Outdoor Track And Field Adds National Provos To End Opening Weekend

On the second and final day of Kennesaw State's Don McGarey Invitational on Saturday (March 23), Ashland University's men's and women's outdoor track and field teams earned two more provisional marks for the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, May 23-25 in Emporia, Kan..
 
The women's 4x400-meter relay team of senior Elizabeth Adams, graduate Cassandra Ponzi, sophomore Jade Avance, and junior Mia Gardner won with a new provisional time of 3:45.57, while junior Kelsey Kinsley took second place in the women's shot put with a new provo distance of 14.44 meters/47-feet-4½.
 
FIRST PLACE – Women's 4x100 relay team of freshman Odessa Smith, senior Alena Williams, junior Greta Barker and freshman Hailey Rios (46.88 seconds), freshman Colton Thress in the men's 800 run (1:52.89), and Williams in the women's 100 dash (12.23 seconds).
 
SECOND PLACE – Sophomore Nate Slater in the 800 run (1:54.07), junior D.J. Duncan in the men's 110 hurdles (14.94 seconds), the men's 4x100 relay quartet of junior Noah Wood, senior Brenden Jackson, junior Jacob Pielech and Thress (3:14.39), Avance in the women's 400 dash (57.48 seconds), freshman Justin Patrick in the men's shot put (15.81 meters/51-feet-10½), and junior Ethan Schuster in the men's 400 dash (48.50 seconds).
 
THIRD PLACE – Rios in the women's 100 dash (12.28 seconds), Pielech in the men's 400 dash (48.62 seconds), the men's 4x100 relay team of junior Julian Griffin, freshman Lucas Anderson, junior Caden Morris and redshirt freshman Roosevelt Zeigler (41.42 seconds), Morris in the men's long jump (7.21 meters/23-feet-8), and junior Catherine Dial in the women's shot put (13.25 meters/43-feet-5¾).
 
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