The Beaver track and field program traveled to Pittsburg, Kan. on Saturday, January 20 to compete in the NAIA/JUCO Challenge. The event took place at the Robert W. Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State University. Pratt brought home a new school record, another national qualifier, and two top-5 finishes and three top-10 finishes.  

Sophomore Brock Herrman broke his own indoor school record in the weight throw. The record that Herrman held currently stood at 12.49m. He broke that record this past Saturday with a throw of 12.58m. He finished 19 in a stacked field of 29 throwers.  

"It means a lot to me as I have been training so hard the last two years and it is good to see that it finally happened," said Herrman. "It is a great feeling to improve on what I already did." 

Pratt also had another student athlete qualify for the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in March. Kareem Smalls finished third in the 60M dash with a time of 6.83 to become the second Beaver to qualify in the 60M dash.  

Jaden Sawyers finished his day tied for third in the high jump with a jump of 1.83M. National qualifier Joseph Michel finished sixth in the 60M dash with a time of 6.86. On the women's side both Tasia Bell and Serenity Jackson finished in the top-10 in the 400M dash. Bell finished with a time of 1:00.88 and Jackson finished at 1:01.54. Overall, the men's team finished with 16 points and in eleventh place.  

Up next for the Beavers will be a trip to the Herm Wilson Invitational from January 26-27 on the campus of Wichita State University.