No. 21 AU Men, Women Go In Day 2 Of Outdoor Nationals

Friday (March 23) marked Day 2 of the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Pueblo, Colo., with the No. 21-ranked Ashland University men and women competing in a final and four preliminaries.
 
In the women's 800-meter run prelims, junior Jade Avance qualified for Saturday (May 24) night's finals, having the fourth-best overall time at 2:06.01.
 
Later, in the women's 100 hurdles prelims, fifth-year Aniya Seward won her heat and ended with the fourth-best time in the field at 13.33 seconds – putting her in Saturday night's finals.
 
Also on Friday:

• Senior D.J. Duncan ended 15^th in the men's 110 hurdles prelims in 14.03 seconds.
• The women's 4x400 relay of sophomore Brianna Chenevey, freshman Olivia Saylor, senior Mia Gardner and Avance was 15^th in the prelims in 3:48.73.
• In the women's 800 run prelims, graduate Hope Sievert was 22^nd in 2:15.96.
• In the women's high jump, junior Abby Wheeler did not record a height.

In the women's team standings, Ashland's six points put it in a tie for 14^th place through seven of 21 events. On the men's side, the Eagles' six points are good for a tie for 17^th through eight of 21 events.
  3:15 p.m. – Winner in women's shot put
7:30 p.m. – Seward in women's triple jump
8 p.m. – Seward in women's 100 hurdles finals
9 p.m. – Avance in women's 800 run finals
10:05 p.m. – Dowdell in women's 5,000 run