Written by Josh Garcia
BVU Sports Information Student Intern

STORM LAKE, Iowa (May 11, 2022) – Fresh off a tune-up in the USD Twilight, Buena Vista Track and Field teams will travel to Dubuque next for the three-day A-R-C Conference Championship meet.  
Day one of competition will commence at 1:00 p.m. on May 12^th, day two will get underway at 9:00 a.m. on May 13, and day three will start at 10:00 a.m. on May 14.
 
WOMEN
The women's squad will look to build off a sixth-place finish at the outdoor championship meet a season ago. The performance showed progress for the program as they scored more than 60 points for the first time since 2016. The meet also marked the Beaver's first championship meet with multiple conference champions since claiming three in 2003.

The 2022 squad will benefit from the return of multiple conference champions and key performers from a year ago. Becca Simpson returns as the reigning javelin champion after a stadium record throw of 40.70m to win the title by nearly nine feet. Simpson barely missed another podium finish in the hammer throw, but came up six feet short and settled for fourth place overall with a toss of 49.44m. Jessica Sump returns as the long jump champion. Sump barely missed a second podium, finishing 4^th in the 100m hurdles. Jadyn Forbes returns after 3^rd place finish in the 800 a year ago with a time of 2:19.32. Tabitha Guyett was two seconds off a podium finish in the 400m hurdles, finishing 4^th with a time of 1:04.69.

The Beavers have boasted a few top 10 conference performers leading into the meet:

100m
Katara Jondle ranks 7^th, 12.43
Domonique Rivers ranks 7^th, 12.43
Christina Jackson ranks 9^th, 12.47

800m
Jadyn Forbes ranks 7^th, 2:20.12

100m Hurdles
Jessica Sump ranks 4^th, 15.43

High Jump
Skylar Cole ranks 4^th, 1.59m
Mary Yanga ranks 6^th, 1.55m

Long Jump
Jessica Sump ranks 7^th, 17'7"

Shot Put
Becca Simpson ranks 2^nd, 13.76m
Annie Brennan ranks 4^th, 12.61m
Courtney Johnson ranks 9^th, 12.26m

Discuss
Anna Friedrichsen ranks 4^th, 40.95m
Annie Brennan ranks 9^th, 38.84m

Hammer
Becca Simpson ranks 2^nd, 53.82m
Anna Friedrichsen ranks 3^rd, 48.89m
Courtney Johnson ranks 8^th, 46.68m
Peyton Turner ranks 9^th, 46.22m

Javelin
Becca Simpson ranks 1^st, 42.86m
Annie Brennan ranks 8^th, 35.93m
Courtney Johnson ranks 10^th, 33.87m

Heptathlon
Wren Klump ranks 5^th, 2975

(rankings denote top outdoor conference times this season)
Full Outdoor Rankings