Hutchinson CC Sports Information

GAINESVILLE, Florida – For the second-consecutive meet, the Hutchinson Community College women's Distance Medley Relay broke a school record.

On Friday, the Blue Dragon relay did so on Day 1 of the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The relay team of Ellie Van Zelfden, Kemisha Dominique, Abigail Grantham and Taylor Hoskinson broke the record set two weeks ago at the Region VI Championships with a time of 12:27.28.

The women's DMR was the only event the Blue Dragons scored in on Day 1 Friday. Through 7 of 20 events, Jayhawk Conference rival Barton leads the team race with 37 points. Iowa Western is second with 32. The Dragons, who have athletes in four events on Saturday, are 25th after Day 1.

The Blue Dragons had one athlete advance to Saturday's finals out of Friday's preliminaries.

Sophomore Kaylee James qualified for the 60-meter hurdle finals. She finished eighth, qualifying with a PR time of 8.79 seconds. That's the second-best time in Blue Dragon history, behind only former national champion Adriana Janic.

Other Blue Dragon performances on Friday:
+ Sophomore Serenity Larson placed 15th in the 5,000-meter finals, but did so with a PR time of 18:39.52. That mark is the top 5,000 meter time run by a Blue Dragon at the indoor nationals in team history and improves Larson's own second-place time in team history.

+ Hoskinson finished 18th in the 1,000-meter preliminaries with a tie of 3:05.26, the second-fastest time in the event at nationals by a Blue Dragon runner.

+ Nakaela O'Hair placed 14th in the pole vault, clearing 10-2 1/2. Aliva Noll was 16th in the event, clearing 9-8 1/2.

+ Freshman Aiyanna Green placed 18th in the shot put with a top attempt of 37-10 (11.53 meters).

Saturday's Blue Dragon schedule.
+ 9:30 a.m. (CT) – Brooke Hawkins competes in the high jump.

+ 12:05 p.m. (CT) – James runs in the 60-meter hurdle finals.

+ 12:45 p.m. (CT) – Hawkins competes in the triple jump.

+ 2:35 p.m. (CT) – Both Hoskinson and Van Zelfden run the Mile run finals.