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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Northern Arizona University track & field will travel portions of its team to the Don Kirby Collegiate Elite and Iowa State Classic this weekend.

NAU will travel 46 of its athletes to the Don Kirby Collegiate Elite hosted by the University of New Mexico.The meet will feature teams from a plethora of conferences including the PAC-12, ACC and Big-10.

"With this being our first meet on the road I'm anxious to see how the newcomers respond," said assistant coach Kenny McDaniel. "This will be a new environment and the competition will be a lot stiffer than we've seen."

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Women's

Both Shamelle Pless and Darriel Banks are slated to compete in both the 60 and 200-meter dash this weekend. The duo has the led the Lumberjacks this season and will need a strong performance this weekend as they face some strong competition.Also competing will be Brianna Wilson, she is scheduled to try her hand in the both the 200 and 400m dash.

Alexis Clay and Jade Childs will represent NAU in the 60m hurdles. Childs is coming of a personal-best performance in the event last weekend as she posted a time of 8.81 at the Mountain T's Invitational. Clay will also compete in the women's long jump, an event she has found much success in thus far.

The Lumberjack women's distance team will compete in the woman's distance medley for the first time this season. The team travels two relay groups to Albuquerque. The first group will feature a roster of Sarah Baker, Carissa Gwerder, Emily Bartz and Shayla Freeman as the anchor. The second group will look to Sarah Raber, Melanie Zibrat, Jamie Shrader and Kayla Freeman.

Senior Lauren Laszczak will be looking to build off the momentum gained at the Mountain T's Invitational as she competes in the women's high jump this weekend. Laszczak jumped her way into the NAU record books as she cleared a personal-best height of 6-0.

For the throws events NAU will lean on the talents of Jessica Bush, Jessica Weise and Lauren Stuart. Stuart returns to action after having a remarkable showing at last weekend's Mountain T's Invitational. The senior threw for a distance of 66-2 in the women's weight throw, breaking the NAU indoor record by nearly a foot. Stuart will compete in both the weight throw and shot put this weekend. Bush and Weise will compete in the shot put and weight throw, respectively.

Men's

NAU veterans Vernon Jamison and Cameron Coleman will be looked to for leadership as they will be the only returners making the trip. The Lumberjacks travelled six newcomers in freshmen Logan Ne, Michael Lyles, Jalen Mondane and Tessie Edwards in addition to two transfers in DeShon Norris and Taylor Schneider.

Jamison has been the strongest link of the group this season and will compete in his go-to events, both the 60m dash and hurdles. Coleman will be looking to qualify for the Big Sky Championships this weekend in the 400m dash. NAU's 4x400m relay has been impressive this season but has yet to reach its potential. Jamison will team up with Norris, Lyles and Schneider this weekend as they take on the likes of Utah State, UCLA and North Carolina.

Redshirt-freshman Futsum Zienasellassie will make his 2014 debut this weekend competing in the men's 3000 meter run. This marks the first sighting of Zienasellassie since finishing fourth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in November. Also competing in the event will be Tim Freriks, Bahlbi Gebreyohanns, Ryan Wesson and Dillon Read.

Matthew League and Michael Chin will compete in the men's 800m run as well.

Deante Kemper and Chris Oestmann will pace the Lumberjacks in the men's high jump. Kemper has had a great start to the season thus far posting a season best height of 7-2.25 at the NAU Invitational a few weeks ago. The junior will be looking to build off his early success as he faces some much stiffer competition at this weekend's event.

Micael Ljunberg, Gus Margiotta and Shawn Collins will travel to New Mexico for the men's throws. The trio will compete in the men's shot put this weekend, while just Ljunberg and Margiotta will compete in the weight throw. Collins has been the group's top shot putter thus far this season with a best of 53-7. Ljunberg will lead the way in the weight throw event.

Iowa State Classic

The Iowa State Classic is the longest running track and field meet hosted by Iowa State University in the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The meet will feature the likes of over 100 All-Americans from both track and field and cross country.

This year's field will be made up from teams from across the country, spanning 16 conferences (Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Ivy League, Mountain West, Big East, ECAC, Sun Belt, American, Southern, Big Sky, Missouri Valley, WAC, Summit League and Ohio Valley), including seven teams ranked in the USTFCCCA top-25. Elite level athletes will also be traveling to Ames, as runners from the Brooks Beasts, Adidas Rogue AC, Furman Elite and New Jersey-New York Track Club are slated to compete at the 2014 Iowa State Classic.

Men's

Competing on the men's side for the Lumberjacks will be Korey Krotzer, Andy Trouard, Nathan Weitz, Tim Freriks, Caleb Hoover, Matt McElroy and Brian Shrader.

Krotzer, Trouard and Weitz are scheduled to run in the mile event this weekend. Weitz will be expected to lead the way for the group as he ran a team-best time of 4:09.2 in the mile on the way to a second place finish at the Mountain T's Invitational.

Freriks, Hoover, McElroy and Shrader will compete in the men's 5000-meter run. Hoover McElroy and Shrader were a major part of NAU cross country's national runner-up finish in the fall.Specifically, McElroy is the reigning Big Sky Champion in the event and will likely be the frontrunner for the Lumberjacks.

Women's

 Competing for the women will be freshmen Kylie Goo, Carolyn Bethel and Paige Gilchrist in addition to sophomore Caroline Hogardh.

Goo will be the lone Lumberjack competing in the women's 800m run. The freshman posted a career-best time of 2:15.46 in the event at last week's Mountain T's Invitational. Bethel and Hogardh will represent NAU in the women's mile run. Gilchrist will compete for the second time this season in the women's 5000m run.

"At the end of the day, the goal is to compete and come away with more conference qualifiers," McDaniel said.

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