Ashland University's women's and men's indoor track and field teams, ranked first and second in Division II, respectively, have earned 10 automatic- and 33 provisional-qualifying efforts for the upcoming Division II Championships (March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.) through Saturday (Feb. 21).
Senior Drew Windle continues to have the nation's best men's 800-meter run time this season (1:48.41), while senior Shatora Lewis still 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. 24). The Eagles will compete in the 2015 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday (Feb. 28) and Sunday (March 1).
NCAA DIVISION II AUTOMATIC NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (10)
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); Megan Tomei (SO) 52-feet-2 (Feb. 20 at Ohio 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 (33)
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 4X400-METER RELAY – Elijha Owens (SR), Halen Witcher (FR), Drew Windle (SR) and Waquiem Comar (SR) 3:14.41 (Feb. 20 at Ohio State)
MEN'S DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY – Drew Windle (SR), Elijha Owens (SR), Joshua Davis (SR) and Nick Hall (JR) 9:52.37 (Feb. 20 at Ohio State)
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); Jared Whitcomb (JR) 52-feet-1¾ (Feb. 20 at Ohio 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) 64-feet-1¼ (Feb. 21 at Kent State); Clayton Jury (FR) 63-feet-9½ (Feb. 20 at Ohio State); Jared Whitcomb (JR) 56-feet-8 (Jan. 16 at Findlay)
MEN'S HEPTATHLON – Jacob Green (JR) 4,653 points (Feb. 6 at Akron)
WOMEN'S 200-METER DASH – Irene Skinner (FR) 25.02 (Feb. 21 at Kent State)
WOMEN'S 400-METER DASH – Irene Skinner (FR) 55.35 (Dec. 5 at Kent 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 HIGH JUMP – Rebecca Koval (SO) 5-feet-8½ (Jan. 30 at Findlay); Jennifer Bjelac (SR) 5-feet-5 (Feb. 21 at Kent State)
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)
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 PENTATHLON – Jennifer Bjelac (SR) 3,598 points (Feb. 6 at Akron)
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