VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Kenna Curry and Jadyn Keeler from the North Dakota track and field team made history and both picked up All-America accolades at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday. Curry was 10th in the weight throw with a toss of 71-5 1/2 (21.78m), while Keeler took 10th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:31.63. It marked just the second time in UND's Division I history that a pair of Fighting Hawks competed at the meet.

Curry became and Second Team All-American with her finish and is the first Fighting Hawk in UND's Division I history to partake in back-to-back NCAA Indoor Championships. She remains the third UND student-athlete to compete at the indoor national meet, also finishing 14th and picking up Second Team All-America honors last season in the weight throw with a toss of 67-3 1/2 (20.51m).

The Elk Point, S.D, native entered the meet with the No. 6 mark nationally in the weight throw. Her school-record throw of 75-0 1/2 (22.87m) at the East Coast Invitational this February qualified her for the meet and broke the previous program record mark of 72-1 3/4 (21.99m), set by Molli Detloff at the 2019 Summit League Indoor Championships.

Two weeks ago, at the Summit League Indoor Championships, Curry had a pair of All-Summit League performances and won the titles in both the weight throw (70-6 1/4, 21.49m) and shot put (50-3 1/2, 15.33m). At the conclusion of the meet, she was named the Field Championship M.V.P.

Keeler became a Second Team All-American at the meet and is now just the fourth Fighting Hawk in UND's Division I history to participate in the NCAA Indoor Championships. She also became the first Fighting Hawk to compete at the meet in a track event in school history.

The Barrie, Ontario, native came into the meet ranked No. 17 in the country in the 5,000 meters and was the No. 16 seed. She qualified for the meet with a time of 15:28.29 in the 5,000 meters at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational this February. At that Boston meet, Keeler obliterated her previous school record time of 15:57.19, which she set on that same track this past December.

At the Summit League Indoor Championships, Keeler was a triple crown winner and had three All-Summit League performances. She won the mile (4:45.90), 3,000 meters (9:21.78) and 5,000 meters (16:20.88). With her 5,000-meter time, she shattered the Summit League Indoor Championships record time of 16:25.16, set by Jennie Baragar-Petrash of North Dakota State in 2021. At the end of the meet, Keeler was named the Track Championship M.V.P.

The Fighting Hawks have already kicked off this outdoor season and are competing at the Riverside Open in California on the campus of Riverside Community College. That meet began Friday morning and is currently taking place. Live results of the Riverside Open can be followed on Finished Results.

Post-Meet Notes
* Kenna Curry earned Second Team All-America status by finishing 10th in the weight throw (71-5 1/2, 21.78m) at the NCAA Indoor Championships, while Jadyn Keeler became a Second Team All-American and finished 10th in the 5,000 meters (15:31.63) at the meet.
* With both Curry and Keeler competing at indoor nationals, it marked just the second time in UND's Division I history that a pair of Fighting Hawks competed at the meet. The only other time this happened was at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, when Molli Detloff finished 11th in the weight throw (67-9 1/2, 20.66m) and Kyley Foster took 10th in the pole vault (13-7 3/4, 4.16m).
* On Friday, Curry became the first student-athlete in UND's Division I history to participate in back-to-back NCAA Indoor Championships, also finishing 14th in the weight throw with a mark of 67-3 1/2 (20.51m) at indoor nationals last season.
* Keeler became the first Fighting Hawk in UND's Division I history to partake in a track event at the NCAA Indoor Championships and is just the fourth Fighting Hawk to compete in the meet in school history.
* Curry and Keeler are two of three student-athletes representing the Summit League at the NCAA Indoor Championships this year. The lone other conference representative is South Dakota's Eerik Haamer in the pole vault. He will compete on Friday evening at 5 p.m. (CT).