TIFFIN, Ohio - Deborah Broderson (pentathlon) and the men's 800-meter relay team set school records as the Tiffin University men's and women's track teams competed at two meets. TU had 52 top 10 finishes, 11 NCAA Division II Provisional marks and 22 additions to the top 10 list.
The men and women both competed at the NCAA DII Team Challenge in Geneva, Ohio. Team scores are not available at this time. The men also sent a group of runners to the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City.
For the men at the Challenge, Ralph Robinson won the 35-LB weight throw with a toss of 57 feet, 11.25 inches. That hit the NCAA Provisional Standard and is second longest in TU history. Zane Lawrence won the shot put with a put of 51 feet, one inch.
In the triple jump, Antonio Combs and Tony Shead tied for second with a jump of 46 feet, 8.25 inches. Shead was also runner-up in the long jump (22 feet, one inch). Third place finishes came from Reid Kibler in the long jump (22 feet, 3/4th of an inch), Jon Lester in the heptathlon (4150 points) and Seth Vermillion in the 800 (1:57.57).
At the Armory, Lamar Hargrove was runner-up in the 200m dash with an NCAA Provisional mark of 21.83 (VIDEO). The 1600m relay team of Ishan Garrett, Dom Colvin, Reginald Mortel and Hargrove ran a provisional time of 3:17.86. They placed second behind Army, an NCAA Division I school. (VIDEO)
The 800m relay team of Colvin, Tony Marshall, Garrett and Stephon Goodwin ran 1:31.17. That broke the school record of 1:31.19 set in 2012. In addition, Colvin, Garrett and Mortel all hit NCAA Provisional marks in the 400m dash.
For the women, Deborah Broderson had a dominant performance in winning the pentathlon (3750). That hit the NCAA Provisional Standard and is fourth best in the country. Broderson hit the provisional mark in the long jump (18 feet, 2.25 inches) and broke the school record of 3587 set by All-American Lynzi Daughenbaugh in 2012. In fact, Broderson broke into the top 10 in TU history in four of the five events. She has a better high jump.
Ashley DeWitt was a double winner taking the shot put and 20-LB weight (45 feet, 10.75 inches/ 60 feet, 9.50 inches). Her weight toss hit the provisional standard. Miranda Mondozzi was a NCAA Provisional qualifier in the shot put (45 feet, 9.75 inches). Ashley Gilroy won the 5000 with a time of 18:18.55.
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