By: Emilie Jenson

Public Information Coordinator

The Iowa Central Indoor Track and Field teams qualified several more events for nationals this weekend at the South Dakota State University Indoor Classic in Brookings, South Dakota.

For the women, the distance medley relay team of Taylor McCreedy, Saria Oliver, Britney Brown and Chloe Garcia Grafing qualified for nationals, finishing in fifth place.

Nyadhol Thichiot took sixth overall in the women's triple jump.

Receiving top-ten finishes for the men; Ayomide Oyetunji finished first in the men's 60-Meter Dash and Willy Mabena took first in the men's 200. Yared Kidane finished in second place in the 1000-Meter Run. In the men's One-Mile Run, Housem Hrabi finished on top and Kidane finished in eighth place.  Joel Nyatusah took fourth place in the 60 -Meter Hurdles and the 4x400-Meter Relay team of Tafari Bishop, Trevon Prince, Yared Kidane and Jakob Sobura-Durma finished in sixth place.

In the men's 4x800-Meter Relay, the "A" squad of Taylor Bergren, Joseph Ashai Wright, Trae Corby and Trevon Prince and The "B" squad of Rocharn Wilson, Antonio Burion, Caleb Crystal and Jadon Boots finished in third and fourth places respectively. The men's Distance Medley Relay team of Yared Kidane, Willy Mabena, Tafari Bishop and Zander Cobb took second place.

In field events for the Triton men, Scott Aires finished in ninth place in the High Jump and Tymar McKever finished fourth in the triple jump.

The men finished  in second place overall in the meet standings.

National qualifiers for the Tritons included Women's Distance Medley Relay Team of Taylor McCreedy, Saria Oliver, Britney Brown and Chloe Garcia Grafing;  Willy Mabena in the men's 200-Meter dash; Housem Hrabi  in the men's 1000-Meter and One Mile runs; Yared Kidane, men's One Mile run; the men's Distance Medley Relay  team of Yared Kidane, Willy Mabena, Tafari Bishop, Zander Cobb, and Will Sacay  in the men's  5,000-Meter run.

Kidane's performance in the men's 1000-meter run earned him a school record.

Ayomide Oyetunji, Housem Hrabi, Yared Kidane, Willy Mabena and Will Sacay all recorded All-Time Top-10 finishes in their events for the Tritons.

"This was a great meet for us as we fine-tuned a few things in our last regular season competition," said Triton Head Coach Dee Brown. "Ayomide moved up to fourth in the national rankings with his PR in the 60 meters, Yared's school record moved him into seventh nationally with Housem right behind him in ninth. Housem's run in the mile is ranked sixth nationally while Yared moved up to ninth. Will Sacay is ranked ninth in the 5k. Our men's DMR is tenth; we have lots of room to improve there. For the women, our DMR is currently ranked first in the nation – that was a huge way to start the competition on Friday. I feel we are prepared to perform even better these next three weeks in our championship events."