Day one of the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee, has wrapped up. Highlighting the day for Grand View was sophomore Obsie Birru who led all qualifiers with her time of 17:42.18 in the 5,000m Run and senior Steven Hughes who is in third place in the Heptathlon with 2,856 points after day one.

Birru will run in the 5,000m finals on Saturday afternoon. Hughes competed in four events today, placing in the top five in all events: 60m Dash (5th - 7.39), Long Jump (5th - 6.64m), Shot Put (2nd - 11.63m), and the High Jump (2nd - 1.99m).

The women's Distance Medley Relay team of Betsy Craig, Jordyn Schertz, Melissa Dewey, and Birru placed 12th in the preliminaries with a time of 12:34.40. The top eight advanced to the finals.

The championships continue tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

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