Competing against several fellow Jayhawk Conference teams and other top-flight competition the Highland track and field team continue to see the number of National qualifying performances grow as they competed at the Pittsburg State Invitational.

Another school record captured along with four new National qualifying marks and three-time improvements on National qualifying marks were garnered by Highland in Pittsburg.
Sedrickia Wynn has been as the front of the pace this track season for the Scotties and that continued at the Pittsburg State Invitational as she posted a time of 8.76 in qualifying of the 60-meter hurdles to break her school record and ultimately took fourth in the event (8.89 time in the finals). She also qualified herself for the NJCAA Indoor National Championships in the 60-meter dash by sprinting to a time of 7.72 placing 11^th.

Kilani Harvey and Ayesha Nelson will be joining Wynn at Nationals in the 60-meter dash as they notched times of 7.79 and 7.83, respectively to finish 19^th and 27^th overall out of 118 total runners. Nelson also improved her 60 meter hurdles National qualifying time running a 9.08 to take 16^th place in the event. While Harvey was .69 seconds off qualifying for Nationals in the 200-meter dash as she posted a time of 25.80 to take 26^th.

The Highland men have been led by Jye Gillard's performances thus far this track season and he was once again at the front of the pack leading the way. Gillard improved his National qualifying time in the 400-meter dash posting a time of 48.20 to place seventh in the race. While Ja'Kwan Hale and Clyde King in their first races of the season nearly qualified for Nationals in the 400. Hale posted a time of 49.42 (25^th place) only .20 seconds off National qualifying, while King had a time of 49.75 (29^th place) .53 seconds off National qualify time.

A new qualifier for Nationals in the men's competition for Highland is the 4x400 meter relay team who placed 14^th out of 32 teams with a time of 3:20.42. The quartet was made up of Clyde King, Jean Dieuvil, Ja'Kwan Hale and Alexander Johnson.

Both Joshua Camp and Jermaine Wright finished just on the cusp of National qualifying times in the 800-meter run and 60-meter dash. Camp posted a time of 1:58.33 (33^rd place) which is just .27 seconds off National qualifying and less than a second off the school record. Wright was just .08 seconds off qualifying in the 60-meter dash after posting a time of 6.95 (26^th place).

Highland continues the track season when they compete at the Northwest Missouri Bearcat Open in Maryville, Missouri on Saturday, February 8th. 
 
Other Scottie Performances
Women:
High Jump – Jessica Monroe (8^th place – 5'05.25)

One Mile Run – Evelin Santaclara (32nd place – 5:29.58)

60m Hurdles – Shavonte Harris (31^st place – 9.41) – (.26 seconds off National qualifying)

Triple Jump – Arlet Navarro (22^nd place – 35'03)

4x400m Relay (Octavia Wright, Sedrickia Wynn, Evie Marshall, Ayesha Nelson) – 20^th place (4:07.25)

Men:
One Mile Run – Nick Cisneros (45^th place – 4:34.97)

60m Dash – Alexander Johnson (63^rd place – 7.12)
Malik Chatman (66^th place – 7.12)
Joel Murray (89^th place – 7.23)

800m – Jean Dieuvil (46^th place – 1:59.54)

Triple Jump – Dahndray Holmes (14^th place – 44'08)

Long Jump – Malik Chatman (18^th place – 21'09)
Dionte Alston (23^rd place – 21'06)

600m – Mookie Rolle (11^th place – 1:22.32)

Distance Medley Relay (Joshua Camp, Jye Gillard, Mookie Rolle, Nick Cisneros) – 12^th place (10:52.73)

3000m Run – Vicente Correia (18^th place – 9:19.56)