PNG quartet head to US indoor athletics champs

FOUR US-based PNG athletes head to Birmingham, Alabama, this weekend for the NCAA Division Two National Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Rellie Kaputin is having a sensational record-breaking season for West Texas A&M University and heads the national rankings in both long jump and triple jump.
She will also be hoping for a podium finish (top-eight placing) in the high jump.
Another PNG athlete making waves is 20-year-old sprinter/hurdler Afure Adah representing Minnesota State University Mankato.
Adah, who represented PNG in the 100m hurdles and 4x400m relay at the 2015 Pacific Games,  has shown significant improvement this year and is ranked fifth in the 200m sprint going into the championships.
Adrine Monagi and Peniel Richard will be representing Angelo State University at the championships.
Monagi will contest the five-event indoor pentathlon which consists of the 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m. She goes into the championships ranked ninth, but with less than 200 points between her and the third-ranked athlete, the event is wide open.
“Adrine’s big improvements in the hurdles and shot put this year, together with the knowledge that she can mix it with the best in the jumps will give her confidence going into this meet,” Athletics PNG president Tony Green said.