INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Eight Landmark Conference women's track and field athletes qualified for the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
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Catholic University - Lauren Cerda: 1,500 Meter Run
Cerda will compete in her first-ever NCAA Championship event. The first-year member of the track team nabbed the 20th spot in the 1,500 with a qualifying time of 4:31.39. She broke a 42-year-old program record to secure her spot in the field.
Catholic University - Clare Marsh: 400 Meter Hurdles
After a tremendous run at the Widener Final Qualifier, Marsh qualified for the event with the 11th-best time in the field. She blazed to a program record time of 1:02.06 to earn her spot in the event.
Catholic University - Emily Moehringer: 800 Meter Run
Moehringer will run in the 800, making it three competitors from the Landmark Conference. A competitor and All-American at the Indoor Championships, Moehringer finished third at the Landmark Championships in a blazing event before shedding the necessary seconds off her time to qualify this past week with a run of 2:10.77.
Elizabethtown College - Kelty Oaster: 800 Meter Run
Oaster returns to the national stage after qualifying for the 800-meter run for the second time in her career. Oaster competed at the 2022 championships where she finished in 16th place. The senior enters the weekend seeded 12th of 22 runners with a season-best time of 2:09.62.
Goucher College - Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw: 800 Meter Run
2024 marks the second straight year Thornton-Fillyaw has qualified for outdoor nationals and for the fourth time in her career she will compete in the 800 on the national stage, as she has qualified for the indoor 800 as well in each of her first two seasons. Thornton-Fillyaw is tied for the No. 3 seed in the 22-athlete women's 800 field. She lowered her school record and broke the Landmark Conference record in the event on Monday at the Widener Final Qualifier, running a time of 2:08.63. The Landmark champion in the 800 as a first-year, Thornton-Fillyaw placed second in the outdoor 800 this season after winning the event for the second straight year at the conference indoor championships.
Moravian University - Lexi Groff: High Jump
Groff, who will be making her first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing 19th in the 2023 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship last year, was tied for 18th in qualifying for the 22-competitor field for the high jump that will compete on Friday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m. EST. Groff recorded her qualifying and school record height of 1.68 meters (5-6) just this week on Monday, May 13 at the Widener University Final Qualifier. Just two and three-quarter inches separate the 22 competitors in the field.
Susquehanna University - Remi Acord: Long Jump & Triple Jump
Acord, the Landmark outdoor champion in the triple jump at 11.67 meters and third in the long jump at 5.37 meters, recently finished sixth at the AARTFC CHampionships in the long jump at 5.62 meters. Earlier this spring, she hit the national top 10 in the triple and long jumps, jumping 12.17 meters (triple) and 5.75 meters (long). This will be the second straight year Acord has qualified for nationals.
Susquehanna University - Chloe Yoder: 100 Meter Hurdles
Yoder, the Landmark outdoor champion in the 100-meter hurdles (14.39), set a new school and conference record with a wind-legal time of 14.01 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Lenoir-Rhyne Last Chance Meet weekend of May 11-12. Yoder has now qualified for nationals in the last two years.