BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University senior Desmond Gist (Detroit, Mich./Trenton) will be competing at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 24. The 2024 championships will be staged at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, SC, from May 23 through May 25.
It marks the fourth time Gist has qualified for the NCAA Championships, including the third straight for the outdoor championship! His school-record 14.26 seconds has Gist seeded #13 in the country out of 22 competitors for the 110 meter hurdles.
The preliminaries are slated for 4:30 PM on Friday, May 24, with the top eight coming back at 5 p.m. on Saturday to determine a national champion! He is one of just eight Heartland Conference athletes to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
-BEAVERS-