INDIANAPOLIS -- University of Central Missouri Mules track & field's Rawley Chard secured a berth in the men's 400m dash final to open competition at the 2025 NCAA-II Indoor Championships for UCM track & field Thursday, March 13, inside Fall Creek Pavilion. 

Chard, a freshman from Chanute, Kan., ran a time of 47.26 to place seventh and punch his ticket to Saturday's 400m dash final. The top eight finishers in the prelims qualified for the final. 

The NCAA-II Indoor Championships continue on Friday, March 14, in Indianapolis.

Friday competitors for UCM: Rachael Molloy, women's weight throw final; Mellanie Nellmer, women's long jump final; Parker Wormek, men's 60m hurdles prelim.