Eagle Track and Field Concludes Great Midwest Championships in Second Place

The Ashland University track and field team capped off the 2026 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships with a runner-up finish.

The Eagles, competing on the road at Hayden Park on the campus of Hillsdale College, placed second in both the men's and women's team standings. The men finished behind the Tiffin University Dragons, 186.66 to 163, while the women came up just short of the Hillsdale College Chargers, 219.5 to 214. 

Although Ashland was unable to capture a team title, the Eagles still secured numerous individual medal finishes and individual awards throughout the championship meet.

Award Winners:

• Men's Co-Freshman of the Meet: Ed Boehmer and Jon Lutz
   
• Women's Co-Freshman of the Meet: Reese Landis

First Place Finishes:

• Hailey Rios: Women's Long Jump - 6.07 Meters

• Medgine Wojton, Brianna Chenevey, Alexis Wims, Hailey Rios: Women's 4x100-Meter Relay - 45.37

• Colton Thress: Men's 800-Meter Run - 1:49.29

• Jon Lutz: Men's 110-Meter Hurdles - 13.66

• Dominick Brister: Men's 100-Meter Dash - 10.48

• Jade Avance: Women's 800-Meter Run - 2:07.07

• Brayden Jackson: Men's Pole Vault - 5.32 Meters

Second Place Finishes: 

• Molly Winner: Women's Hammer Throw - 54.88 Meters

• Reese Landis: Women's 10,000-Meter Run - 35:20.85

• Dominick Brister: Men's 200-Meter Dash - 21.09

• Vivian Walter: 100-Meter Hurdles - 14.27

• Trinity Keith, Dominick Brister, Liam Mann, Joe Wahl: Men's 4x100-Meter Relay - 40.57

• Brianna Chenevey, Olivia Saylor, Jordan Rosales, Jade Avance: Women's 4x400-meter Relay - 3:44.67

• Kara Fields: Heptathlon - 4,502 Points

• Caleb Hague: Decathlon - 6,062 Points

• Abigail Hartzler: Women's High Jump - 1.66 Meters

• Brianna Chenevey: Women's 200-Meter Dash - 24.29

• Molly Winner: Women's Shot Put - 15.61 Meters

• Miranda Stone: Women's Discus - 46.29 Meters

• Reese Landis: Women's 5,000-Meter Run - 17:13.77

Third Place Finishes:

• Ed Boehmer: Decathlon - 6,000 Points

• Rilynn Jones: Women's 400-Meter Hurdles - 1:03.69

• Alex Eggleston, Dominick Brister, Daylen Madison, Colton Thress: Men's 4x400-Meter Relay - 3:15.71

• Molly Coleman: Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase - 11:18.78

• Olivia Saylor: Women's 400-Meter Run - 55.57

• Wes Taylor: Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase - 9:14.23

• Leslie Pollock: Women's Hammer Throw - 54.46 Meters

• Carter Smith: Men's Pole Vault - 5.12 Meters

• Jennifer Patrick: Women's Discus - 45.11 Meters

• Hayden Valenti: Men's Hammer Throw - 59.64 Meters

• Sidney Sheppert: Women's Triple Jump - 11.56 Meters

• Roosevelt Zeigler: Men's 200-Meter Dash - 21.48

• Hope Sievert: Women's 800-Meter Run - 2:11.17

• Abby Wheeler: Women's High Jump - 1.63 Meters

The Eagles will now begin preparation for the 2026 NCAA Division II outdoor national championships, which are set to begin on Thursday, May 21, in Emporia, Kansas.