Koch Adds To AU’s 2022 Outdoor All-American Count

Ashland University's track and field program picked up a third NCAA Division II All-American award in two days on Friday (May 27) at the Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Allendale, Mich.
 
Sophomore Noah Koch finished in eighth place in the men's discus throw on Friday, finishing with a top heave of 53.03 meters/173-feet-11 for his second career D-II All-American citation.
 
The Eagle men have seven team points, and are 19^th after eight scored events. AU's women have four team points, and are tied for 20^th after seven scored events.
 
In Friday's preliminaries:
 
- Senior Aaron Banks finished the men's 200-meter dash in 20.75 seconds to move into Saturday's (May 28) finals. Banks turned in a season-best time, and it was his fourth straight meet with an improved time in the event.
 
- The men's 4x400 relay quartet of senior Ryan Rager, freshman Noah Wood, senior Trevor Bassitt and senior Channing Phillips turned in the top prelim time of 3:07.94 – a fraction of a second slower than the top D-II time coming into nationals (3:07.83).
 
- In the women's 4x400 relay prelims, senior Cheyanne Davis, junior Macy Creamer, sophomore McKenna Woodruff and freshman Mia Gardner finished 14^th in 3:50.63.
  - Men's 4x100 finals – 2 p.m.
- Men's shot put – 3 p.m.
- Men's 400 hurdles finals – 4:10 p.m.
- Men's 200 dash finals – 4:40 p.m.
- Men's 4x400 relay finals – 5:50 p.m.