Area indoor college track and field roundup

With the outdoor season being canceled by the novel coronavirus pandemic like the rest of the sports world, college track and field could only muster the bulk of the indoor campaign to suffice for this 2019-20 school year.

In a nod to News-Herald coverage area athletes who were unable to get a shot at an outdoor campaign, here is a look at standout performances earlier this year during indoor season.

This is not intended to be a complete list of all 155 athletes who were on college track and field teams’ rosters across the country in NCAA and NAIA this year, but rather a look at selected standout performances: fourth in high jump at the Bucknell Tune-Up. DOMINIC ODDO, CASE WESTERN RESERVE » The Mentor graduate and Spartans’ senior was named as an AllAmerican after qualifying for the D-III indoor national meet in heptathlon on a school-record 4,768 points in a qualifier meet. JORDAN PRITCHARD, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE » The Lake Catholic graduate was featured in a senior spotlight by his D-II program after being a four-time allpSouth Region performer and being hailed by Coach Matthew Reneker as “a national caliber athlete, a once (in) a generation leader.”

graduate qualified for the D-II national meet in weight throw.

KATIE DURISIN, MOUNT UNION » The Riverside graduate and senior was OAC runner-up in mile as the Purple Raiders won the team title.

RASHIDA HARRIS, LOUISVILLE » The Euclid graduate and senior was eighth in shot put during the ACC indoor meet.

MIA KNIGHT, PENN » The Beachwood graduate and sophomore was runner-up in 60 during the Ivy League Heptagonal meet to earn second-team all-league honors.

MAGGIE KRAUSE, OHIO NORTHERN » The senior and Kenston graduate was an all-Great Lakes region honoree for the third time in her career in pole vault.