Coyotes wrap up season at NAIA Track Nationals
By: David Toelle, KWU Sports Information

MARION, Ind. – The Kansas Wesleyan University track teams wrapped their 2010 season in the NAIA Outdoor Track National Championships on Thursday at Indiana Wesleyan University.

The Coyotes sent Nathan Mesta as a qualifier in the men’s 1500m and Cherise Price in the women’s 1500m. Wesleyan also sent its women’s 4x800m relay team that consisted of Price, Julina White, Crystal Stegman and Kara Walker.

None of the qualifiers were able to advance past the preliminary round in any of their respective events.

Mesta finished eighth in his heat of the 1500 with a time of 3:57.05, which was 13th best in the qualifying round, but Mesta just missed making the finals by 65 hundredths of a second to St. Ambrose’s John Darmody.

Price finished ninth in her heat of the 1500 preliminaries with a 4:49.05, which was 23rd best overall in the preliminary round.

The relay team finished fifth in its heat with a 9:40.89, good enough for 23rd overall through the preliminary round.

The NAIA National Track Championships continue through Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan.

-- KWU SI --