race the men’s 3000-meter and 5000-meter.
In field events, Ripon’s
Dameco Walker will participate in the men’s long jump and triple jump, and Monmouth College’s
Shane Anderson and teammate
Caleb Toberman in the men’s weight throw.
For each individual event contested, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition.
The full list of MWC qualifiers and their entry rankings can be found below:
Student-Athlete |
Institution |
Classification |
Event |
Rank |
Shane Anderson |
Monmouth |
Junior |
Men's Weight Throw |
8th - 19.05m |
Jacoby Cefalu |
Ripon |
Junior |
Men's 200-meter |
T19th - 21.69 |
Jenny Cortes |
Ripon |
Sophomore |
Women's 800-meter |
T18th - 2:12.54 |
Caleb Toberman |
Monmouth |
Senior |
Men's Weight Throw |
13th - 18.77m |
Dameco Walker |
Ripon |
Senior |
Men's Long Jump |
T7th - 7.28m |
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Men's Triple Jump |
3rd - 15.00m |
Isaac vanWestrienen |
Cornell |
Sophomore |
Men's 3000-meter |
1st - 8:03.97 |
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Men's 5000-meter |
4th - 14:00.90 |