Posted: Mar 08, 2019
Jones, Rynard qualify for NCAA DIII Championship finals at indoor nationals
BOSTON -- Texas Lutheran's Darren Jones (Waller/Waller) and Ashley Rynard (Temple/Temple) will race Saturday for NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships in the men's 60-meter dash and the women's 800, respectively, after qualification in the preliminary rounds Friday at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
Jones, Rynard and TLU shot put stand-out Garrett Garza (Round Rock/Stony Point) all will be in action Saturday in Boston, and all three have expectations for high finishes in the championship finals.
Jones races at 1:20 p.m. central / 2:20 p.m. easter in the men's 60. Garza competes in the men's shot put, starting at 2:15 p.m. central / 3:15 p.m. eastern. Rynard takes to the track in the 800 at 2:55 p.m. central / 3:55 p.m. eastern.
Jones takes the fourth-fastest time into the eight-man final. Rynard brings the third-fastest time into the eight-woman final. Garza has the fifth-best shot put toss in DIII entering the shot put final.
In the 60's first prelim Friday, Jones hit the line with a school-record time of 6.84 seconds. The three heat winners automatically moved to the Saturday final. The next five fastest times also advanced to the final.
Jones won his heat by .01 over Josh Koenecke of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Koenecke also qualified for Saturday's final.
Jones will be in lane 3 for the championship final. The final will take place at 1:20 p.m. central / 2:20 p.m. eastern.
Rynard will be one of eight women vying for the NCAA DIII's 800 crown. She posted the third-fastest time of the preliminary round with a 2:13.06. She will start in lane 1 for the final.
Rynard finished third in her Friday preliminary round, but she was in the fast heat, which included top qualifiers Phoebe Aguiar of Macalester and Ayden Eickhoff of Bates.
Both Jones, Rynard and Garza competed in the 2018 NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Jones was an All-American with TLU's national runner-up 4x100 relay, and Rynard finished ninth in the 800 (one spot out of All-America designation).
Event 2 Men 60 M - Prelims
Jones, Rynard and TLU shot put stand-out Garrett Garza (Round Rock/Stony Point) all will be in action Saturday in Boston, and all three have expectations for high finishes in the championship finals.
Jones races at 1:20 p.m. central / 2:20 p.m. easter in the men's 60. Garza competes in the men's shot put, starting at 2:15 p.m. central / 3:15 p.m. eastern. Rynard takes to the track in the 800 at 2:55 p.m. central / 3:55 p.m. eastern.
Jones takes the fourth-fastest time into the eight-man final. Rynard brings the third-fastest time into the eight-woman final. Garza has the fifth-best shot put toss in DIII entering the shot put final.
In the 60's first prelim Friday, Jones hit the line with a school-record time of 6.84 seconds. The three heat winners automatically moved to the Saturday final. The next five fastest times also advanced to the final.
Jones won his heat by .01 over Josh Koenecke of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Koenecke also qualified for Saturday's final.
Jones will be in lane 3 for the championship final. The final will take place at 1:20 p.m. central / 2:20 p.m. eastern.
Rynard will be one of eight women vying for the NCAA DIII's 800 crown. She posted the third-fastest time of the preliminary round with a 2:13.06. She will start in lane 1 for the final.
Rynard finished third in her Friday preliminary round, but she was in the fast heat, which included top qualifiers Phoebe Aguiar of Macalester and Ayden Eickhoff of Bates.
Both Jones, Rynard and Garza competed in the 2018 NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Jones was an All-American with TLU's national runner-up 4x100 relay, and Rynard finished ninth in the 800 (one spot out of All-America designation).
