Sam Holtz (left) and Belle Tyynismaa (right)

WAVERLY, Iowa– Qualifiers for the 2018 National Outdoor Track and Field Championships were announced on Saturday, May 19. The Championships will take place May 24-26 at UW-LaCrosse. Former South Tama tracksters Sam Holtz and Belle Tyynismaa qualified in the Shot Put and 4×400 Meter Relay and will compete in Nationals later this week.

Wartburg’s qualifiers – Women 200m dash: Teylor Jones 400m hurdles: Aubree Taylor 800m run: Betsy Duehr 5,000m run: Ashlyn Bagge (Bagge was an All-American in this event last year with her sixth-place finish; also a two-time indoor All-American in this event)

10,000m run: Bagge & Carina Collet (Bagge was an All-American in this event last year with her eighth-place finish) Shot put: Sam Holtz 4x400m relay: Duehr, Belle Tyynismaa, Jones, Taylor (This relay has had All-American finishes in 13 of the last 14 years. Duehr and Jones were members of the seventh-place relay last year.)

Click here for the complete list of qualifiers.

Men 800m run: Casey Roberts 1500m run: Roberts & Sam Pinkowski 5,000m run: Pinkowski 4x400m relay: Famiek Cook, Dillon DeMott, Levi Dolphin, Alex Teig