Records, GLIAC Titles Galore On Final Day Of Championships

There was a lot of "earned and deserved" on Sunday (Feb. 28) for Ashland University's men's and women's indoor track and field teams on the second and final day of the 2021 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Saginaw Valley State University.
 
To no one's surprise, the biggest performances – in quality and volume – came from senior Trevor Bassitt. Bassitt broke two of his own school records in earning GLIAC titles. In the men's 200 dash, he won in 20.40 seconds, beating his own school record by 0.40 seconds and becoming the best in the event in D-II history by 0.27 seconds. In the 60 hurdles, Bassitt's new PR was 7.67 seconds, and he won by 0.31 seconds.
 
In the final event of the Championships, the men's 4x400-meter relay, Bassitt anchored a quartet which included juniors Tim Rumas and Keshun Jones, and senior Channing Phillips – a quartet which won in 3:08.23, set a new school record, and turned in the second-best time in NCAA Division II indoor history.
 
Bassitt also won the men's 60 dash with an improved provisional nationals time of 6.72 seconds.
 
Phillips won the 400 dash with an improved provisional time of 47.65 seconds, senior Travis Moore took the men's heptathlon with an improved provisional point total of 5,327, and senior Ian Johnson was victorious in the men's 800 run, improving his provisional nationals standing at 1:51.86.
 
On the women's side, junior Elizabeth Weimer won a conference crown in the shot put, improving upon her provisional mark at 14.32 meters/46-feet-11¾.
 
Ashland's men were the team runner-up with 172 points, behind champion Grand Valley State (249) and well ahead of third-place Northwood (63.5). The Eagle women were third with 97.5 team points, trailing winner GVSU (255.33) and second-place Saginaw Valley State (138.5).
 
Ashland's bevy of second- through eighth-place finishes, and a non-scoring nationals mark, from Saturday follows:
 
SECOND PLACE: Rumas, men's 200 dash, 21.37 seconds; junior Storm Elsesser, men's triple jump, 13.01 meters/42-feet-8¼; Johnson, men's mile run, 4:05.59 (improved provisional); senior Rachel Miller, women's 400 dash, 57.09 seconds.
 
THIRD PLACE: Moore, men's triple jump, 12.96 meters/42-feet-6¼; Elsesser, men's high jump, 2.00 meters/6-feet-6¾; junior Cheyanne Davis, women's 400 dash, 57.11 seconds; sophomore Miyuki Sugiyama, women's triple jump (11.20 meters/36-feet-9; women's 4x400 relay (3:51.47).
 
FOURTH PLACE: Jones, men's 200 dash, 21.57 (new provisional); freshman Doniven Jackson, men's 60 dash, 6.93 seconds; freshman Alena Williams, women's 200 dash, 25.63 seconds.
 
FIFTH PLACE: Junior Cameron Shifflet, men's 60 hurdles, 8.30 seconds; freshman Elizabeth Adams, women's 400 dash, 59.35 seconds; freshman Riley Thomas, women's triple jump, 11.02 meters/36-feet-2; senior Amber Otermat, women's pole vault, 3.66 meters/12-feet-0; freshman Ashleigh Bowker, women's 60 hurdles, 9.18 seconds.
 
SIXTH PLACE: Sophomore Brayden Chaney, men's 400 dash, 49.57 seconds; senior David Amstutz, men's shot put, 16.76 meters/55-feet-0 (new provisional); freshman Kelsey Kinsley, women's shot put, 13.73 meters/45-feet-0½; sophomore Erin Sievers, women's pole vault, 3.52 meters/11-feet-6½; Williams, women's 60 dash, 7.73 seconds.
 
SEVENTH PLACE: Freshman Miguel Garcia, men's heptathlon, 3,932 points; junior Jake Hall, men's mile run, 4:11.29; sophomore Ethan Tabor, men's high jump, 1.80 meters/5-feet-10¾; sophomore Morgan Dennis, women's 60 dash, 8.03 seconds.
 
EIGHTH PLACE: Freshman Brenden Jackson, men's 400 dash, 50.63 seconds; senior Maddi Yingst, women's 60 hurdles, 9.76 seconds; junior Gabrielle Ewing, women's pole vault (tied), 3.37 meters/11-feet-0¾.
 
NEW PROVISIONAL: Freshman Cole LaRoche, men's shot put, ninth place, 16.54 meters/54-feet-3¼.
 
Conference awards will be announced on Monday (March 1).
 
The selections for NCAA Division II indoor nationals will be announced on Tuesday (March 2) on NCAA.com.