The North Park University men's and women's track & field team finished up the 2022 outdoor seasons with "last chance" meets at North Central College and Augustana College.

Coach Bisrat Kidane's Review 

"I am so proud of this core group of athletes," said Coach Kidane. "They all have bought into what we are trying to do at North Park. They truly gave it their all this year and I couldn't be more proud of them. I am very excited for what the future has in store for this group." 

Top Performers 

• The men's 4x800 relay team broke an 11-year-old school record. The quartet of Sean Sanaghan, Silas Madrigal, Michael Kleiner, & Luis Chavez dropped the previous school record by 26.52 seconds. 
• On the women's side, the 4x400 relay team ran a season best with a time of 4:20.10. The 4x400 consisted of Esther Miller, Rachel Rozen, Macayla Dowling, & Ameerah Brown. 
• Junior Esther Miller continues to make history. She improved her heptathlon mark by scoring 4169, setting five different personal records and moved up to second all-time for the Heptathlon. She followed that up the following week at Augustana with a lifetime personal record in the 400m with a time of 59.51 as well as set a personal record in the triple jump with a jump of 11.56m. 

Top 10 NPU Performance List    

• Men's 4x800 is now 1^st all-time in NPU History 
  • (Sean S., Silas M., Michael K., Luis C.) 
• Esther Miller is now 2^nd all-time in NPU history for the Heptathlon, 3^rd all-time for the triple jump as well as 3^rd all-time in the 400 meters 

Personal Records      

• North Central College Last Chance Meet 
  • Luis Chavez – 800M – 2:16.67 
  • Silas Madrigal – 100M & 200M – 11.57 & 23.51 
  • Sean Sanaghan – 1600M – 4:14.61 
  • Esther Miller – Heptathlon – 4169 
    • High Jump – 1.51 meters 
    • Shot Put – 9.34 meters 
    • 200M – 26.88 
    • 800M – 2:24.45 
• Augustana College Last Chane Meet 
   
  • Michael Kleiner – 100M & 200M – 11.55 & 23.26 
  • Silas Madrigal – 800M – 2:00.77 
  • Daniel Blatt – 800M – 3:05.09 
  • Esther Miller – 400M & Triple Jump – 59.51 & 11.56m 
  • Lucille Plunkett – 1600M – 6:26.00 

Track Season Highlights 

• Indoor Regional Midwest Rankings 
  • Men's – Ranked 19^th 
  • Women's – Ranked 28^th 
• Outdoor Regional Midwest Rankings 
  • Men's Ranked 25^th 
  • Women's Ranked 22^nd 
• Event Crews 
  • Indoor Event rankings 
    • Men's 60 meter dash – Ranked 33^rd in the nation 
  • Outdoor Event rankings 
    • Women's High Jump – Ranked 62^nd in the nation 
• 174 Personal Records 
• 41 Top 10 Performances in school history 
• 5 School records  
• 2 All-Region Athletes  
• 12 All-Conference athletes (Indoor & Outdoor)