Twice is nice: Quincy native Benjamin wins pair of NAIA indoor track and field national championships

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 27, 2024
Marian University's Arriana Benjamin, a 2017 graduate of Quincy High School, won the weight throw and the shot put at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championshps in Brookings, S.D. | Photo courtesy Marian athletics

INDIANAPOLIS — The wait was excruciating. “Extremely nerve-racking,” Arriana Benjamin said. The first to throw in the final round of the shot put at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships, the Quincy native and Marian University senior unleashed a season-best toss of 14.97 meters. It vaulted her from ninth place to first place…

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