Ashland University's men's and women's indoor track and field teams, both ranked second in Division II, have earned nine automatic- and 31 provisional-qualifying efforts for the upcoming Division II Championships (March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.) through Saturday (Feb. 14).
Senior Drew Windle boasts the nation's best men's 800-meter run time this season (1:48.41), while senior Shatora Lewis has the best women's weight throw effort in Division II in 2014-15 (70-feet-1¾).
This week's NCAA Division II National Team Computer Rankings will be released on Tuesday (Feb. 17). The Eagles will compete on Saturday (Feb. 21) at 9 a.m. at the Kent State Tune-Up.
NCAA DIVISION II AUTOMATIC NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (9)
MEN'S 800-METER RUN – Drew Windle (SR) 1:48.41 (Jan. 30 at Penn State)
MEN'S 60-METER HURDLES – Elijha Owens (SR) 7.86 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
MEN'S WEIGHT THROW – Zac Ball (SR) 71-feet-10 (Jan. 9 at Ohio State); Jared Conklin (SR) 70-feet-3 (Dec. 5 at Kent State)
WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP – Jennifer Foster (SR) 5-feet-10½ (Dec. 5 at Kent State)
WOMEN'S SHOT PUT – Jamie Sindelar (JR) 54-feet-0½ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Jessica Bridenthal (SR) 50-feet-8 (Jan. 30 at Findlay)
WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW – Shatora Lewis (SR) 70-feet-1¾ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Jessica Bridenthal (SR) 69-feet-2½ (Jan. 30 at Findlay)
NCAA DIVISION II PROVISIONAL NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (31)
MEN'S 60-METER DASH – Eric Thompkins (SR) 6.86 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
MEN'S 400-METER DASH – Elijha Owens (SR) 47.48 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Drew Windle (SR) 48.52 (Jan. 24 at Geneva)
MEN'S 1-MILE RUN – Nick Hall (JR) 4:07.31 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
MEN'S 3,000-METER RUN – Nick Hall (JR) 8:21.32 (Jan. 30 at Penn State)
MEN'S 5,000-METER RUN – David Knack (JR) 14:33.33 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Isaac Potes (JR) 14:38.40 (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
MEN'S 60-METER HURDLES – Waquiem Comar (SR) 8.07 (at Feb. 6 at Akron)
MEN'S SHOT PUT – Elijah Talk (FR) 56-feet-2½ (Dec. 5 at Kent State); Jason Zahn (SO) 55-feet-9¾ (Feb. 6 at Akron); Zac Papay (SR) 55-feet-0¾ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Zachary Smelcer (FR) 51-feet-10½ (Jan. 9 at Ohio State).
MEN'S WEIGHT THROW – Bryn Campbell (SO) 65-feet-7½ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); Jordan Crayon (SO) 65-feet-4¾ (Jan. 16 at Findlay); Mack Taylor (SR) 64-feet-7¾ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State); James Clay Harris (SR) 63-feet-1¼ (Jan. 30 at Findlay); Clayton Jury (FR) 60-feet-9¼ (Jan. 30 at Findlay); Jared Whitcomb (JR) 56-feet-8 (Jan. 16 at Findlay).
MEN'S 4X400-METER RELAY – Elijha Owens (SR), Halen Witcher (FR), Drew Windle (SR) and Waquiem Comar (SR) 3:15.18 (Feb. 6 at Akron)
MEN'S DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY – Drew Windle (SR), Elijha Owens (SR), Joshua Davis (SR) and Nick Hall (JR) 9:58.39 (Feb. 6 at Oberlin)
MEN'S HEPTATHLON – Jacob Green (JR) 4,653 points (Feb. 6 at Akron)
WOMEN'S 400-METER DASH – Irene Skinner (FR) 55.35 (Dec. 5 at Kent State)
WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP – Rebecca Koval (SO) 5-feet-8½ (Jan. 30 at Findlay)
WOMEN'S POLE VAULT – Jennifer Foster (SR) 11-feet-7¾ (Jan. 30 at Findlay)
WOMEN'S LONG JUMP – Jennifer Bjelac (SR) 18-feet-9¼ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
WOMEN'S SHOT PUT – Shatora Lewis (SR) 48-feet-5½ (Jan. 30 at Findlay); Megan Tomei (SO) 45-feet-9¼ (Feb. 6 at Akron)
WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW – Kim Habegger (SR) 63-feet-9 (Jan. 30 at Findlay); Megan Tomei (SO) 58-feet-10¾ (Feb. 13 at Grand Valley State)
WOMEN'S DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY – Jillian Bajaksouzian (SO), Irene Skinner (FR), Jackie Genetin (SO) and Delainey Phelps (SO) 12:06.37 (Feb. 6 at Oberlin)
WOMEN'S PENTATHLON – Jennifer Bjelac (SR) 3,598 points (Feb. 6 at Akron)
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