Dowdell Breaks Yet Another School Record As No. 11 Eagle Women Open Weekend

If it's a day that ends in Y, it's likely Ashland University senior Lily Dowdell will break a school record.
 
Ashland University's No. 11-ranked women's and Eagle men's outdoor track and field teams opened a weekend competing all over the country with action at the Lee (Tenn.) Fast Break Athletics Invitational on Friday (April 11).
 
And Dowdell, like she did indoors in four different events, put her name on yet another record book line on Friday – placing fifth in the women's 5,000-meter run in a school-record 16:29.55. That time also is a new provisional mark for the 2025 NCAA Division II Championships, at Pueblo, Colo. on May 22-24.
 
In the men's 1,500 run, junior Nate Slater also earned a new provo time, taking third in 3:46.46. In the women's 200 dash, sophomore Brianna Chenevey won and set a new track record in 24.07 seconds.
 
The men's 200 dash saw junior Derrick Amapps take second (21.37 seconds) and senior Jacob Pielech finish third (21.67 seconds).
 
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Three different meets on Saturday (April 12) – Lee, the Lenoir-Rhyne Southside Power and Fitness Invitational, and Mount Union's John Homon Open.