Indianapolis, Ind. – After a record breaking season, seven Bearcats will continue their 2025 campaign at the NCAA DII Track and Field Championships. This will take place May 22^nd through 24^th in Pueblo, Colorado. Those to qualify include: Collinique Farrington, Stephanique Dean, Savannah Manthey, Alexis O'farrell, Parker Love, Brianna Lord, and Laura Dixon.
 
Junior Farrington is entering her second straight outdoor National Championships and will be competing in the most events out of all the Bearcats. She qualified individually in the 200- & 400-meter dash, as well in the team setting of the 4x100 & 4x400 meter relays. The 3x All-American and 4x GLVC Track Athlete of the Year enters Nationals with the second fastest time in the 200-meter dash. She is only behind the junior Alexis Brown, who also beat out Farrington for the National Title in the indoor season. Farrington ranks 7^th in the 400-meter dash, where she took 3^rd in the Indoor Championships this year.
 
The only other solo track runner to qualify for the Championships is graduate Parker Love for one final trip. This is his second straight outdoor National Championship qualifier in the 200-meter dash. Last year, Love just missed the podium taking 9^th place just .02 seconds away from the finals. This year, he will also compete in the 200-meter dash as he comes in ranked 21^st.
 
Heading over the field, the Bearcats made history with not one but two qualifying in the javelin event for the first time in school history. Sophomore Savannah Manthey qualifies for her first National championship ranking 7^th best in the Nation, she also holds the SBU record. Her teammate Alexis O'farrell battled with her for that same record this season but is just a meter behind her sitting 9^th in the Nation. These two finished 1^st and 2^nd at the GLVC Championships just two weeks ago.
 
The next group of Bearcats to qualify for Nationals are the Bearcat sprinting relays of the 4x400 and 4x100 meter. The 4x100-meter relay is comprised of Dean, Farrington, Lord, and Dixon. This group ran a time of 3:39.04 at the annual Bearcat invite breaking an eight-year-old school record and is ranked 9^th in the Nation. The same group also qualified for Nationals in the 4x100-meter relay at the Bearcat Invite breaking another school record in the same day. Their time of 45 seconds flat currently has them at 10^th in the Nation.
 
Below is a list of the dates and times these Bearcats will be competing at the 2025 NCAA DII Championships:
 
Thursday, May 22^nd:
Women's 4x100 Relay – 5:40pm (Preliminaries)
Farrington – 400 Meter – 6:40pm (Preliminaries)
 
Friday, May 23^rd:
Farrington – 200 Meter – 6:30pm (Preliminaries)
Love – 200 Meter – 6:45pm (Preliminaries)
Women's 4x400 Relay – 8:50pm (Preliminaries)
 
Saturday, May 24^th:
Manthey & O'farrell – Javelin – 12:30pm (Finals)
Women's 4x100 Relay – 6:10pm (Finals)
Farrington – 400 Meter – 7:20pm (Finals)
Farrington – 200 Meter – 8:45pm (Finals)
Love – 200 Meter – 8:55pm (Finals)
Women's 4x400 Meter – 9:55pm (Finals)