Ashland University's outdoor track and field teams have seen their automatic and potential national qualifiers pool grow once again, increasing their ranks for the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Nationals (May 21-23 in Allendale, Mich.) to seven automatic and 26 provisional marks.
The AU men, the No. 1-ranked team in Division II, and Eagle women, ranked 10th in the country, will play host to the annual Ashland Alumni Open on April 24-25 (schedule - http://static.psbin.com/o/e/ci3ol3r6491alg/Final_2015_sked.pdf), and will do so with some of the top athletes in the nation.
Senior Drew Windle boasts the top Division II outdoors time in the men's 800-meter run (1:47.80), and junior Elijha Owens does the same in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (51.83).
Junior Jamie Sindelar has the second-farthest outdoors women's shot put in D-II this spring at 16.12 meters/52-feet-10¾.
AU MEN'S AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (four individuals)
- Zac Ball, senior, hammer throw (65.88 meters/216-feet-2)
- Bryn Campbell, sophomore, hammer throw (64.82 meters/212-feet-8)
- Jordan Crayon, sophomore, hammer throw (65.43 meters/214-feet-8)
- Drew Windle, senior, 800-meter run (1:47.80) and 1,500-meter run (3:44.66)
AU WOMEN'S AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (two individuals)
- Kim Habegger, senior, hammer throw (59.99 meters/196-feet-10)
- Jamie Sindelar, junior, shot put (16.12 meters/52-feet-10¾)
AU MEN'S PROVISIONAL QUALIFIERS (11 individuals, one relay)
- Waquiem Comar, senior, 400-meter hurdles (53.38)
- Jared Conklin, senior, hammer throw (62.60 meters/205-feet-4)
- Nick Hall, junior, 1,500-meter run (3:48.15)
- Clayton Jury, freshman, hammer throw (58.90 meters/193-feet-3) and discus throw (50.98 meters/167-feet-3)
- David Knack, junior, 5,000-meter run (14:23.86)
- Elijha Owens, junior, 110-meter high hurdles (14.07), 400-meter hurdles (51.83) and 400-meter dash (47.69)
- Zac Papay, junior, shot put (16.43 meters/53-feet-11)
- Isaac Potes, senior, 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:12.97)
- Mack Taylor, senior, hammer throw (61.49 meters/201-feet-9)
- Jared Whitcomb, junior, hammer throw (55.44 meters/181-feet-11)
- Jason Zahn, sophomore, discus throw (52.83 meters/173-feet-4) and shot put (16.57 meters/54-feet-4½)
- 4x400-meter relay – Elijha Owens, senior; Halen Witcher, freshman; Jacob Cook, senior; Drew Windle, senior (3:11.83)
AU WOMEN'S PROVISIONAL QUALIFIERS (six individuals)
- Kylee Bernthisel, junior, 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:05.79)
- Jessica Bridenthal, senior, shot put (13.88 meters/45-feet-6½) and hammer throw (58.62 meters/192-feet-4)
- Jennifer Foster, senior, high jump (1.74 meters/5-feet-8½)
- Shatora Lewis, senior, shot put (13.94 meters/45-feet-9), discus throw (48.23 meters/158-feet-3) and hammer throw (54.88 meters/180-feet-1)
- Jamie Sindelar, junior, discus throw (47.97 meters/157-feet-4)
- Megan Tomei, sophomore, shot put (14.01 meters/45-feet-11¾) and hammer throw (56.42 meters/185-feet-1)
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