{"id":293649,"date":"2025-05-20T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=293649"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T21:27:14","slug":"vcsu-to-compete-at-the-naia-tf-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=293649","title":{"rendered":"VCSU to Compete at the NAIA T&#038;F National Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292611\" width=\"587\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack.jpg 800w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vcsutrack-342x175.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>VALLEY CITY, ND \u2013 Valley City State University has two track and field athletes headed Marion, Ind. to compete at the 2025 NAIA Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championship from May 21-23.<br><br>VCSU&#8217;s senior\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/kendra-odegard\/4074\">Kendra Odegard<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0is set to compete in the javelin on Wednesday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. CT.<br><br>Odegard nationally qualified with the &#8216;B&#8217; standard in the Javelin at the Marauders Open on Saturday, March 22 with a 42.10-meter throw. She has now nationally qualified in the javelin in each of her four years at VCSU. Entering nationals Odegard ranks ninth in the nation in the javelin.<br><br>Viking sophomore\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/vcsuvikings.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/olivia-backus\/4061\">Olivia Backus<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0is set to compete in the high jump on Friday, May 23 at 1:00 p.m. CT.<br><br>Backus qualified at the NSAA conference championships after hitting the &#8216;B&#8217; standard successfully clearing 1.66-meters. She ranks T22 in nation in the high jump. This marks Backus&#8217;s first trip to nationals.<br><br>There will be live results and a live stream provided by the NAIA to cover the National Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALLEY CITY, ND \u2013 Valley City State University has two track and field athletes headed Marion, Ind. to compete at the 2025 NAIA Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championship from May 21-23. VCSU&#8217;s senior\u00a0Kendra Odegard\u00a0is set to compete in the javelin on Wednesday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. CT. Odegard nationally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":293650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293651,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293649\/revisions\/293651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/293650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}