PITTSBURG, Kan. — The stage is set for Mississippi College Track and Field to compete in their third outing of the 2023-24 Indoor Track and Field season, the Crimson and Gold Classic, hosted by Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. 

The event willt 10:30 AM (C.T.), though the first event for the Blue and Gold will be 12:00 PM, which is the Men's Weight Throw. 

Mississippi College Track and Field is coming off of successful outings at the BSC IceBreaker in Birmingham, Ala. and Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Ma., in which the Choctaws added 15 performances to the program Top-10 lists across several events. Spearheading that charge was distance dynamo Emily Berry, who re-broke her own 3,000m school record in 9:54.32, an NCAA Division II provisional standard. 

THE LINEUP:

Women: 

Alana Green - Women's 60m, Women's 200m

Bre Bell - Women's 1 mile, Women's 800m

Emily Berry - Women's 1 mile, Women's 800m

Taylor Benoit - Women's 1 mile, Women's 800m

Men: 

Braedon Methvin - Men's 1 mile, Men's 800m

Brodie Ezell - Men's Weight Throw, Men's Shot Put

Bryan Puckett - Men's Weight Throw, Men's Shot Put

Carson Smith - Men's 1 mile, Men's 800m

Cole Benoit - Men's 1 mile, Men's 800m

Connor Stewart - Men's 800m, Men's 4x400m

Cooper Parmer - Men's 1 mile, Men's 800m

Evan Wrights - Men's 800m, Men's 4x400m 

Gabe Hodson - Men's 800m, Men's 4x400m 

Grayson Foster - Men's 400m, Men's 4x400m

Jake Keesee - Men's Weight Throw, Men's Shot Put

James David Miller - Men's Weight Throw, Men's Shot Put

TEAMS LIST: 

TAMU-Texarkana, Adelphi, TAMU-Kingsville, Christian Bros., UT-Tyler, Tarleton State, Mississippi College, Park U., Ottawa, Drury, Arkansas State, Columbia (Mo.), Rockhurst, Friends, Maryville (Mo.), Southwest Baptist, Oral Roberts, William Jewell, Oklahoma Baptist, Texas Wesleyan, Central Methodist, Central Missouri, Oklahoma Christian, Crowder Track Club, Ouachita Baptist, Fort Hays St., Midwestern St., Missouri Western, Our Lady of the Lake, Missouri Southern, Missouri S&T, West Texas A&M, Hesston, Tulsa, NW Missouri, Benedictine (Kan.), Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Baker, Evangel, William Woods, Eastern New Mexico, Lincoln (Mo.), St. Mary (Kan.), Dallas Baptist, Rogers State, Pittsburg St., Cottey, McMurry, Harding, Little Rock, Missouri State

PRE-MEET NOTES

• This outing marks the first time Mississippi College Track and Field has ever competed at the Crimson and Gold Classic. 
• The last time the Choctaws competed at the Pittsburg State facility was the 2023 Wendy's Pittsburg State Invitational, in which the the Blue and Gold broke three school records. Niklas Klei's Men's 400m school record of 46.92 and Kelechi Christian's Women's 60m dash record of 7.60 still stand. 
• Evan Wrights(Men's 800m), Grayson Taylor(Men's 200m & 400m), Brodie Ezell(Men's WT), James David Miller(Men's WT), Jake Keesee(Men's WT), Taylor Benoit(Women's 800m and 1 mile), Emily Berry(Women's 3,000m), Bryan Puckett(Men's SP), Bre Bell(Women's 3,000m), Braedon Methvin(Men's 3,000m) are all athletes who added performances to the program Top-10 lists that are in the lineup this weekend.  

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