Through Saturday's (Jan. 23) Tiffin Dragon Open, Ashland University's indoor track and field program has two automatic qualifiers and 23 provisional-qualifying efforts for the 2016 NCAA Division II indoor national championships, March 11-12 in Pittsburg, Kan.
Senior Jamie Sindelar has the best D-II women's shot put distance this season at 16.57 meters/54-feet-4½, just 0.3 meters shy of her all-time best throw, which also is the second-best D-II women's indoor shot put distance all-time.
Junior Jordan Crayon has the second-best men's shot put in Division II in 2015-16 at 21.09 meters/69-feet-2½.
The Eagles will split and go to the Findlay Classic and the Penn Nationals on Friday (Jan. 29) and Saturday (Jan. 30).
ASHLAND MEN'S AUTOMATIC NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (1)
Weight throw (prov. 17.19 meters, auto 20.99 meters) – Jordan Crayon, junior, 21.09 meters.
ASHLAND MEN'S PROVISIONAL NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (11)
Shot put (prov. 15.77 meters, auto 18.56 meters) – Jason Zahn, junior, 17.45 meters; Elijah Talk, sophomore, 17.21 meters; Zac Papay, senior, 16.56 meters; Jared Whitcomb, senior, 16.43 meters; Zachary Smelcer, junior, 15.99 meters.
Weight throw (prov. 17.19 meters, auto 20.99 meters) – Bryn Campbell, junior, 20.50 meters; Jason Zahn, junior, 18.68 meters; Clayton Jury, sophomore, 18.41 meters; Jared Whitcomb, senior, 17.37 meters.
400-meter dash (prov. 48.78 seconds, auto 47.30 seconds) – Myles Pringle, freshman, 47.98 seconds.
High jump (prov. 2.03 meters, auto 2.17 meters) – Myles Pringle, freshman, 2.05 meters.
ASHLAND WOMEN'S AUTOMATIC NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (1)
Shot put (prov. 13.27 meters, auto 15.35 meters) – Jamie Sindelar, senior, 16.57 meters.
ASHLAND WOMEN'S PROVISIONAL NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (12)
60-meter dash (prov. 7.73 seconds, auto 7.42 seconds) – Lauren Ellsworth, senior, 7.62 seconds.
60-meter hurdles (prov. 8.84 seconds, auto 8.33 seconds) – Haley Gregory, sophomore, 8.82 seconds.
200-meter dash (prov. 25.06 seconds, auto 24.00 seconds) – Lauren Ellsworth, senior, 24.91 seconds.
Shot put (prov. 13.27 meters, auto 15.35 meters) – Megan Tomei, junior, 14.51 meters; Kala Strong, freshman, 14.25 meters.
Weight throw (prov. 16.34 meters, auto 19.44 meters) – Megan Tomei, junior, 17.76 meters; Natalie Helenthal, freshman, 17.75 meters; Jamie Sindelar, senior, 17.25 meters; MacKenzie Leigh, freshman, 16.50 meters.
High jump (prov. 1.65 meters, auto 1.79 meters) – Rebecca Koval, junior, 1.70 meters.
Pole vault (prov. 3.55 meters, auto 4.00 meters) – Meghan Cunningham, senior, 3.60 meters.
Pentathlon (prov. 3,228 points, auto 3,875 points) – Marie Hammer, sophomore, 3,265 points.
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