The Park University indoor track & field program was in Brookings, S.D. on Friday and Saturday at the SDSU Indoor Classic hosted by South Dakota State University.

The Pirates are continuing to trend in an unprecedented direction this spring with records being broken week in and week out. Park is garnering a significant amount of momentum in recent meets and this weekend alone, eight new records were broken. 

There were two first place finishes by Park, including the Heart Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, Cody Hammond, and the women's distance medley relay. Hammond was part of two record breaking performances over the weekend, individually in the 800m with a 1:50.75 and in the men's 4x800m relay with a time of 7:39.44. Both of these performances met the NAIA A standard.

The women's distance medley relay was comprised of Charlotte Timba, Hannah Mand, Lilly Comarcho, and Anna Joyce; and this group will have their names in Park history with a 12:33.94 DMR. The women's 4x800m relay team also had a record breaking performance with a 9:38.27 for 3rd place. 

In his opening season with the Pirates, Van Forbes Jr. posted a record breaking time in the 60m with a 6.72 time for 2nd place, which also was enough for the NAIA A standard.

Another 2nd place finish, featured a senior Pirate in the 600m, as Alexander Caines raced to the NAIA A standard as well as a Park record with a time of 1:18.98.

Mya Charles has stood out this year and already has qualified in the 60m and the 200m dash, but she garnered the 200m record this weekend with a 24.67.

The men's 4x400 relay was another relay team to make a splash with a Park record of 3:16.55 for 4th place. This group was made up of Alexander Caines, Niran Warde, Sam Thomas, and Chase Housh. 

Rosjai Curtis continues to impress in her sophomore season and stood out in the Heart of America Athleic Conference with a Heart Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week award for 3rd place in the long jump with a 5.61m jump for the NAIA B standard.

Park will be in Maryville, Mo. on Friday and Saturday for the Heart Championships, February 20 and 21. See the full results below for the SDSU Indoor Classic.  

SDSU Indoor Classic
60 Meters
Prelims 1 — Van Forbes Jr — 6.79 68 — Tairjiv Ambrister — 7.34 68 — Marcus Steele — 7.34 84 — Jaden Reed — 7.49 85 — Lynden Mackey — 7.50 Finals 2 — Van Forbes Jr — 6.72 *NAIA A, Park record	Prelims 26 — Rosjai Curtis — 7.86 33 — Alexandria Sherman — 8.00 49 — Desi Holbrook — 8.19 52 — Dawn McIntyre — 8.25 62 — Lilly McAuliffe — 8.32 74 — Jayden Demeritte — 8.48 79 — Emily Light — 8.68
200 Meters
2 — Van Forbes Jr — 21.76 3 — Niran Warde — 21.92 73 — Jabari Ford — 23.92 85 — Marcus Steele — 24.46 89 — Jaden Reed — 24.66	3 — Mya Charles — 24.67 *NAIA B, Park record 32 — Alexandria Sherman — 26.12 63 — Lilly McAuliffe — 27.35 81 — Emily Light — 29.07
400 Meters
19 — Chase Housh — 49.76 59 — Shemar Caines — 52.22 71 — Tairjiv Ambrister — 53.70 79 — Jabari Ford — 54.35	45 — Desi Holbrook — 1:00.90 47 — Adison Hayden — 1:00.95
600 Meters
2 — Alexander Caines — 1:18.98 *NAIA A, Park record
800 Meters
1 — Cody Hammond — 1:50.75 *NAIA A, Park record 2 — Palmer O'Connor — 1:53.58 18 — Cayden Crabtree — 2:04.08 56 — Ian Walsh — 1:59.96 68 — Thore Wegner — 2:03.33	32 — Yasmine Rutledge — 2:41.40
1000 Meters
29 — Thore Wegner — 2:41.48 31 — Ian Walsh — 2:42.54 32 — John Mattivi — 2:43.28 37 — Justin O'Brian — 2:53.07	20 — Sophia Van Asselt — 3:15.46
Mile
24 — Caden Peters — 4:15.99 94 — John Mattivi — 4:36.60 123 — Justin O'Brian — 4:45.66	73 — Sophia Van Asselt — 5:30.86 102 — Jasmin Klaunig — 6:06.64
60m Hurdles
Prelims 31 — Tairjiv Ambrister — 8.89	Prelims 12 — Hope Klamm — 8.95 26 — Faith Klamm — 9.27
4 x 400 Relay
4 — Park U. (Alexander Caines, Niran Warde, Sam Thomas, Chase Housh) — 3:16.55 *NAIA B, Park record 24 — Park U. (Van Forbes Jr, Cody Hammond, Palmer O'Connor, Tairjiv Ambrister) — 3:31.78	12 — Park U. (Hope Klamm, Faith Klamm, Hannah Mand, Adison Hayden) — 3:59.71
4 x 800 Relay
1 — Park U. (Caden Peters, Alexander Caines, Cody Hammond, Palmer O'Connor) — 7:39.44 *NAIA A, Park record	3 — Park U. (Charlotte Timba, Lilly Comarcho, Hannah Mand, Anna Joyce) — 9:38.27 *Park record
Distance Medley Relay
	1 — Park U. (Charlotte Timba, Hannah Mand, Lilly Comarcho, Anna Joyce) — 12:33.94 *Park record
Long Jump
— — Sam Thomas — NM	3 — Rosjai Curtis — 5.61m / 18-5 *NAIA B 18 — Dawn McIntyre — 5.18m / 17-0 43 — Jayden Demeritte — 4.80m / 15-9
Shot Put
36 — Daniel Marshall — 12.92m / 42-4.75
Weight Throw
39 — Corbin Landrum — 13.52m / 44-4.25