By Ron Smith
February 28, 2021
 
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Westmont Track and Field will send 10 athletes to compete at the Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Yankton, South Dakota this week. The four-day event begins on Wednesday, March 3 and will be conducted in the Ruth Donahoe First Dakota Fieldhouse on the campus of Dakota State University.
 
Kristen Mohrhoff will compete in the women's 600 meter run. Mohrhoff, a senior, qualified with a time of 1:38.76 at the GSAC Indoor Invitational held at Westmont last weekend. This will be Mohrhoff's first trip to a track and field championship. The 600 meter semifinals will be held on Wednesday, March 3 at 12:45 p.m. PST.
 
Also competing for the first time at nationals will be Madden Hundley. The sophomore qualified to compete in the women's mile by recording a time of 5:14.81 at last week's GSAC Indoor Invitational. The mile semifinals will take place on Wednesday, March 3 at 10:40 a.m. PST.
 
Sydney Marr will compete in the 25-pound weight throw for the third time. Marr, who earned NAIA All-American honors in the same event two years ago, qualified for the championships with a throw of 16.84 meters (55-3), also at the GSAC Indoor Invitational. Marr's qualifying mark is the fifth best in the NAIA this year.
 
Marr is also an All-American in the outdoor women's hammer and is the Westmont record holder in both the hammer and the 25-pound weight throws. Marr will begin completion at 10:00 a.m. PST on Friday. March 5.
 
Seth Wilmoth qualified for the men's pole vault by clearing 4.90 meters (16-0.75) in the On Your Marks meet on January 30. Wilmoth won the indoor national championship in the pole vault in 2019 with a school-record 5.05 meter vault (16-6.75), and is a three-time NAIA All-American. Wilmoth's qualifying mark tied for the third-highest vault in the NAIA this season. The men's pole vault will be conducted on Thursday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. PST.
 
Freshman Adam King will represent Westmont in the men's mile after qualifying with a time of 4:16.71 at the GSAC Indoor Invitational. King's time was the 12th fastest in the NAIA this season. King will compete in the semifinals on Thursday, March 4 at 10:40 a.m. PST.
 
Two relay teams have also qualified to compete in the national championships. John Baker, King, Senzo Sokhela and Jason Peterson are slated to compete in the 4 x 800 meter men's relay. Danny Rubin, Jarad Harper, Peterson and Sokhela are scheduled to compete in the men's distance medley relay.
 
The 4 x 800 meter relay team's qualification time of 7:47.92, recorded at the GSAC Indoor Invitational, is the ninth fastest in the NAIA this year. The DMR qualification time of 10:21.11 is the NAIA's 12th fastest time. The semifinals for both relay events will take place on Thursday, March 4 with the 4 x 800 relay starting at 7:15 a.m. PST and the DMR beginning at 9:15 a.m. PST.
 
No spectators will be admitted to the championship event. An online broadcast of the championship will be available at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/naia.