Women's Track and Field 5/16/2025 6:16:00 PM

Three Millikin Track Athletes Headed to DIII Championships

DECATUR, Illinois—Millikin sophomore Kyle Hensley (Mt. Zion, H.S.) and first-year athletes De'Andranay Chism (Belleville, Belleville East H.S.) and Ibrahim Diakite (Chicago, Roger Sullivan H.S.) have qualified for the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships to be held May 22-24 at SPIRE Institute's Outdoor Track & Field facility in Geneva, Ohio.

Hensley will compete in the Pole Vault on Saturday, May 24 at 11 a.m. CT. He tied for the best Pole Vault performance in NCAA Division back in April clearing 5.18 meters (17.0). This will be Hensley's fourth NCAA Division III Championships appearance. He was the 2024 NCAA Indoor Pole Vault National Champion and finished in second place at last year's Outdoor Championships. In March, Hensley finished in fourth 2025 Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Chism and Diakite will run in the 200 Meter prelims on Thursday, May 22 starting at 5:40 p.m. CT. The 200 Meter finals will be on Saturday at 2:40 p.m. Chism's qualifying mark of 23.78 was fourth fastest in Division III. She turned in the time at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Championships finishing second to Alyssa Busker of Elmhurst who had the nation's second fastest time this season. Chism was named the CCIW Outdoor Track Championships Women's Track First-Year Student Athlete of the meet. In addition to her second place in the 200 Meters, Chism was third in the 100 Meters in 12.03 seconds breaking her own Millikin record.

Diakite had NCAA Division III's sixth fastest time of the season turning in his qualify performance on Wednesday winning the 200 at the Augustana Twilight Final qualifier in 20.94 seconds. He broke the Millikin record in the 200 that dated back to 2000 held by Big Blue track legend Carl Alexander at 21.15 seconds. Alexander was a seven-time All-American including the 2018 National Champion in the 100 Meters. Diakite was the Male Track Athlete of the Meet at the CCIW Championships winning the 200 Meters in 21.19 seconds and finishing in second in the 100 Meters in 10.66 seconds. Diakite ran legs on two Big Blue Relay Teams that earned All-Conference honors finishing third in the 4x100 and 4x400 Relays.

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Players Mentioned

Kyle Hensley: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Ibrahim Diakite: Freshman; Sprints

De'Andranay Chism: Freshman; Sprints

Players Mentioned

Kyle Hensley
: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Ibrahim Diakite
: Freshman; Sprints

De'Andranay Chism
: Freshman; Sprints