Event 2 Men 60 M - Prelims
============================================================ ======= 3 heats; advance winner plus next 5 best to final. CR: $ 6.68 3/15/2014 Thurgood Dennis, Wis.-Eau Claire Comp# Name Year School Prelims H# ============================== ============================== ======= Preliminaries 1 #797 Kai Cole FR Wesley 6.77Q 2 2 #540 Davonta Womack SR Bridgewater (Va.) 6.81Q 3 6.802 3 #758 Darren Jones JR Texas Lutheran 6.84Q 1 4 #531 Calvin Jordan JR Benedictine (Ill.) 6.81q 2 6.801 5 #827 Josh Koenecke SO Wis.-La Crosse 6.85q 1 6.843 6 #823 Seth Holden SO Wis.-La Crosse 6.85q 3 6.844 7 #846 Robert Ogbuli SO Wis.-Oshkosh 6.88q 2 8 #900 Aleigh McIntyre SO Medgar Evers 6.89q 1 9 #735 Ian Clough SO St. Lawrence 6.90 2 6.891 10 #512 Randolph Fry SR Adrian 6.90 2 6.899 11 #747 Dereck Davis SO Stevenson 6.91 3 6.902 11 #796 Jacob Ridenhour SO Webster 6.91 1 6.902 13 #721 Cameron Dobbins SR Rutgers-Camden 6.91 3 6.904 14 #689 Tyler O'Bryant SR Oneonta 6.91 3 6.907 15 #532 DeVonte Wilson SR Benedictine (Ill.) 6.92 3 6.915 16 #586 Justin Percival JR Farmingdale St. 6.92 3 6.918 17 #608 Hayden Snow JR John Carroll 6.93 1 18 #800 Jaevon Hardy SR Westminster (Pa.) 6.94 1 6.934 19 #523 Michael Johnson JR Augustana (Ill.) 6.94 2 6.935 20 #703 Darren Petty SR Randolph 6.94 1 6.938 21 #588 Kenny May SR George Fox 7.05 2
Event 7 Women 800 M - Prelims
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3 Heats. Advance top 2 from each heat plus next best 2 to final
Double Waterfall (Prelim: 4-3 & 4-2; Final: 5-3)
Two-turn stagger
CR Banked: $ 2:06.53 3/10/2018 Emily Richards, Ohio Norther
Comp# Name Year School Prelims H#
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Preliminaries
1 # 232 Phoebe Aguiar SR Macalester 2:10.85Q 2
30.870 (30.870) 1:03.936 (33.066) 1:38.056 (34.121)
2:10.848 (32.792)
2 # 111 Kelly Brennan JR Baldwin Wallace 2:13.81Q 3
32.714 (32.714) 1:07.207 (34.493) 1:40.556 (33.350)
2:13.805 (33.250)
3 # 236 Esther Seeland FR Messiah 2:16.02Q 1
33.878 (33.878) 1:11.686 (37.809) 1:43.288 (31.603)
2:16.018 (32.730)
4 # 115 Ayden Eickhoff SR Bates 2:11.80Q 2
32.049 (32.049) 1:04.944 (32.895) 1:39.090 (34.147)
2:11.797 (32.708)
5 # 428 Anna Passannante JR Williams 2:13.85Q 3
32.750 (32.750) 1:07.170 (34.420) 1:40.839 (33.669)
2:13.849 (33.010)
6 # 480 Sydney Packard JR WPI 2:17.53Q 1
34.007 (34.007) 1:11.994 1:43.389
2:17.528 (34.139)
7 # 368 Ashley Rynard JR Texas Lutheran 2:13.06q 2
31.221 (31.221) 1:04.194 (32.973) 1:38.425 (34.231)
2:13.055 (34.630)
8 # 261 Bailey Tregoning SR MIT 2:13.54q 2
31.752 (31.752) 1:04.673 (32.921) 1:38.764 (34.091)
2:13.536 (34.772)
9 # 241 Cassidy Kearney FR Middlebury 2:14.04 3
33.087 (33.087) 1:07.534 (34.448) 1:41.070 (33.537)
2:14.040 (32.970)
10 # 465 Johanna Meister JR Wis.-Platteville 2:14.89 3
32.907 (32.907) 1:07.463 (34.557) 1:41.727 (34.264)
2:14.890 (33.163)
11 # 380 Kaitlyn Van Baale FR U. of Chicago 2:15.49 2
31.596 (31.596) 1:04.601 (33.006) 1:39.367 (34.767)
2:15.486 (36.120)
12 # 281 Avery Ewing SR Ohio Northern 2:16.96 3
33.438 (33.438) 1:07.928 (34.490) 1:42.391 (34.464)
2:16.952 (34.561)
13 # 198 Mary Lundin SR Hamilton 2:17.11 3
33.096 (33.096) 1:07.420 (34.325) 1:41.744 (34.324)
2:17.102 (35.359)
14 # 361 Kathleen Jaeger SR TCNJ 2:17.41 2
31.836 (31.836) 1:04.781 (32.945) 1:39.504 (34.723)
2:17.406 (37.902)
15 # 246 Meg Wilson JR Middlebury 2:17.69 2
32.506 (32.506) 1:06.007 (33.502) 1:41.357 (35.350)
2:17.686 (36.329)
16 # 262 Carly Danoski JR Moravian 2:17.84 1
34.104 (34.104) 1:12.053 (37.950) 1:44.972 (32.920)
2:17.837 (32.865)
17 # 302 Margaret McCaffer SR RIC 2:18.48 1
33.843 (33.843) 1:11.944 (38.101) 1:44.411 (32.468)
2:18.472 (34.061)
18 # 248 Mackenzie Dixon SO Millikin 2:20.53 3
32.920 (32.920) 1:07.754 (34.834) 1:43.308 (35.554)
2:20.528 (37.220)
-- # 205 Sarah Rudge JR Ithaca FS 1
-- # 260 Margaret Trautner JR MIT DQ 1 Rule 5-5.2a
34.178 (34.178) 1:11.498 (37.321) 1:43.168 (31.670)
2:22.374 (39.207)