ST. LOUIS — Despite light rains which greeted competitors at the 2008 NAIA Outdoor Championships, Biola sophomore Kristin Schmidt did not let the wet weather bother her, knocking two seconds off her personal best time to finish ninth in the 10,000 on Thursday. The three-day event is being held at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill.

Schmidt led off the championships for Biola with an impressive 36:52.91 in the 10k to earn yet another Top-10 finish at the NAIA Championships. Schmidt, who has earned NAIA All-America Honors four times over the last two years, will next compete in the 5,000 semifinals on Friday with the finals scheduled for Saturday.

Freshman Natasha Miller qualified for Friday's semifinals in the 100m hurdles with a preliminary time of 15.00. The semifinals will be held on Friday morning with the finals in the afternoon. She will also compete in the triple jump on Friday and the high jump on Saturday.

Senior Brian Ball is closing out his stellar career this week and cruised to a second place finish in his preliminary heat of the 3000m steeplechase with a 9:20.79. His time was the fourth fastest in the prelims with the finals set for Saturday.

Junior Jared Bird and senior Danielle Simpson are also scheduled to compete in the marathon on Saturday.

Complete Results including Real-Time Results can be found at http://www.cfpitiming.com/results/index.htm.