INDIANAPOLIS – UIndy student-athletes Katie Monk (shot put, weight throw), Hilary Paxson (weigh throw) Austin Hogan (shot put, weight throw) and Lauren Bailey (5000 meters) were among those to receive invitations to compete at next week's NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, as announced by the NCAA Tuesday. The championships will be held March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kan. at the Robert W. Plaster Center.
 
The Greyhound quartet will be among a total of 540 participants, 270 men and 270 women, to compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. The complete list of qualifiers is linked above. Heat sheets will be available at this same website by Monday, March 4.
 
The Greyhounds sport Division II's top two student-athletes in the women's weight throw. Monk comes in at No. 1 with a school-record mark of 20.56 meters, while Paxon's GLVC gold-medal-winning throw of 20.34 meters moved her up to the second spot. Monk also holds the program record in the shot put, with her PR of 15.72 meters good for fifth in DII.
 
Fresh off garnering his third consecutive as the GLVC Field Athlete of the Year, Hogan will also be competing in both throwing events. He ranks sixth in DII in the weight throw (20.27m) and 10th in the shot (18.00m).
 
Lastly, Bailey will be making her first-ever appearance at Nationals. The sophomore distance standout just made the cut in the 5000-meter run with a school-record time of 16:55.44
 
Look for more information on the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in the coming days here at UIndyAthletics.com.