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BYU track: nine athletes qualify for indoor national championships

Nate Edwards, BYU Photo

Whittni Orton (left-center) runs alongside runners from other schools. Orton has qualified to compete in two different events at nationals.

Nine BYU athletes will compete at the NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 9, in Texas.

Four athletes will compete on the men’s side. Rory Linkletter, Daniel Carney and Connor McMillan will represent BYU in the 5,000m race.

Linkletter finished 11th (13:57.62) at nationals in the 5,000m last year. His qualifying time for nationals this year is 13:41.01. This is both Carney and McMillan’s first time qualifying for the indoor national championships.