Three DSU Runners Qualified on Saturday for NAIA National Championships

Three Dakota State long-distance runners secured spots in the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in the Midland Half-Marathon Saturday morning. Taylor Myers finished with the seventh fastest half-marathon time in DSU men’s outdoor track & field program history with a time of 1 hour, 11 minutes and 1 second. Martin Bailey secured the second spot for the men at a time of 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 23 seconds. Jacia Christiansen will be running in her third consecutive NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track full marathon, finishing at 1 hour, 27 minutes, and 41 seconds. The national championships are May 23-25, 2022, in Gulf Shores, AL.