RedStorm women's DMR falls short at NAIA nationals

Rio Grande Sports Information
     GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Rio Grande's Distance Medley relay team failed to advance beyond the preliminary round during Thursday's opening day of competition in the 46th Annual NAIA Women's Indoor Track & Field National Championship at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center at Celebration Pointe.
     The RedStorm, whose roster included junior Laura Hamm (South Point, OH), senior Amarissa Kerns (Lancaster, OH), freshman Marley Kreischer (Oak Hill, OH), graduate senior Mackenzie McCarthy (Akron, OH), junior Becca Spohn (New Concord, OH), sophomore Kylie Montgomery (Coal Grove, OH), freshman Brandy Shular (Winchester, OH) and freshman Joleigh Nott (Gallipolis Ferry, WV), finished 18th in a time 12:41.58.
     The top 10 finishers advanced to Friday's finals.
     Also on Friday, Hamm will participate in the preliminaries of the one mile run at 11:45 a.m. Her qualifying time of 5:09.48 was the 34th fastest of the 50 qualifiers.
     The final is set for Saturday at 12:25 p.m.
     Spohn will also be part of the 3,000-meter race walk final at 10:45 a.m. She qualified with the fifth-quickest time of 16:06.07.
     Live results can be found online at http://live.halfmiletiming.com/meets/901/events.
     Live video will be available at http://www.NAIANetwork.com and at https://urbanedgenetwork.net/.