MARION, Ind. – The 2024 NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship closed with British Columbia raising the Red Banner after an impressive 137-point team performance.

•  Kiana Gibson of British Columbia won her first title as the 3000m steeple chase winner with a time of 10:31.23.
• Later in the day, Gibson won the 5000m with a time of 17:15.54. This is the fourth title in the 5000m that has been won by a British Columbia student-athlete with a current three-year win streak.
• William Carey (Miss.) won the 4x100m relay for the third time in four years with a time of 43.87, breaking the championship record of 44.32 set in 1994.
• Holly MacGillivray of British Columbia won her first and the Thunderbirds first 1500m title with a time of 4:20.19.
• Salieci Myles of William Carey (Miss.) won the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.16 with a +2.4 wind assist.
• Hannah Antkoviak won the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.72. The junior just missed matching her PR of 56.20.
• Joy Abu of William Carey (Miss.) won the 100m dash with a time of 11.40. The junior surpassed her previous personal best of 11.53, which she set back in April of 2024.
• Praise Idamadudu of Cumberland (Tenn.) became a three-time national champion in the 400m dash for a new PR of 52.15. Her 2024 championship time was the fastest time that she logged at the national championship in the event.
• Idamadudu captured another title in the 200m dash for the second consecutive year with a time of 23.05. The junior posted her best championship mark in the event after running it in 23.60 in 2023.
• Rachel Mortimer of British Columbia won her first and the program’s first 800m title with a time of 2:05.55 for a new PR.
• Vanguard (Calif.) won the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:39.71, earning the Lions’ first individual national title.
• Princess Kara of Indiana Wesleyan won her second title of the meet and second title in the discus with a mark of 53.58m.
• Renee Finke of Central Methodist (Mo.) set a new PR of 1.77m in the high jump to win the national title.
• British Columbia won its third consecutive championship and totaled its fourth championship in five years. The Thunderbirds totaled 137 points to win the title winning the title by a margin of 54 points. In each of the last three years, UBC posted a total of over 100 points. Since they posted a score over 100 in 2022, no team has posted over 100 points since Indiana Tech in 2013.

Awards

The top eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors.

Outstanding Performer: Jennifer Batu, Life (Ga.), for setting a new meet record of 64.14m in the women’s hammer

Most Valuable Performer: Machaeda Linton, William Carey (Miss.), scored 22.5 points overall

Coach of the Year: Laurier Primeau, British Columbia