No. 17 AU Men, Eagle Women Open 2024 Great Midwest Outdoor Championships

The first day of the 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships was Wednesday (May 1) at Hillsdale, and the No. 17-ranked Ashland University men and Eagle women already are on the team scoreboard.
 
In the men's hammer throw, eight points were collected by the triumvirate of junior Jesse Houle (fifth place, 61.61 meters/202-feet-1), junior Brock Janowicz (sixth, 57.86 meters/189-feet-10) and redshirt freshman Aidan Hernandez-Jenkins (eighth, 54.87 meters/180-feet-0).
 
Then, in the men's 10,000-meter run, sophomore Braeden Geist finished seventh in 31:39.52.
 
That gave Ashland's men 10 team points through two events, putting the Eagles in fourth place.
 
Junior Kaylyn Barnette finished seventh in the women's hammer throw at 51.95 meters/170-feet-5. With two team points, Ashland's women are in a tie for eighth place through two events.
 
Also on Wednesday, junior Wyatt Cory leads the men's decathlon through five of 10 events with 3,571 points, and in the women's heptathlon, freshman Kara Fields is in first place with 3,063 points though four of seven events.
 
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Day 2 of the Championships on Thursday (May 2), starting at 9 a.m..