PUEBLO, Colo. Western Colorado will be sending 13 athletes down to CSU Pueblo this week, as they compete in the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
MOUNTAINEERS QUALIFIED FOR NATIONALS

• Emma Kjellsen and Leah Taylor will represent Western in the 1,500m, Kjellsen entering ranked 12th (4:23.94) and Taylor ranked 19th (4:25.34).
• Katie Doucette and Allison Beasley will take to the track in the 5,000m, Doucette being ranked eighth (16:13.73) and Beasley ranked 14th (16:23.07).
• Doucette will also compete in the 10,000m, ranked seventh (34:19.81).
• Similar to Doucette, Beasley will also compete in a second event. That event being the 3,000m steeplechase where she is ranked 11th (10:25.72).
• Kaiya Firor will be the lone Mountaineer competing in the 400m hurdles, having the 12th best time (59.91).
• Ali Aldrich will be the lone field athlete competing at Nationals, representing Western in the shot put. Aldrich has the ninth best mark (14.84m, 48-08.25).
• Tyler Nord and Simon Kelati will be representing the Mountaineers in the 1,500m, Nord being ranked 14th (3:44.83) and Kelati ranked 18th (3:45.08).
• Kelati and Nord will also be competing in the 5,000m. Kelati enters with the ninth best time (13:51.79) and Nord has the 19th best time (14:03.64).
• Jacob Hernandez will be the lone Western athletes running in the 10,000m for the men, entering ranked 14th (29:17.55).
• Albert Hesse and Michael Grabowski will toe the line in the 3,000m steeplechase, Hesse having the seventh best time (8:53.38) and Grabowski having the 17th best time (8:59.06).
• Malcom Wesley will be the lone Mountaineer competing in the long jump, entering with the fifth best mark (7.66m, 25-01.75).
• Rounding things out, Ismael Dembele will compete in the triple jump, holding the 10th best mark (15.36m, 50-04.75).

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, May 25
5:10pm women's 1500m prelim– Emma Kjellsen, Leah Taylor
5:25pm men's 1500m prelim – Simon Kelati, Tyler Nord
5:30pm men's long jump – Malcom Wesley
6:40pm women's 3k steeple prelim – Allison Beasley
7:10pm men's 3k steeple prelim – Michael Grabowski, Albert Hesse
7:40pm women's 400mh prelim – Kaiya Firor
8:10pm women's 10k final – Katie Doucette
8:50pm men's 10k final – Jacob Hernandez
 
Friday, May 26
5:05pm men's triple jump – Ismael Dembele
7:15pm women's 3k steeple final – Allison Beasley
7:30pm men's 3k steeple final– Michael Grabowski, Albert Hesse
 
Saturday, May 27
1:15pm women's shot put – Ali Aldrich
5:35pm women's 1500m final – Emma Kjellsen, Leah Taylor
5:45pm men's 1500m final– Simon Kelati, Tyler Nord
7:20pm women's 400mh final – Kaiya Firor
8:05pm women's 5k final – Allison Beasley, Katie Doucette
8:30pm men's 5k final– Simon Kelati, Tyler Nord