Eagle Men, Women Start Home Portion Of 2023-24 With New, Improved Nationals Marks

The Ashland Invitational indoor track and field meet went off on Saturday (Jan. 20) at the Niss Athletic Center, and the Eagle men and women continue to add to their marks toward the 2024 NCAA Division II Championships, March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kan..
 
Senior T.J. Skinner won the men's 60-meter hurdles in 7.94 seconds for an improved provisional time, while redshirt freshman Leslie Pollock took the women's weight throw with a new provo distance of 17.91 meters/58-feet-9. There were two second-place showings which resulted in nationals marks – junior Kelsey Kinsley in the women's shot put (improved, 14.36 meters/47-feet-1½), the men's 4x400 relay team of junior Ethan Schuster, junior Noah Wood, senior Brenden Jackson and junior Jacob Pielech (new, 3:16.24), and junior Brock Janowicz in the men's weight throw (improved, 19.24 meters/63-feet-1).
 
EVENT WINS

• Fifth-year Cassandra Ponzi in the women's 1,200 run (3:43.67) and the women's 800 run (2:18.13).
• Redshirt freshman Molly Winner in the women's shot put (14.58 meters/47-feet-10).
• Sophomore Daylen Madison in the men's 1,200 run (3:03.77).
• Junior Mia Gardner in the women's 300 dash (40.38 seconds).
• Sophomore Jade Avance in the women's 400 dash (56.76 seconds).
• Senior Emma Liberatore in the women's high jump (1.64 meters/5-feet-4 ½).
• Jackson in the men's 300 dash (35.18 seconds).
• Freshman Odessa Smith in the women's 60 hurdles (8.89 seconds).
• Redshirt freshman Hailey Rios in the women's 200 dash (25.12 seconds).
• Skinner in the men's 200 dash (21.75 seconds).
• Junior Caden Morris in the men's long jump (7.07 meters/23-feet-2½).
• Freshman Sidney Sheppert in the women's triple jump (10.85 meters/35-feet-7¼).

 
SECOND-PLACE FINISHES

• Senior McKenna Woodruff in the women's 800 run (2:18.62) and women's 1,200 run (3:55.58).
• Senior Elizabeth Adams in the women's 400 dash (57.60 seconds).
• Senior Alena Williams in the women's 60 dash (7.70 seconds).
• Adams, Avance, junior Madison Stacey and Gardner in the women's 4x400 relay (3:50.36).
• Rios in the women's long jump (5.44 meters/17-feet-10¼).
• Sophomore Jaycob Kolleda in the men's high jump (tied, 1.91 meters/6-feet-3¼).
• Sophomore Nate Slater in the men's 1,200 run (3:04.64).
• Avance in the women's 300 dash (40.63 seconds).

 
THIRD-PLACE SHOWINGS

• Freshman Kara Fields in the women's 60 hurdles (9.03 seconds) and women's high jump (1.61 meters/5-feet-3¼).
• Graduate Joel Pospisil in the men's 1,200 run (3:08.23).
• Stacey in the women's 300 dash (42.01 seconds).
• Junior Noah Harshbarger in the men's 300 dash (35.97 seconds).
• Freshman Lauren Bero in the women's 5,000 run (18:47.40).
• Pielech in the men's 400 dash (48.97 seconds).
• Freshman Justin Patrick in the men's shot put (15.79 seconds/51-feet-9¾).
• Junior D.J. Duncan in the men's 60 hurdles (8.08 seconds).
• Kinsley in the women's weight throw (17.30 meters/56-feet-9).
• Junior Jesse Houle in the men's weight throw (18.64 meters/61-feet-2).

 
UP NEXT
Friday and Saturday (Jan. 26-27) at Kent State's Doug Raymond National Qualifier.