Indianapolis, IN - The Southwest Baptist University men's and women's track and field teams traveled across state lines to compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference indoor championship. After day 1 of the meet, the men's team is currently sitting in fourth place with 22.0 points, and the women's team is in third place with 21.0 points. 
 
Sophomore Marcus Jones broke the GLVC record in the Men's 200 Meter Dash with a time of 21.59 seconds, finishing first in the prelims and moving on to the finals Sunday. 
 
Kelsey Crabtree finished fourth overall in the Pentathlon, with her best event being long jump and tying for first place. Andrew Rhoades is currently sitting in fourth place overall in the Heptathlon, earning second place in both the 60 meter dash and long jump.  
 
Along with Crabtree, Kiersten Potter earned points in the 5,000-meter claiming second place for her first ever podium finish. In that same event, just behind her, was sophomore Natalie Gerdes who snagged a 4th place finish also scoring for SBU. Dylan Skinner used an 8th place finish in the weight throw and the distance medley relay took 7th, rounding out the points for the women.
 
Ellis Joslin and Afton Hopkins tied each other to each earn a podium place in the pole vault at 3rd. Angel Dickerson started his first GLVC Championships out strong with a 3rd place finish in the long jump.
 
Numerous other Bearcats had strong times in preliminaries to qualify for the finals on Sunday. Below are the athletes who qualified for finals:
 
Madison Davis: (W) 60 Meter Hurdles - 4th
Stephanique Dean: (W) 400 Meter Dash - 3rd, (W) 200 Meter Dash - 2nd
Laura Dixon: (W) 400 Meter Dash - 4th, (W) 200 Meter Dash - 4th
Brianna Lord: (W) 400 Meter Dash 5th
Marcus Jones: (M) 400 Meter Dash - 3rd, (M) 200 Meter Dash - 1st
Angel Dickerson: (M) 200 Meter Dash - 3rd
 
The Bearcats will compete in day two of the GLVC indoor track and field championship Sunday, March 1st beginning at 10:30 AM CST. To stay up to date on the SBU track and field teams, follow our Instagram or go to sbubearcats.com to find updates and information about all other SBU athletics programs.
 
Men's Pole Vault:
Ellis Joslin - 3rd
Afton Hopkins - 3rd
 
Men's Weight Throw:
Tyler Hart - 7th
Morgan Nichols - 9th
 
Men's Long Jump:
Angel Dickerson - 3rd
Andrew Jacobs - 12th
Dalvin Adams - 18th

Women's Weight Throw:
Dylan Skinner - 8th
Alexis Ofarell - 16th
 
Men's 5000 Meter Run:
Gavin Duchscherer - 9th
Landon Duchscherer - 11th
 
Women's 5000 Meter Run:
Kiersten Potter - 2nd
Natalie Gerdes - 4th
 
Men's Distance Medley: 5th
 
Women's Distance Medley: 7th