AUSTIN, Texas-Thursday, as the women’s competition commenced at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field national championship meet at Mike A. Meyers Stadium, two former Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network school stars advanced to Saturday’s competition in their respective events.

BYU junior Whittni Orton, a former Panguitch High star, took the last qualifying spot in the women’s 1500-meter run preliminaries. With the top 12 women advancing to Saturday’s final, Orton adeptly placed 12th in the prelims in a time of 4:14.37. Oregon’s Jessica Hull (4:12.02) is the top seed headed into Saturday’s final.

Her fellow BYU junior, Anna Camp, a Millard High alum, placed 7th in the 800-meter run preliminaries in a time of 2:03.65, while the top eight runners in this race advanced to Saturday competition. Nia Akins of Penn is the top seed in this race headed into Saturday’s final.

Weber State’s Kate Sorensen, a sophomore out of Gunnison Valley High School, competed in the 400-meter hurdles, but she placed 21st (1:00.09) ending her season.