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Artesia Lady ’Dogs softball team advances to quarterfinals

JT Keith

INDIANAPOLIS – Six Greyhounds will be headed to the 2025 NCAA DII outdoor track and field championships in Pueblo, Colo. May 22-24.Joshua Harden. "Our coaches have made a great effort in preparing our team to get to this stage and now we get to go out and give it our all in Pueblo."Jodian Stewart will compete in the long jump for Eastern New Mexico. This is her first appearance at a national championship meet. Her qualifying jump of 6.41m (21-0.5) helped her win the conference title in the event and ranks second nationally this season. The Black River, Jamaica native has gone three-straight meets with at least one jump going longer than 6.30m.Jamoi Jackson will be attempting to earn all-american status twice in a singular academic year as he earned first team honors during the 2025 indoor championships. Jackson is coming off a conference championship in the 400m where he ran a school record time of 45.86s. Timothy Frederick will be joining Jackson at the championships. His 46.59s time at the Jo Meaker Classic earlier this season helped him earn his fifth trip to a national championship as a Greyhound.Grizell Scarlett will be going to outdoor nationals for a second-straight season. Scarlett helped Eastern New Mexico finish fifth at the Lone Star Conference championships two weeks ago. In the meet, she took second in the 100m, third in the 200m, and ran the anchor for the third place 4x100 team. The Kingston, Jamaica native holds school records in both the 100m and 200m sprints.Kennedy Ulmer is heading to her first national championship after coming up just one bid shy of an entry in 2024. Ulmer will compete in the discus throw after tossing a 48.91m (160-5) mark earlier this season at the Greyhound Open. The Rio Rancho, N.M. native is coming off the LSC championships where she scored 11 total points for the women's program. She is the school record holder in the discus, hammer, and javelin.Alex Williams will be back in the outdoor championships for a third-straight year. He was a first team all-american in 2024. Williams earns the bid to compete in Pueblo after a 65.90m throw at the conference championships which earned him his first ever conference title in the javelin. He holds the school record in the javelin.