Posted: May 07, 2015

Averesch Breaks Record at Toledo

The University of Findlay men and women's track and field teams competed at Toledo, Hillsdale and North Central on May 7.

At Toledo, Justin Welch won the hammer throw with a NCAA automatic qualifying toss of 223'02.50. He also took tenth in the shot put with a provisional qualifying heave of 52'05.50.

Taylor Miller earned a third place finish in the shot put with a provisional mark of 59'07.50 and also took sixth in the hammer throw with a provisional throw of 181'08.25.

Mathieu Marcoccia scored a seventh place finish in the shot put with a provisional toss of 54'01.25 while Brian Jennings was seventh in the hammer (171'05.25) and 13th in the shot put (46'04).

Ben Hahler achieved provisional status with a throw of 53'05 in the shot put while Mitch Adkins took tenth in the hammer at 148'05.75.

Kendra Averesch had a great day at Toledo for the women's team, posting a second place finish in the shot put with a NCAA automatic qualifying and school record-breaking throw of 51'10.50. She also placed fourth in the hammer throw with a provisional heave of 174'10.25.

Erica King took second in the hammer throw with a provisional mark of 178'06.50 while Liz Streacker was 17th in the hammer throw at 151'09.25.

At Hillsdale, the Oilers 4x400-meter relay team of Sergi Torres, Maliik Briggs, Dillon Webster and Derek Collins won with a provisional time of 3:11.33.

Derek Spindler also added a fourth place finish in the pole vault at 15'03.75.

On the women's side at Hillsdale, Pam Showman was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a provisional time of 14.04 and teamed with Maud Sanmiquel, Laura Hernandez and Shelby Stump to score a provisional mark in the 4x400-meter relay at 3:48.43. The time was good enough for fourth place.

Sanmiquel also added a seventh place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.64.

At North Central, Melanie Ruich finished 13th in the 5000-meter run with a time of 17:48.56.