SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championships, Patty Jo English, Ryan Hartman, Ella Heinitz, Evan Johnson, Mearah Miedema, Austin Miller, Nicolette Schmidt, Matthew Schoessow, Cami Streff and Tyl Woelber are traveling to Pittsburg, Kansas, this weekend to represent the Vikings at the indoor track & field national meet.

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The Event

The championships will be held on Friday and Saturday in Pittsburg, Kansas, at the Robert W. Plaster Center. Pittsburg State University and Explore Crawford County will serve as co-hosts of the championships.

Woelber will start the championships with the heptathlon at 10 a.m. on Friday. The first of many events for the heptathlete will be the 60m dash. He will also be competing in the long jump (10:45 a.m.), shot put (12:15 p.m.) and the high jump (1 p.m.) to conclude day one of the event.

There will be four Vikings competing in the preliminary rounds of their respective events before returning to the track Friday evening for the distance medley relays. Additionally, Miedema will be competing in the high jump at 3:40 p.m.

Miller will take to the track at 3:30 p.m. competing in the mile, he will be in the first of two heats in the preliminary round.

The duo of Schmidt and English will be competing in the second of three heats in the mile at 3:45 p.m.

Streff will make her national meet debut at 5 p.m. in the 800m, competing in heat two of three.

The Vikings will have a break from competition with the men's and women's distance medley relay concluding day one of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.

The men's distance medley relay of Johnson, Schoessow, Miller and Hartman will be competing at 6:40 p.m. while the women's distance medley relay will follow starting at 7 p.m. with the relay of English, Heinitz, Streff and Schmidt.

Woelber will return for the remainder of the heptathlon picking up Saturday at noon with the first event being the 60m hurdles.

The Athletes

Mearah Miedema - High Jump

Miedema, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, native, is making her second-straight appearance in the high jump on the big stage. She had a season's best jump of 5-8 at the SDSU Last Chance meet to punch her ticket to nationals. Her 5-8 mark ranks her 12th in the nation in the high jump.

Tyl Woelber - Heptathlon

Woelber, hailing from Pipestone, Minnesota, will be returning to the national meet in the heptathlon after his performance at the NSIC Indoor Championships. He placed first in the event scoring 5,378 points, breaking both the NSIC and facility record, along with being three points shy of his own school record. His point total ranks him ninth in the heptathlon in the nation. 

Patty Jo English - Mile

For the second-straight year, the Elko, Minnesota, native will be making her way to the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in the mile. English ran 4:50.83 at the NSIC Indoor Championships, running under her previous school record. Her time ranks her 17th in the nation. 

Cami Streff - 800m

Streff, a native of Madison, South Dakota, broke the school record in the 800m at the SDSU Classic, running 2:09.61. The time ranks her fifth in the nation in the event. 

Nicolette Schmidt - Mile

Schmidt, coming from Redfield, South Dakota, will be joining English for her second-straight appearance in the mile at the national meet. Schmidt broke the school record in the mile at the NSIC Indoor Championships, turning out a blistering 4:50.34. Her time ranks 12th in the nation.

Austin Miller - Mile

Miller, a local of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will be mixing it up in the mile for the second-straight year. He broke the school record at the Gorilla Classic earlier this season, running 4:02.40 to punch his ticket to the national championships. His time ranks him 12th in the nation in the mile.

English, Ella Heinitz, Streff, Schmidt - Women's Distance Medley

The distance medley relay of English, Ella Heinitz, Streff and Schmidt ran what was the No. 1 time in the country at the Mines Winter Classic earlier this season. The relay time of 11:55.96 broke the Steinhauer Fieldhouse record, with altitude and track conversions, the time moved to 11:32.29. The time currently stands at No. 4 in the nation.

Caroline Sudbeck will be joining the relay team as an alternate.

Evan Johnson, Matthew Schoessow, Miller, Hartman - Men's Distance Medley Relay

The distance medley relay of Johnson, Schoessow, Miller and Hartman had a historic performance at the Gorilla Classic running a scorching 9:39.26. The time broke the school record along with becoming the fastest South Dakota collegiate time in the event. The performance also went under the previous meet and facility record, and at the time stood as the No. 4 fastest time on the Division II all-time list. The time currently ranks No. 5 in the nation. 

Colten Brand will be joining the relay team as an alternate.

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