On Day 1 of the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Thursday (May 25) in Pueblo, Colo., Ashland University sophomore
Kelsey Kinsley earned her second consecutive hammer throw All-American award with a sixth-place finish.
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Thanks to a new PR distance on her sixth and final throw in the women's hammer on Thursday of 58.70 meters/192-feet-7, Kinsley added to the fifth-place national showing for her first All-American citation in 2022.
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NOTABLE
- Freshman Garrett Baker made his D-II nationals debut in the men's pole vault, finishing in 10th place. Baker cleared each of the first three heights on his first attempt to get to 5.05 meters/16-feet-6Âľ, but missed on three tries at what would have been a new PR of 5.15 meters/16-feet-10Âľ.
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On Friday (May 26), the women's 4x400-meter relay of fifth-year
Cheyanne Davis, freshmen
Montana Walker and
Jade Avance and sophomore
Mia Gardner will go in the first round of competition at 10:15 p.m. Eastern/8:15 p.m. local.
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