Hillary Holt became the first individual NAIA National Champion in the nearly 100-year-old history of College of Idaho track and field, winning the 1,500-meter final at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Marion, Ind.

The sophomore, from Mountain View High, defeated a field of 15 runners, with a school-record time of 4:30.10, winning the championship by a second and a half over Maria Bernard of the University of British Columbia.   Her finish was part of a record-setting day by the Lady Yotes, as The C of I placed in a tie for tenth overall in the team standings.

Four College of Idaho track and field athletes were among the 605 student-athletes honored today as Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, announced prior to Day 2 of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Marion, Ind.

Andi Hayes, Hailey Bull, Elynn Smith, and Andrew Hugill were honored for having being at least a junior in academic status and maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better at The C of I.

COMING UP: at NAIA National Championships, Marion, Ind., Thursday-Saturday.

LAST WEEK: at Cascade Conference Championships (Men 3rd of 10, Women 2nd of 10)

TRAVEL INFORMATION: The Coyote track and field team will be leaving Caldwell Tuesday for the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Marion, Ind.  The squad will fly via United Airlines to Fort Wayne, Ind., and van to the host site at Indiana Wesleyan University.  The team will return to campus on Sunday.

Jasmine Sibert and Hillary Holt defended their Cascade Conference titles this evening, leading The College of Idaho on Day 2 of the CCC Championships in Klamath Falls, Ore.

Sibert won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.50, while Holt earned a win in the 1,500 with her time of 4:37.32 - as the Lady Yotes sit in second-place with 105 team points, while the Coyote men are fourth with 73 points, both on pace for their best finishes in program history.  Five school records also fell on the middle day of the event.