Fourteen Eagles Set For Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships

2016 NCAA DIVISION II OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE

The schedule breakdown for the nationals-bound Eagles follows:

- Thursday, 12:30 p.m. – men's hammer throw (juniors Jordan Crayon and Bryn Campbell, and sophomore Clayton Jury).

- Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – women's hammer throw (junior Megan Tomei).

- Thursday, 5:35 p.m. – men's 4x100-meter relay (senior Eric Thompkins, junior Brandon Freeman and freshmen Myles Pringle and Brandon Wilson). Finals are Saturday at 5:10 p.m.

- Thursday, 6:25 p.m. – men's 400 dash (Pringle). Finals are Saturday at 6:15 p.m.

- Thursday, 6:40 p.m. – women's 400 dash (sophomore Irene Skinner). Finals are Saturday at 6:25 p.m.

- Thursday, 7:10 p.m. – women's 100 dash (senior Lauren Ellsworth). Finals are Saturday at 6:45 p.m.

- Thursday, 8:55 p.m. – men's 10,000 run (senior David Knack).

- Friday, 2 p.m. – men's discus throw (junior Jason Zahn).

- Friday, 5:05 p.m. – men's high jump (Pringle).

- Friday, 5:35 p.m. – men's 200 dash (Thompkins). Finals are Saturday at 7:45 p.m.

- Saturday, 1:15 p.m. – men's shot put (Zahn and sophomore Elijah Talk).

- Saturday, 5:05 p.m. – women's shot put (Tomei and senior Jamie Sindelar).

- Saturday, 8:05 p.m. – men's 5,000 run (Knack).

SINDELAR EARNS MIDWEST FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR HONOR

Sindelar has received the Division II Midwest Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year award from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Sindelar is the second-best D-II women's shot putter in history, having thrown 16.99 meters/55-feet-9 at the Ashland Alumni Open. She comes into nationals with the top mark in the country.

EAGLE MEN 9^TH, WOMEN 20^TH IN PRE-NATIONALS RANKINGS

In the pre-nationals USTFCCCA Team Computer Rankings, the Ashland men are down one spot to ninth, and the AU women are down four spots to 20^th in Division II.

The rankings take into account only each program's entries for Division II nationals.

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