Winner Picks Up Outdoors Where She Left Off Indoors At G-MAC Meet

Ashland University sophomore Molly Winner earned indoor Great Midwest Athletic Conference field Athlete of the Meet and Athlete of the Year not too long ago.
 
On Wednesday (April 30), Day 1 of the 2025 Great Midwest outdoor Championship at home, Winner started down those potential paths once again following a league title in the women's hammer throw at 60.18 meters/197-feet-5.
 
Winner led the AU women, who won the league indoor team title for a second consecutive year in the winter, to an early tie for second place, along with Cedarville, with 23 points. Hillsdale is first with 30 points.
 
Also in the women's hammer, sophomore Leslie Pollock was fourth with an improved provisional mark for the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, at Pueblo, Colo. on May 22-24, at 57.07 meters/187-feet-3. Junior Kennedy Flores is sixth with a new provo distance of 54.72 meters/179-feet-6.
 
In the men's hammer throw, senior Brock Janowicz took fourth with an improved provo of 58.58 meters/192-feet-2), senior Jacob Bechtel was fifth at 56.11 meters/184-feet-1), and sophomore Aidan Hernandez-Jenkins was seventh at 55.31 meters/181-feet-5.
 
Sophomore Kara Fields was fourth in the women's javelin throw at 35.07 meters/115-feet-0.
 
To end the day, junior Braeden Geist took third in the men's 10,000-meter run at 30:58.58, while senior Colton Pinkerton placed fifth in 31:10.47.
 
Ashland's men are in third place with 21 points early on, behind Findlay (34 points) and Tiffin (23 points).

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Day 2 of the Championship starting at 9 a.m. on Friday (May 1).