MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Western Oregon Wolves will send six individual competitors and one relay team to compete in the 2017 NCAA Indoor track & Field National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. from March 10-11.
 
The men's team, ranked 14^th in the country and fifth in the West in the latest team rankings, will be sending four athletes to compete in two individual events and one relay at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The women's team is sending two runners to vie for the national championship in the 800 meters.
 
David Ribich and Dustin Nading will each be competing for an individual title in the mile. Ribich was one of five runners to earn automatic qualifying times into the National Championship after he ran a school-record time of 4:02.30 at the 2017 UW Invitational on January 27. Nading qualified in his last race at the Seattle Pacific Final Qualifier on Feb. 25 with the 10^th-fatest time in the nation, 4:05.22.
 
Tho duo also comprises half of the WOU Distance Medley Relay Team with Josh Dempsey and A.J. Holmberg that will enter the meet with the fastest qualifying time in the country, the 9:45.45 run on January 27 in Seattle.
 
Dempsey will compete in the men's 800 meters after improving his time at the 2017 Husky Classic at 1:50.70.
 
Woods and Van De Grift have two of the three fastest times in the West Region this season in the 800 meters. Woods broke the WOU school record at the SPU Final Qualifier and enters the national meet with the eighth-best time (2:10.14) in the country. Van De Grift, the previous record holder, actually improved her personal best at the SPU meet with a time of 2:10.57 ta nab the 14^th-fastest time this year.
 
The complete lists of men's and women's competitors, as well as a complete time schedule, can be found here.