GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Marian women's track and field team put points on the board Friday, as the Knights earned two NAIA All-American honors on the second day of the NAIA National Championships. The women's 4x800m relay, along with Brooke Coffman in the high jump, earned All-American status Friday.

The Knights opened their day with Katie Woods running in the mile race, with the junior looking to punch her ticket to the finals. Running in heat one, Woods clocked a time of 5:01.54, earning first place in the heat to qualify for the finals. Woods was one of five Crossroads League athletes to reach the finals, as she won her heat and goes into the All-American race with the top time in the field. 

In the weight throw, Ozofu Magaji and Nhaydia Watson finished with top-16 marks on the day. Watson finished 15th overall hitting a top distance of 15.97m, while Magaji finished 16th. Magaji landed two of her three throws, with her best traveling 15.79m. 

Nina Marinkovic competed twice on Friday, first running in the 60m hurdles. The pentathlon All-=American finished fourth in her heat with a time of 8.71 seconds, hitting a personal best in the event. Marinkovic finished 13th overall in the hurdles. The Knight later competed in the high jump, where she finished without a scored height, scratching out at 1.60m. 

Also competing in the high jump was Brooke Coffman, who entered the competition at 1.65m. Coffman missed on her first try at the height, but recovered on her second to advance in the event. Coffman repeated her formula of clearing on try two at both 1.68m and 1.71m, reaching the top-seven of the event. Coffman would go out at 1.74m as she was unable to clear the height, ending the day in seventh place. Coffman earned NAIA All-American honors from her finish in the event. 

Hanna Reuter ran in the 600m race, and in her prelim race she put together a strong finish to her outing, clocking a 1:35.38 to place third in the heat. Reuter set a PR in the event, and finished 12th overall in the field in the 600m. Jovana Milosevic competed in the 200m dash, and in her first individual event of the championship she finished 14th with a time of 25.50 seconds. 

Nora Steele shined in the 800m, as the senior left it all on the track in her preliminary race. Steele clocked a personal best time of 2:14.31, winning her heat to advance to the finals. Steele also had the fastest qualifying time of the day. Summer Rempe followed her teammate with a brilliant performance in the 1000m, as she set the Marian school record with a time of 2:52.89. Rempe won her heat in the race, and enters the finals with the second-fastest time from prelims. 

The final event of the day for Marian was the women's 4x800m relay, with the Knights employing the lineup of Gracie Fields, Adrianna Boyd, Nora Steele, and Katie Woods. The group ran strong as they looked to bring home a championship, contending in the top-three throughout the race. On the anchor stretch, Katie Woods brought Marian into second place, where the Knights would finish with an NAIA National Runner-Up effort. Marian's time of 8:59.66 broke the previous school record by a whopping 12 seconds, and scored Marian eight team points.

After day two, the Knights hold a tie for sixth place with 11 team points. On Saturday, the Knights will look to crack the top-five as they run in the four events on the track, while also competing in one field event. 

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