Viking senior Kara Keller (Middletown, Iowa) has been selected as the MCC Women's Track Athlete of the week announced today.

Keller was honored for her performances at the Cornell Hilltop Invitational last weekend where she won the 800 meters  in an NAIA ‘A' standard 2:17.63. She also ran the lead leg of the Vikings' winning 4 x 800 relay team which ran in a ‘B' standard time of 9:50.15.

Next up for the Viking track & field teams is the MCC Indoor Championships this Saturday, Feb. 11, in Sterling, Ill. Events begin at 10 a.m. 

The Viking women's track & field team won five events, hit five national qualifying marks, and placed 11 in the top three at the Cornell Hilltop Invitational in Mount Vernon over the weekend.

GV hit four ‘A" standard marks on Saturday. Senior Kara Keller won the 800m run in a field of 27 athletes with time of 2:17.63. Fellow senior Obsie Birru won the mile in 5:11.95.

In the field events, the Vikings took first and second place in the weight throw with two NAIA Automatic qualifying distances. Sophomore Colleen Frank won the event with a toss of 53' 3 ¼ " and  senior Lauryn Camp was second with a throw of 50' 11".

The Viking women's track & field team hit three national qualifying marks and set a school record Saturday at the Wartburg Lutheran Triangular in Waverly.

GV took first and second place in the weight throw with two NAIA ‘A' standard marks. Lauryn Camp won the event with a toss of 16.59m (54' 5 ¼") and Colleen Frank was second with a 15.31m (50' 2 ¾").

Obsie Birru took third in the 3,000m with an NAIA ‘A" standard time of 10:18.26.

Viking senior Obsie Birru (Des Moines, Iowa) was selected as the MCC Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the second straight week.

Birru won the 5,000 in an NAIA ‘A' qualifying time of 17:47.40 and anchored GVU's distance medley relay to a seventh place finish in an NAIA automatic qualifying time of 12:25.12 at the Iowa State Open last Friday night.

She then returned to Iowa State on Saturday to place fifth in the mile with another automatic national qualifying time of 5:05.71 and placed eighth in the 800 with a ‘B' qualifying time of 2:20.04.

Birru and the Vikings will compete in Waverly on Saturday at the Wartburg Lutheran Triangular. 

The Viking women's track and field teams qualified for nationals in two events and placed second at the Cornell Invitational in Mount Vernon on Saturday. The ladies won two events and placed twelve in the top three to finish with 112 team points, behind St. Ambrose who won the event with 2-1 points.

Two Viking throwers hit national qualifying marks in the Weight Throw. Lauryn Camp won the event with an NAIA ‘A' standard throw of 16.05m and Colleen Frank took second with an ‘A" standard toss of 15.30m.