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..
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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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UP NEXT
The Tiffelberg Open on March 30 at Tiffin.
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