Bolivar, Mo- The SBU Indoor Track and Field team had 5 individuals qualify for the Indoor Track and Field National Championship, set to take place March 11^th-12^th. Those individuals include Zara Brown, Britney Clark, Collinique Farrington, Elysia Burgos, and Parker Love.
 
Sophomore Zara Brown qualified for Nationals in the 60-meter dash, her second appearance. Her qualifying time came just this last weekend in the GLVC Championships where she ran a time of 7.47 seconds which is a school record. That time currently ranks 9^th out of 20, heading into Nationals.
 
Her teammate and Junior Britney Clark also qualified for Nationals in the 60-meter dash, her 2^nd appearance. Clark tied her personal record and the previous school record, with a time of 7.53 seconds which she ran at the Pittsburg State Invitational. She is currently ranked 16^th, heading into Nationals.
 
Senior Elysia Burgos is making her 4^th Indoor National Championship appearance; she has qualified for a variety of events, with this year's event being in the mile. Burgos qualified for a National appearance by hitting a time of 4:52.02 this past weekend at the GLVC Championships. That time has her ranked 18^th, heading into Nationals.
 
Freshman Collinique Farrington will be making her first National Championship appearance as she qualified for the 200-meter dash. She ran a time of 24.35 at the GLVC Championships and is currently ranked 16^th on the qualifying list. Farrington was the only freshman woman to qualify for the 200-meter dash at Nationals this year.
 
Rounding it out for the Bearcats, is sophomore Parker Love who will make his first Indoor National Championship appearance. He qualified for the 200-meter dash by running a time of 21.31 at the Crimson and Gold Invitational. Love is currently ranked 11^th heading into Nationals.
 
The Indoor Track and Field National Championship will take place in Pittsburg, Kansas.