Track & Field | 5/25/2018 1:46:00 PM

FOLLOW: LIVE VIDEO I LIVE RESULTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-After a trio of runners successfully passed through to finals on the opening day, Western Oregon University added two more qualifiers on the second day of action at the NCAA DII National Track & Field Championships on Friday.

Olivia Woods will return the national finals in the 800-meter run for the second straight year after posting a school record 2:05.91 while running out of the second of three heats. A third-place finisher at last year's championships to garner All-American honors, Woods entered the meet ranked No. 7 overall nationally this season with a 2:07.76 and ended the day with the fourth fastest preliminary mark.

Teammate Megan Rose missed out on giving the Wolves a second runner in finals by a single position with a career best 2:08.08. Rose placed 9th overall at the national competition to improve on her 13th-place result from a year ago. Alaska Anchorage's Danielle McCormick nabbed the eighth and final spot to Saturday's finals with a 2:07.28.

Rose, however, will join Woods, Grayson Burke and Suzanne Van De Grift in the finals of the 1,600-meter relay as the quarter secured a spot in the final eight with a school record time of 3:41.80. The same four set the previous school record of 3:45.82 two weeks ago at the GNAC Championships. The Wolves were the 14th and final team qualified to nationals in the 1,600-meter relay.

The Wolves will be active in five events on the third and final day of competition at the NCAA DII National Championships on Saturday. Halie Korff and Darian Wilson will open the day in the women's javelin with a 1:15 p.m. (EST) start.

The 1,500 is slated to begin at 3:45 p.m. with David Ribich and Dustin Nading lining up for the men and Suzanne Van De Grift representing the women's team in the national finals.

All-American
4. Kennedy Rufener, 10,000

WOU School Record
35:05.91: Kennedy Rufener, 10,000
2:05.91: Olivia Woods, 800
3:41.80: 1,600 Rely

Advancing to Saturday's Finals
800 (Women's): Olivia Woods
1,500 (Men's): David Ribich, Dustin Nading
1,500 (Women's): Suzanne Van De Grift
1,600 Relay (Women's): 3. 3:41.80 (Grayson Burke, Megan Rose, Suzanne Van De Grift, Olivia Woods)

NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Johnson C. Smith University
Irwin Belk Complex
Charlotte, N.C.

WOU Men's Results
1,500 (Heat 1): 1. Dustin Nading. 3:51.65. 1,500 (Heat 2): 2. David Ribich, 3:51.01. Long Jump: 16. Alani Troutman, 23-8 3/4 (7.23m)

WOU Women's Results
800 (Heat 2): 2. Olivia Woods, 2:05.91. 800 (Heat 3): 3. Megan Rose, 2:08.08. 1,500 (Heat 1): 3. Suzanne Van De Grift, 4:30.03. 10,000: 4. Kennedy Rufener, 35:05.91. 1,600 Relay (Heat 1): 3. Western Oregon , (Grayson Burke, Megan Rose, Suzanne Van De Grift, Olivia Woods).

Saturday's WOU Schedule (All times EST)
1:15 pm - Women's Javelin - Halie Korff, Darian Wilson
3:45 pm - Men's 1,500 (finals) - Nading, Ribich
3:55 pm - Women's 1,500 (finals) - Van De Grift
5:15 pm - Women's 800 (finals) - Woods
7:10 pm - Women's 1,600 Relay (finals)