Women's Track and Field: Tice qualifies for NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – Bethany College junior Grace Tice (Mansfield, Pa. / North Penn-Mansfield) has become the second Bison female track and field athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. The Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced the participants Friday evening.

The three-day event, scheduled for May 25-27, is being hosted by St. John Fisher University and Visit Rochester at the Polisseni Track and Field Complex in Rochester, NY.

Tice currently ranks 19th in the women's javelin with a throw of 40.99m (134'6"), which she posted at Westminster College's Invitational on Apr. 8.

The women's javelin competition is slated for Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

Tice is the first NCAA qualifier since 2021, when Riley Meyers qualified for the 400m Hurdles.

For each individual event contested, including the decathlon and heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.