CHESTER, Pa. – Widener track and field will send five student-athletes to the 2023 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships later this week.

The events will take place from May 25-27 at Polisseni Track & Field Complex at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, N.Y.

Samuel Knowles, Alden Littlefield, Alex Kristeller, and Justin Adams will represent the men's team. Jayla Gore will be the women's team's representative.

Adams, Kristeller, and Littlefield are throwers for the Pride.

Some of Adams' accomplishments include MAC Academic Honor Roll for 2020 and 2022, as well as 2022 Hammer Throw Second Team. At the Widener Final Qualifier last week, he set a career-best 57.88m in hammer throw. That ranked fifth at that day's event. Adams is from Pottstown, Pa.

Kristeller has had many accolades in his tenure at Widener. His accomplishments include Hammer Throw First Team for 2021 and 2022, 2021 Shot Put First Team, 2021 Discus Throw Third Team, and 2021 Field Athlete of the Year. He hit a career-best 64.77m in hammer throw at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month. Not only did he place first in that event, but it was seven meters more than the runner-up, which was Adams. Kristeller is from Kingston, Pa.

Some of Littlefield's accomplishments include 2018 Rookie of the Year, 2018 Shot Put First Team, and 2022 Shot Put Second Team. At the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month, he saw two career-highs. A shot-put throw of 17.23m ranked first for the event, while a 40.61m discus throw ranked seventh at the event. Littlefield is a native of Millstone, N.J.

Knowles does jumps and sprints. At the aforementioned MAC Championships, he hit a career-best 21.58 seconds in the 200-meter dash to take first place. Out of the six events he competed in for that weekend, he took first place in five of them. His 2022 season was particularly good too, as he collected Rookie of the Year, 400-Meter Dash Second Team, 4x100 Meter Relay Second Team, and 4x400 Meter Relay Second Team. Knowles is a native of Ephrata, Pa.

Knowles, Littlefield, and Kristeller had All-American performances in the indoor track and field season earlier this year.

Gore is a sprinter. Despite being a first-year student, she is a rising star in Widener track and field. Her awards include Rookie of the Year, First Team honors for 4x100 and 4x200 meter relay, Second Team honors for the 60-meter and 100-meter dash, and Third Team honors for the 200-meter dash. These were just for 2023. Gore was also part of the first MAC title in the history of Widener women's outdoor track and field. She is a native of New Castle, Del.

For more information regarding the NCAA Championships, please visit ncaa.com.