Eagle Men, Women Add To Nationals Marks To End Midwest Classic

The second and final day of the Midwest Classic was Saturday (Feb. 1) in Indianapolis, Ind., and the No. 9-ranked Ashland University women's indoor track and field team and No. 10-ranked Eagle men kept the provisional marks coming for the 2025 NCAA Division II Championships, March 13-15 in Indianapolis, Ind..
 
Winning their respective events and improving upon their previous provisional times on Saturday were seniors D.J. Duncan (men's 60-meter hurdles, 7.95 seconds) and Jacob Pielech (men's 400 dash, 47.57 seconds).
 
Another senior, Lily Dowdell, was second in the women's 3,000 run with an improved provo time of 9:44.93 - breaking her own recently-set school record; junior Nate Slater took third in the men's mile run with a new provo of 4:07.85; and sophomore Odessa Smith finished fifth in the women's 60 hurdles with an improved provo of 8.69 seconds.
 
Junior Daylen Madison won the men's 800 run in 1:52.22, and there were four other third-place showings:

• Graduate Alena Williams in the women's 60 dash (7.65 seconds).
• Graduate Hope Sievert in the women's 800 run (2:13.92).
• The women's 4x400 relay of junior Montana Walker, sophomore Brianna Chenevey, junior Jade Avance and senior Mia Gardner (3:46.77).
• The men's 4x400 relay of sophomores Brian Turner and Colton Thress, Madison and Pielech (3:16.76).

UP NEXT
Back to the Niss Athletic Center for the Fourth Jud Logan Light Giver Open on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 7-8). More information on the home meet is HERE.