*updated late Friday afternoon*
Three Red Raider entries have completed their respective preliminary rounds at the 2008 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Johnson City, Tenn. Emily DeWeerd finished third in heat four with a time of 9.46 but did not qualify for the finals in the event. She finished tied for 17th overall out of 30 runners. Dan Walhof did not finish in the 3000m run.
The NWC women's distance medley team finished fourth in heat two with a time of 12:15.59 and will advance to the finals on Saturday. The team of Laura Jacobson, Jess Regan, Stephanie Powell and Olivia Johnson is seeded sixth for the finals, less than .2 seconds behind the fifth place team from Milligan. The distance medley finals will be on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm.
Later this afternoon, Olivia Johnson, Laura Jacobson and Charity Miles will run in the prelims of their respective events. Kaitlin Beaver will compete in the high jump tomorrow afternoon (Saturday).
