ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University track and field is set to compete in the first ever Great American Conference Indoor Championships meet Friday evening and Saturday at the Mossier Indoor Facility on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
Several Ranger athletes will help get the meet started this evening when the meet gets underway with the pentathlon and 5000 meter run. The majority of the events at the meet will take place Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m. with field events.
Northwestern has already had a successful showing in the first two meets of the season with Ranger athletes turning in top 50 marks in the Central Region, including freshman Keiazyiah Young in the triple jump with a mark of 10.71 meters.
Young's triple jump performance at the UCO Alumni Classic is the third best mark in the GAC this season.
Gina Wilson and Claire Theis, both of whom will compete in tonight's pentathlon, had great meets at the UCO Alumni Classic, putting them at No. 39 and No. 42 in the region this season. One GAC athlete as earned more points this season in the pentathlon than Wilson and Theis.
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