Walsh Results  |  Bucknell Results

The Malone University men's and women's track & field teams sent student-athletes to the Walsh University Invitational and the Bucknell University Bison Classic on Saturday afternoon.

Despite having only a portion of its overall team in attendance at Walsh, the Malone men still managed to place fourth among 16 squads while the Pioneer women placed eighth among 17.

Ashton Dulin won both the 400-meter hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles at Walsh.  He broke his own Great Midwest Athletic Conference record and improved his NCAA DII provisional qualifying position in the 400 hurdles with a time of 52.89 seconds.  Dulin also tied his own G-MAC record in 110-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 14.53 seconds which was an identical match to his performance earlier this season at High Point University. 

For the third time since the outdoor season began in late March, Duke Taylor broke the G-MAC's discus record.  His winning toss of 182' 0" on Saturday was over 22 feet better than the second-place finisher.  The impressive showing improves his NCAA DII provisional qualifying position and was less than two feet shy of his own personal record in the event.  Taylor's strong day also included a runner-up finish in the hammer throw with a heave of 186' 8".

Just like Taylor in the men's discus, Michelia Tanner also broke the G-MAC discus record for the third time this year on the women's side.  Tanner's third-place throw of 141' 3" was an over three-foot improvement on her previous personal-best.

Joshua Woika surpassed the G-MAC record in the high jump as he placed first with a leap of 6' 4.75" (1.95 meters). 

At Bucknell, Erika Rector provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships in the 800 meters after finishing 13th among 124 competitors with a season-best time of 2:13.10.
 
Additional Women's Highlights – Walsh
Olga Branney finished runner-up in the high jump with a leap of 5' 2.5".

Rebekah Carr placed third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.05 seconds.  The performance places Carr at No. 8 on the Pioneers' all-time performance list in the event.  Katie Grimes also scored in the 400 meters for the Pioneers as she placed seventh with a mark of 59.12 seconds.

The Pioneers' 4 x 400-meter relay team of Grimes, Elisha Cooper, Maggie Poorman and Carr finished runner-up in 3:56.41.  The impressive time ranks as the sixth-fastest in G-MAC history.

Emily Luli took fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:25.74.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Kelsey Veldhuizen placed fourth in 15.49 seconds, Madelynn McDermott was seventh in 15.97 and Mary Briceland was eighth in 16.15 seconds.  McDermott also took seventh in the 400 hurdles in 1:09.06.

The 4 x 100-meter relay team of Veldhuizen, Cooper, Paiten Strother and Jaylyn Vance took sixth in 49.56 seconds. 

Strother also placed seventh in the long jump at 16' 5".
 
Additional Men's Highlights - Walsh
Logan Studer took home a third-place finish in the pole vault.  His leap of 13' 7.75" (4.16 meters) puts him in a tie for ninth in the G-MAC's all-time record book.

The Pioneers' 4 x 100-meter relay team of Ja'Vonne Brashears, Desmond Sallee, Orlando Scott and Dulin placed sixth in 43.35.  The performance ranks as the eighth-fastest in G-MAC history.

In addition to Dulin's strong showing, Joshua Easley also scored in the 110-meter hurdles, taking seventh in 15.88 seconds.

Aaron Schaller placed sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:17.31.

Brashears secured a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 43' 2.5".  The performance ranks as the eighth-best in G-MAC history.

Evan Main placed sixth in the high jump with a mark of 5' 10.75"

In the hammer throw, Austin Cary took over the No. 9 position on the Pioneers' all-time performance list and the No. 7 spot in the G-MAC record book with a toss of 148' 3". 

Up Next:
Malone will compete at the Otterbein Twilight Invitational and the Ohio State University's Jesse Owens Classic next weekend.