Indianapolis, Ind. -  The NCAA announced its' selections for participation in the 2025 Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship on Tuesday, March 4. The University of Findlay women's track and field team, ranked 13^th in Division II, will send nine athletes while the men, ranked 23^rd in the country, will send eight.
 
Findlay's top event is the women's 4x400m relay where the Oilers enter with the top time in the country, a 3:38.21 run by Mary Ellis, Leah Smith, Jordan Taylor, and Kylie Ray at last week's G-MAC Indoor Championship. Smith and Taylor each have top-15 times in both the 60m dash and 200m dash, the best of which is Taylor's time of 23.64 in the 200m which ranks third in the country.
 
Kylie Ray has the 16^th fastest time in the 400m, as well, and will run as a member of the distance medley relay team which ranks 14^th.
 
Leyton Nossa is the top performer on the men's side this year, heading into the weight throw ranked fourth in the country with a mark of 20.56m. The Oilers have another top-ten mark as Kage Hefner makes his national championship debut ranked ninth in the pole vault.
 
The men's distance medley relay team of Simon Derstine, Sherron Jones, Jaxen Durfey, and Jordan Foster is ranked 11^th.
 
Competition will take place in Indianapolis, Ind. at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion on March 13-15.
 
Complete List of Findlay Participants
 Women
Victoria Harvey (So.) – Pole Vault
Ella Webster (So.) – DMR
Hailey Wilson (Gr.) – DMR
Mary Ellis (So.) – 4x400m relay
Kylie Ray (Gr.) – 400m, 4x400m relay, DMR
Leah Smith (So.) – 60m, 200m, 4x400m relay
Jordan Taylor (Gr.) – 60m, 200m, 4x400m relay
Bailey Chenevey (Sr.) – DMR Alt.
Taylor Ivory (Sr.) DMR Alt.
 
Men
Nate Buschur (So.) – Pole Vault
Kage Hefner (Fr.) – Pole Vault
Jaxen Durfey (So.) – DMR
Jordan Foster (Gr.) – DMR
Sherron Jones (Jr.) – DMR
Simon Derstine (Sr.) – DMR, 800m
Leyton Nossa (Jr.) – Weight Throw
Eyan Wilson (Jr.) – Shot Put