EMPORIA, Kan. – The Black Hills State University track & field team saw their weekend get underway on Thursday night at Francis G. Welch Stadium at the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Making her national championship debut, Evie Boyd, was the lone competitor for the Yellow Jackets on day one as she recorded a 17^th place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase in a field loaded with RMAC talent. Boyd's appearance on the track marked the first BHSU women's athlete at the outdoor national championships since 2022, and just the second-ever participant in the 3,000m steeplechase at the championships in the DII era.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• In an RMAC-heavy field in the 3,000m steeplechase, BHSU school record holder, Evie Boyd, concluded her season with a time of 10:43.59 for a 17^th place finish in the field of 22 athletes at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
• In heat one, which featured a 1-2-3 finish by RMAC runners and five of the seven total runners from the league in the event, Boyd finished tenth out of the 11 athletes in the race.
• The finish marked her second sub-10:45 time of the season, and second consecutive to end the year, in the event.
• Boyd is one of just four athletes in school history to record sub-10:45 times in the 3,000m steeplechase.

UP NEXT
Black Hills State will have two athletes in action on Friday, May 22, as Cassidy Goddard is set to compete in the discus throw at 3:30 p.m. MT / 4:30 p.m. CT, and Evan Smith will run in the prelims of the 800m run at 6:30 p.m. MT / 7:30 p.m CT.