NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College men's and women's indoor track & field teams will send eight athletes, including seven women, to this weekend's two-day Division III Championship at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. The meet starts on Friday.

Rose-Hulman Institute also hosted the national indoor meet in 2007, when the Lyon women finished ninth in the country. Three of the women's four events are in the field, with freshman Mickey Jusme (Providence, RI/Classical) qualifying in the long and triple jumps. Jusme enters the meet tied for fourth in the long and fifth in the triple, as her triple distance of 38′ 11 1/2″ was good for an automatic qualifying standard. In the long jump, Jusme posted a provisional mark of 18′ 5″.

Two Lyons are in the high jump field with provisional heights, as sophomore Erin Neville (North Providence, RI/La Salle Academy) and freshman Lauren McGrath (Wading River, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) stand fourth and tied for seventh, respectively. Clearing 5′ 6 1/2″, Neville picked up All-America honors as a freshman after finishing third in the nation. McGrath leapt to a height of 5′ 5 3/4″.

Wheaton also sends a 4×400-meter relay team, as the quartet looks to gain All-America form after just missing the accolade a year ago. Senior Natana Jules (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls), junior Renee Thompson (Hartford, CT/Weaver) and freshmen Lauren Cardarelli (Cranston, RI/La Salle Academy) and Didine Jusme (Providence, RI/Classical) enter the weekend with the ninth-fastest time of 3:57.25, which surpassed a provisional time.

Freshman Cailean Robinson (Newton, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy) represents the men in the 55-meter dash, as his school-record time of 6.41 seconds stands 10th nationally. His time met a provisional standard.