ANTKOVIAK REPEATS IN 400M HURDLES; LEADS ONU WOMEN TO TOP-10 FINISH
MARION, Ind. – Hannah Antkoviak defended her crown in the 400-meter hurdles to lead the Olivet Nazarene University women's track & field team to a top-10 finish at the 2024 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships this weekend at Wildcat Stadium on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University.
The junior harrier from Allegan. Mich., who will be competing in the 2024 United States Olympic trials in late June for the same event, blitzed out a 57.72 to take down the 400-meter hurdles for the second straight season. Antkoviak added a runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.19, which would have set the new all-time NAIA record in the event, before running the anchor leg of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team.
The ONU women also netted points via All-American finishes from Kaylah McCall and Kayla Mikottis, with the former notching an eight-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at 13.97 and the latter earning her second consecutive All-American placement in the discus with a seventh-place mark at 47.33m.
Daniel DeRamus was the lone All-American on the ONU men's side. The senior thrower out of Lansing, Ill., who came into nationals ranked 27th in the discus, ripped off a personal-best mark of 50.20m to place sixth and finish his career as an NAIA All-American.
The ONU women tallied 27 points on the week to finish in a tie for seventh place with Hastings College. The Tiger men collected three points from DeRamus to tie for 62nd. British Columbia ran away with the Red Banner on the women's side while Cumberlands edged out Marian (Ind.) to win the title on the men's side.
Wednesday, May 21
Women's 4x100m relay prelims: Kiara Carter, Hannah Antkoviak, Carsyn Burdine, Tera Miller - 46.69 - 9th place
Men's 4x100m relay prelims: Conner Betts, Joseph Randolph, Ranulfo Bernadit, Vince Giuliano - 41.11 - 19th place
Men's 1500m run prelims: David Olmos - 3:57.28 - 16th place, Flynn Prather - 3:57.42 - 17th place
Women's 400m hurdles prelims: Hannah Antkoviak - 58.23q - 1st place
Women's 200m dash prelims: Kiara Carter - 24.18 - 14th place
Men's 200m dash prelims: Joseph Randolph - 21.04 - 14th place
Men's 4x800m relay prelims: Chapman Neal, Mabaraka Mmbumba, Charlie Bardwell, Joey Puccillo - 7:43.36 - 17th place
Women's Javelin FINAL: Avery Spencer - 36.14m - 25th place
Men's 3000m steeplechase prelims: Payton Domagalski - 9:39.54 - 24th place
q - Qualified for finals
Thursday, May 22
Women's 100m hurdles prelims: Hannah Antkoviak - 13.79q - 1st place, Kaylah McCall - 14.37q - 8th place
Women's Shot Put FINAL: Amanda Gustafson - 12.84m - 22nd place
Women's 100m dash prelims: Kiara Carter - DNS
Women's 400m dash prelims: Carsyn Burdine - 57.62 - 16th place
Men's 400m dash prelims: Vince Giuliano - 47.65 - 12th place, Conner Betts - 47.73 - 14th place
Men's Discus FINAL: Daniel DeRamus - 50.20m - 6th place#
Women's 4x400m relay prelims: Carsyn Burdine, Kristen Garth, Tera Miller, Hannah Antkoviak - 3:48.39q - 3rd place
Men's 4x400m relay prelims: Eric White, Connor Price, Martin Thompson, Conner Betts - 3:13.74 - 13th place
q - Qualified for finals
# - All-American
Friday, May 23
Women's Discus FINAL: Kayla Mikottis - 47.33m - 7th place#, Sarah Schoonmaker - 41.63m - 22nd place
Men's Triple Jump FINAL: Ivan Williams - 13.82m - 24th place
Women's 100m hurdles FINAL: Hannah Antkoviak - 13.19 - 2nd place#, Kaylah McCall - 13.97 - 8th place#
Women's 400m hurdles FINAL: Hannah Antkoviak - 57.72 - 1st place#
Women's 4x400m relay FINAL: Carsyn Burdine, Kristen Garth, Tera Miller, Hannah Antkoviak - 3:47.07 - 3rd place#
# - All-American
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu