ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Oklahoma City pushed three of its four Wednesday entrants into the finals at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
The women's 4x800 relay team of Erika Pena, Kenzi Readnour, Isabelle Spiller and Isabella Gutierrez had their best time of the season and qualified for the finals in 9:06.09. That group runs in the finals at 6:10 p.m. (Central) on Thursday.
 
OCU also saw two 5000-meters Stars move on to the finals. Ayenew Devany qualified in the men's race in 3:54.08 with the 10^th-best time in the prelims. Pena moved forward to the finals from 11^th place in the women's 5K in 4:39.25.
 
The Stars have three more prelims on Thursday, beginning with the men's 800 meters at 1:50 p.m.
 
OCU Results
Wednesday
Women's 5000M - 11. Erika Pena, 4:39.25 (Q)
Men's 5000M - 10. Ayenew Devany, 3:54.08 (q)
Women's 4x800 Prelims:8. Erika Pena, Kenzi Readnour, Isabelle Spiller, Isabella Gutierrez, 9:06.09 (Q)
Men's 4x800 Prelims: 17. Riley Randall, Alexander Daly, Ayenew Devany, Demarion Dean, 7:37.79
 
OCU Schedule
All Times Central
Thursday
1:50 PM – Men's 800M Prelims: Alexander Daly
3 PM – Women's 400M Prelims: Vanessa Perez
3:20 PM – Men's 400M Prelims: Demarion Dean
6:10 PM – Women's 4x800 Finals: Erika Pena, Kenzi Readnour, Isabelle Spiller, Isabella Gutierrez
 
Friday (all Finals)
3:10 PM – Women's 1500M: Erika Pena (pending qualification)
3:20 PM – Men's 1500M: Ayenew Devany (pending qualification)
3:40 PM – Women's 400M: Vanessa Perez (pending qualification)
3:45 PM – Men's 400M: Demarion Dean (pending qualification)
4:10 PM – Men's 800M: Alexander Daly (pending qualification)
4:35 PM – Women's 5000M: Kenzi Readnour, Keira Readnour
4:55 PM – Men's 5000M: Ayenew Devany