NCCAA Indoor Preview

Men's Track David Nichols --- Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

MC Track & Field Set for NCCAA Indoor Championships

CEDARVILLE, Ohio --- The Mississippi College men's and women's track & field teams will compete in the 2015 National Christian College Athletic Association Indoor National Championships, hosted by Cedarville University at the Doden Field House. Events begin on Friday (Feb. 20) afternoon and go through Saturday (Feb. 21) afternoon.

"I'm excited to see how we do on a national stage," said head coach Butch Ard. "We have had a good indoor season, and it will be fun to see how that translates at the national championships. We have a good shot to bring home some hardware."

Senior Jessica Hodges, sophomores Deidre Forbes and Tierra Williams and freshmen Alex Buchanan, Anna Grace Govero and Kiana Grant are competing for the women's team. Sophomores Darius Green and Shawn Robertson and freshmen Michael Cavonis, Terry Lewis, Robert McMahon and Justin Thomas are going for the men's team.

On the women's side, Grant currenlty ranks in the top 15 nationally in the Triple Jump (2nd - 11.04m), Long Jump (9th - 5.28m) and 400m Dash (15th - 1:00.65). Govero ranks in the top 4 nationally in the High Jump (2nd - 1.62m) and 60m Hurdles (9.23). Hodges pole vault of 3.25m ranks 9th nationally coming into the meet.

On the men's side, Thomas has the bsst 60m Dash time in the nation at 6.77, while his time of 22.55 in the 200m Dash ranks 8th. McMahon's time of 8.88 in the 60m Hurdles is the 11th fastest time, while Cavonis' time of 52.03 in the 400m is 24th. The 4x200m Relay team also ranks 5th in the country with a time of 1:32.61.

Live Results will posted throughout the meet (Click Here).

MC SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, February 20th
4:00 pmWomen's High JumpAnna Grace Govero
5:10 pmWomen's 55m Hurdles (Pentathlon)Anna Grace Govero
5:20 pmWomen's 55m Hurdles (Preliminaries)Anna Grace Govero
5:35 pmMen's 55m Hurdles (Preliminaries)Robert McMahon
5:45 pmWomen's High Jump (Pentathlon)Anna Grace Govero
6:10 pmWomen's 55m Dash (Preliminaries)Deidre Forbes
6:25 pmMen's 55m Dash (Preliminaries)Darius Green, Justin Thomas
6:30 pmWomen's Pole VaultJessica Hodges
7:15 pmWomen's Shot Put (Pentathlon)Anna Grace Govero
8:15 pmWomen's Long Jump (Pentathlon)Anna Grace Govero
8:30 pmMen's 4x200m RelayJustin Thomas, Shawn Robertson, Michael Cavonis, Darius Green
8:45 pmWomen's 4x200m RelayDeidre Forbes, Kiana Grant, Anna Grace Govero, Alex Buchanan
9:15 pmWomen's 800m Run (Pentathlon)Anna Grace Govero

Saturday, February 21st
10:30 amWomen's Long JumpAnna Grace Govero, Kiana Grant
12:40 pmWomen's 55m Dash (Finals)Deidre Forbes
12:45 pmMen's 55m Dash (Finals)Darius Green, Justin Thomas
1:50 pmWomen's 400m DashKiana Grant
2:10 pmMen's 400m DashMichael Cavonis, Shawn Robertson
3:00 pmWomen's Triple JumpKiana Grant
3:10 pmWomen's 200m DashDeidre Forbes
3:30 pmMen's 200m DashDarius Green, Justin Thomas
4:25 pmWomen's 4x400m RelayKiana Grant, Anna Grace Govero, Alex Buchanan, Tierra Williams
4:40 pmMen's 4x400m RelayMichael Cavonis, Shawn Robertson, Terry Lewis, Justin Thomas
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Players Mentioned

Jessica Hodges

Jessica Hodges

Jumps
5' 3"
Senior
3L
Tierra Williams

Tierra Williams

Sprints
5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Alex Buchanan

Alex Buchanan

Sprints
5' 1"
Freshman
HS
Deidre Forbes

Deidre Forbes

Sprints
5' 4"
Sophomore
Tr.
Anna Grace Govero

Anna Grace Govero

Multi
5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Kiana Grant

Kiana Grant

Jumps/Sprints
5' 8"
Freshman
HS
Darius Green

Darius Green

Sprints
5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Michael Cavonis

Michael Cavonis

Sprints
5' 11"
Freshman
HS
Terry Lewis

Terry Lewis

Sprints/Mid-Distance
6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Robert McMahon

Robert McMahon

Hurdles
6' 4"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Jessica Hodges

Jessica Hodges

5' 3"
Senior
3L
Jumps
Tierra Williams

Tierra Williams

5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Sprints
Alex Buchanan

Alex Buchanan

5' 1"
Freshman
HS
Sprints
Deidre Forbes

Deidre Forbes

5' 4"
Sophomore
Tr.
Sprints
Anna Grace Govero

Anna Grace Govero

5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Multi
Kiana Grant

Kiana Grant

5' 8"
Freshman
HS
Jumps/Sprints
Darius Green

Darius Green

5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Sprints
Michael Cavonis

Michael Cavonis

5' 11"
Freshman
HS
Sprints
Terry Lewis

Terry Lewis

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Sprints/Mid-Distance
Robert McMahon

Robert McMahon

6' 4"
Freshman
HS
Hurdles