Jones, Rynard, Garza each grab All-America honors at D3 indoor championships
BOSTON -- Texas Lutheran student-athletes Darren Jones (Waller/Waller), Ashley Rynard (Temple/Temple), and Garrett Garza (Round Rock/Stony Point) each grabbed NCAA Division III All-America honors Saturday at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.
At the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center, the Bulldogs collected All-America honors from Jones in the men's 60-meter dash, Rynard in the women's 800 meters, and Garza in the men's shot put.
Jones took third in the 60. With 20 meters to go, Jones appeared tied for the lead with eventual national champion Kai Cole of Wesley. Cole pulled ahead late in the race and won in a time of 6.80.
Jones and Calvin Jordan of Benedictine (Ill.) posted times of 6.83. Jordan took the runner-up spot when the result went to the thousandth of a second. Jordan clocked a 6.824, and Jones posted a 6.827.
Jones' time is a new school record. The All-America honor is his first in indoor track & field. He has one outdoor track & field All-America citation after running on the 2018 national runner-up 4x100 relay team.
The third-place finish is the second-best indoor result in TLU Men's Indoor Track & Field history. Marquis Brown won the 2017 indoor national title in the 400.
TLU Indoor Women's Track & Field also has a national championship - the 2007 indoor 4x400 relay. Rynard was looking to add her name to the women's champions list.
In the 800 final, Rynard ran in a pack that chased Phoebe Aguiar of Macalester from the start. Aguiar led nearly wire-to-wire and won in a time of 2:07.50.
Rynard took sixth in a time of 2:13.09. The All-America honor is the first for Rynard in either indoor or outdoor. She was ninth in last year's outdoor 800.
Garza also captured his first All-America award. He placed eighth in the shot put with a toss of 16.81 meters (55 feet, 2 inches). The top eight qualify for All-America honors in all events.
Garza's best mark came on his fourth toss. He is TLU's first indoor NCAA All-American in a men's throwing event.
David Kornack of Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the shot put with a toss of 19.83 meters (65 feet, 0.75 inches).
Event 30 Men Shot Put
Two seeded flights; random draw within flight.
Warmup: 45min prelim; 15min max for final.
Advance top 9 after ties to finals. Reverse order
Follow new attempt time limits (Rule 6-1)
CR: $ 18.81m 3/14/2015 Roger Steen, Wis.-Eau Claire
Comp# Name Year School Final H# Points
Final
1 # 811 David Kornack SR Wis.-Eau Claire 19.83m$ 65-00.75 2 10
19.83m FOUL 17.71m 18.40m FOUL FOUL
2 # 581 Blaze Murfin SR Dubuque 18.58m 60-11.50 2 8
15.87m 17.27m 18.38m FOUL FOUL 18.58m
3 # 767 Keanu Heedram JR Utica 17.50m 57-05.00 1 6
17.50m 17.13m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
4 # 526 Ryan Njegovan SR Aurora 17.28m 56-08.50 2 5
17.01m 17.02m 17.28m FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 # 663 Sean Sherman JR Mount Union 17.15m 56-03.25 2 4
16.44m 17.15m 16.70m 16.46m 17.11m 16.78m
6 # 883 Kevin Ruechel SO Wis.-Stout 16.98m 55-08.50 2 3
15.20m 16.98m 16.81m 16.63m FOUL 16.06m
7 # 601 Zach Anderson JR Illinois Wesleyan 16.89m 55-05.00 2 2
FOUL 16.89m 16.66m 16.79m FOUL FOUL
8 # 757
Garrett Garza JR Texas Lutheran 16.81m 55-02.00 2 1
16.31m 16.48m 16.67m 16.81m FOUL FOUL
9 # 741 Gage O'Brien JR St. Thomas (Minn.) 16.72m 54-10.25 1
16.72m FOUL FOUL 15.33m FOUL 16.08m
10 # 734 Kai Barber SO St. John's (Minn.) 16.29m 53-05.50 1
15.43m 14.99m 16.29m
11 # 591 Michael Hensch SR Gustavus Adolphus 16.01m 52-06.50 1
15.56m 16.01m 15.67m
12 # 738 David Danhauer SR St. Thomas (Minn.) 15.99m 52-05.50 2
15.99m FOUL 15.93m
13 # 819 Daniel Graf SO Wis.-La Crosse 15.74m 51-07.75 1
15.69m FOUL 15.74m
14 # 546 Josh Miller SO Capital 15.62m 51-03.00 1
15.58m 15.62m FOUL
15 # 541 Tony DeYoung JR Brockport St. 15.53m 50-11.50 1
15.50m FOUL 15.53m
16 # 594 Eric Dols SR Hamline 15.38m 50-05.50 2
FOUL 14.82m 15.38m
17 # 651 John Hintz SR Monmouth (Ill.) 15.36m 50-04.75 1
FOUL 15.36m 14.96m
18 # 656 Lucas Cooper JR Mount Union 15.02m 49-03.50 1
14.46m FOUL 15.02m
-- # 688 Jacob Smith SO Olivet FOUL 1
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- # 764 Alex Scott JR U. of Chicago FOUL 2
FOUL PASS PASS
Event 2 Men 60 M
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 Final Points
Final
1 # 797 Kai Cole FR Wesley 6.80 10
2 # 531 Calvin Jordan JR Benedictine (Ill.) 6.83 8 6.824
3 # 758
Darren Jones JR Texas Lutheran 6.83 6 6.827
4 # 827 Josh Koenecke SO Wis.-La Crosse 6.88 5
5 # 846 Robert Ogbuli SO Wis.-Oshkosh 6.91 4
6 # 823 Seth Holden SO Wis.-La Crosse 6.99 3
7 # 900 Aleigh McIntyre SO Medgar Evers 7.01 2
8 # 540 Davonta Womack SR Bridgewater (Va.) 7.07 1
Event 7 Women 800 M 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 Final Points Final 1 # 232 Phoebe Aguiar SR Macalester 2:07.50 10 30.093 (30.093) 1:02.145 (32.053) 1:34.854 (32.709) 2:07.500 (32.647) 2 # 428 Anna Passannante JR Williams 2:11.03 8 32.149 (32.149) 1:05.813 (33.664) 1:38.944 (33.132) 2:11.021 (32.077) 3 # 115 Ayden Eickhoff SR Bates 2:11.37 6 32.371 (32.371) 1:05.552 (33.181) 1:38.726 (33.175) 2:11.365 (32.640) 4 # 236 Esther Seeland FR Messiah 2:11.82 5a 31.403 (31.403) 1:05.211 (33.809) 1:38.596 (33.386) 2:11.811 (33.215) 5 # 261 Bailey Tregoning SR MIT 2:12.73 4 32.705 (32.705) 1:05.914 (33.210) 1:39.924 (34.010) 2:12.730 (32.807) 6 # 368 Ashley Rynard JR Texas Lutheran 2:13.09 3 31.364 (31.364) 1:05.333 (33.970) 1:39.093 (33.760) 2:13.084 (33.991) 7 # 480 Sydney Packard JR WPI 2:15.24 2 31.153 (31.153) 1:04.364 (33.211) 1:39.465 (35.102) 2:15.235 (35.770) 8 # 111 Kelly Brennan JR Baldwin Wallace 2:17.73 1 32.056 (32.056) 1:05.955 (33.900) 1:41.211 (35.256) 2:17.722 (36.511)