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La Crosse, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior Lauren Jarrett of La Crosse (Logan) and senior Sam Blaskowski of Oshkosh (West) are set to compete in the 60-meter dash at the 2025 USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor Championships Sunday, February 23.
 
Competition is scheduled for the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York. Events start Saturday, February 22 with the heptathlon and pentathlon.
 
Jarrett will run in the semifinals at 11:56 a.m. (Central) with the finals set for 1:45 p.m. (Central). 

 

Blaskowski runs in the semifinals at 12:19 p.m. (Central) with the finals scheduled for 1:54 p.m. (Central).
 
NBC and Peacock will broadcast from 12 to 2 p.m. (Central) on Sunday, February 23.
 
Making her first career appearance in the USTAF Indoor Championships, Jarrett qualified with an National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III record time of 7.34 at the UW-La Crosse Mark Guthrie Invitational on February 8 in Hetzel Fieldhouse.  The USATF minimum qualifying time in the women's 60-meter dash is 7.35 while the automatic time is 7.20. 
 
She has six of the top-nine times in the 60-meter dash in NCAA Division III history, including the top-three.
 
Jarrett captured the 60-meter dash at the 2024 NCAA Division III Championships while placing sixth in the 200-meter dash to earn All-America honors. She also finished sixth in the 200-meter dash in 2023. Named the 2024 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Track Performer of the Meet, Jarrett won the 60-meter dash and finished second in the 200-meter dash at the league championships.
 
Jarrett is a three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Indoor Athlete of the Week.
 

Blaskowski is making his third career appearance in the USATF Indoor Championships after competing in 2023 and 2024 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was fifth in the 60-meter dash (6.67) final in 2023 and placed 10th (6.65) in the preliminaries in 2024.
 
He holds eight of the 10 fastest times in the 60-meter dash in NCAA Division III history, including a record of 6.62 set this year at the UW-La Crosse Mark Guthrie Legacy Invitational. Blaskowski has the top-six times in NCAA Division III laurels. The USATF minimum qualifying time in the men's 60-meter dash is 6. 75 while the automatic time is 6.58.
 
Selected the 2024 USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, Blaskowski won the 60 and 200-meter dash at the 2024 NCAA Division III Championships. He was also named the NCAA Division III Most Outstanding Performer.
 
Blaskowski also captured the 60-meter dash and finished second in the 200-meter dash at the 2023 national championships and earned three All-America accolades at the 2022 NCAA Division III Championships after placing sixth in the 60-meter dash, seventh in the 200-meter dash and seventh in the long jump.
 
He has been voted the USTFCCCA North Region Track Athlete of the Year the last three seasons (2022-24) and selected the WIAC Indoor Track Performer of the Meet twice (2022-23). Blaskowski was named the 2022 WIAC Indoor Newcomer of the Year. He has been named the USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Week eight times in his career.
 
Blaskowski has won five WIAC indoor titles, including the 60-meter dash (2023, 2024), 200-meter dash (2022, 2023) and long jump (2022).