Ashland University's indoor track and field teams opened the new season at both the Youngstown State Icebreaker and Saginaw Valley State Holiday Open on Friday (Dec. 1) – and many provisional marks for 2024 indoor nationals were the result.
At Saginaw Valley State, junior
Cole LaRoche not only won the men's shot put at 16.50 meters, but also earned a provisional mark for the 2024 NCAA Division II Championships, March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kan. Junior
Sarah Masuoka won the women's pole vault at a provo distance of 3.83 meters, and sophomore
Garrett Baker did the same in the men's pole vault at 5.20 meters.
In the men's weight throw, junior
Jesse Houle was second with a new provo mark of 18.74 meters. In the women's weight throw, junior
Kelsey Kinsley was third (17.83 meters) and freshman
Molly Winner was fourth (17.00 meters) – both being new provo marks.
Junior
Caden Morris won the men's long jump at 7.02 meters, freshman
Matthew Noel tied for second in the men's high jump at 1.98 meters, and freshman
McKayla Wymer tied for second in the women's pole vault at 3.68 meters.
At Youngstown State, junior
D.J. Duncan ran a new provo time in the men's 60-meter hurdle prelims at 8.06 seconds, then bettered that in the finals at 7.93 seconds, finishing second. Junior
Julian Griffin was third in the men's 60 hurdles with a provo time of 7.97 seconds.
Freshman
Hailey Rios' women's 60 dash prelim time of 7.65 seconds was a provo, and so was her time of 7.58 seconds in finishing second in the finals.
Junior
Mia Gardner's third-place finish of 56.70 seconds in the women's 400 dash was a provo time, and she combined with senior
Elizabeth Adams, sophomore
Jade Avance and junior
Madison Stacey for a provo time and a second-place finish of 3:46.66 in the women's 4x400 relay.
Freshman
Alexis Steward was second in the women's 200 dash (24.908 seconds), and Rios was third (24.909 seconds). Senior
McKenna Woodruff took third in the women's mile run (5:19.82), sophomore
Nate Slater was third in the men's mile run (4:23.23), and the men's 4x400 relay of junior
Jacob Pielech, senior
Brenden Jackson, junior
Noah Wood and freshman
Brian Turner was third in 3:17.26.
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Day 2 at Saginaw Valley State on Saturday (Dec. 2).
