Provisional Marks Pour In For AU Men, Women At 14th Alumni Open

If Ashland University's men's and women's outdoor track and field teams wanted to set a tone prior to the 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships, that tone was set on Saturday (April 27) during the second and final day of the 14^th Ashland Alumni Open.
 
A dozen nationals marks were posted on Saturday, as Eagles continue to jockey for spots at the 2024 NCAA Division II Championships, May 23-25 in Emporia, Kan..
 
The new provos were turned in by redshirt freshman Molly Winner in the women's shot put elite, as she won at 15.00 meters/49-feet-2½; redshirt freshman Hailey Rios in the women's 200-meter dash in a winning time of 24.19 seconds, and in the women's 100 dash in a first-place finish of 11.61 seconds; and junior Caden Morris in the men's long jump at a second-place mark of 7.62 meters/25-feet-0.
 
Improved provos were earned by:

• Junior D.J. Duncan in the men's 110 hurdles (first place, 13.69 seconds, after 13.93 seconds in the prelims).
• The men's 4x100 relay team of Morris, freshman Lucas Anderson, sophomore Levi Hondred and redshirt freshman Roosevelt Zeigler (first, 40.48 seconds).
• The women's 4x100 relay quartet of freshman Odessa Smith, senior Alena Williams, junior Greta Barker and Rios (first, 45.90 seconds).
• Freshman Alex Eggleston in the men's 400 hurdles (first, 53.01 seconds).
• Smith in the women's 100 hurdles (first, 13.94 seconds).
• Williams in the women's 100 dash (second, 11.62 seconds).
• Junior Julian Griffin in the men's 110 hurdles (second, 14.17 seconds).
• Anderson in the men's 100 dash (fourth, 10.44 seconds).

FIRST PLACE – Junior Noah Wood in the men's 400 dash (49.11 seconds), sophomore Jade Avance in the women's 400 dash (56.86 seconds), and junior Abby Below in the women's 400 hurdles (1:03.59),
 
SECOND PLACE – Sophomore Jaelyn Palmer in the women's 3,000 steeplechase (12:57.42), freshman Matthew Noel in the men's high jump (2.02 meters/6-feet-7½), junior Ethan Schuster in the men's 400 dash (49.37 seconds), senior Brenden Jackson in the men's 400 hurdles (53.24 seconds), and senior Emma Liberatore in the women's high jump (1.62 meters/5-feet-3¾),
 
THIRD PLACE – Freshman Amandine Binet in the women's 3,000 steeplechase (13:17.35), freshman Justin Patrick in the men's shot put (15.01 meters/49-feet-3), sophomore Jaycob Kolleda in the men's high jump (1.97 meters/6-feet-5½), freshman Brian Turner in the men's 400 dash (49.82 seconds), sophomore Dhiren Brickman in the men's 800 run (1:54.92), senior Elizabeth Adams in the women's 200 dash (25.11 seconds), senior Riley Thomas in the women's long jump (5.49 meters/18-feet-0¼) and senior Brock Janowicz in the men's discus throw elite (49.35 meters/161-feet-11).
 
Ashland assistant coach DaJuan Seward won the men's long jump at 7.69 meters/25-feet-2¾.
 
UP NEXT
The 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference outdoor Championship, Wednesday-Friday (May 1-3) at Hillsdale.