Following the third and final day of the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday (March 15) in Indianapolis, Ind., both of Ashland University's teams finished in 12
th place as a team.
The Eagle men were alone in 12
th place with 16 team points, and the AU women tied for 12
th with 17 team points.
Ashland's squads earned five more D-II All-American citations on Saturday, two in school-record showings:
- In the men's pole vault, junior Garrett Baker earned his third All-American honor, set a new school record and finished a career-best third at nationals in 5.44 meters/17-feet-10¼.
- Junior Jade Avance set a new program standard in the women's 800-meter run, finishing fourth in 2:06.27 for her fourth All-American honor.
- The men's 4x400 relay of senior Colin Hunkele, sophomore Brian Turner, senior Noah Wood, and senior Jacob Pielech placed fifth in 3:09.96. It is Wood's third All-American, Hunkele's first at Ashland, and Turner and Pielech's first overall.
- Sophomore Molly Winner took sixth in the women's shot put at 15.21 meters/49-feet-11, taking her second All-American citation in as many days.
- And senior D.J. Duncan is a first-time All-American after a seventh-place showing in the men's 60 hurdles in 7.98 seconds.
The women's 4x400 relay quartet of sophomore
Brianna Chenevey, juniors
Montana Walker and Avance and senior
Mia Gardner placed ninth in 3:42.62. In the women's triple jump, fifth-year
Aniya Seward was 15
th at 11.95 meters/39-feet-2½.
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