By FHSU Sports Information<\/b><\/p>\n
Photo courtesy FHSU SID<\/em><\/p>\n INDIANAPOLIS – Fourteen Tigers have been selected to compete in the 2018 installment of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted in Charlotte, N.C. May 24-26. Eight men and six women for the Tigers earned the right compete in the meet.<\/p>\n For the men, Malcom Gardner<\/a>, Decano Cronin<\/a>, Brett Meyer<\/a>, Kolt Newell<\/a>, Lucas Broxterman<\/a>, Jake Morrow<\/a>, Sam Dreiling<\/a> and TJ Dozier<\/a> received the invitation. Kelly Wycoff<\/a> and Amber Forbes<\/a> will both compete in two events for the women, while Selam Ball<\/a>, Courtney Geiger<\/a>, Madison Wolf<\/a> and Alexcia Deutscher<\/a> will take part in one throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n Gardner will compete in the 200-meters with his 13th<\/sup>-best time at 20.97. Cronin looks to the 800-meters as he holds the second-strongest time in Division II at 1:47.98. Holding the third-best time in the 1,500-meters, Meyer brings his 3:43.64 mark to nationals.<\/p>\n The remaining Tiger men will compete on the field side of things, including Newell and Broxterman in the high jump. Both cleared a 12th<\/sup>-best height of 6 feet, 11 inches. Morrow and Dreiling will see each other in the pole vault, as Morrow brings in a ninth-best height of 16 feet, 11 inches and Dreiling comes in at No. 14 with a mark of 16 feet, 9 inches. Dozier owns a 16th<\/sup>-strongest throw in the discus to qualify with his mark of 173 feet, 8 inches.<\/p>\n Wycoff earned a spot in both the 200-meters and 400-meters as she owns the fifth-fastest time in the 400-meters (54.42) and clocks in at No. 15 in the 200-meters with a mark of 24.07. Forbes will compete in the 200-meters as well with her time of 24.05 for the 11th<\/sup>-best, while also earning a lane in the 100-meters at 11.64.<\/p>\n Ball will compete in the pole vault, earning the 16th<\/sup> seed with a height of 12 feet, 8 inches. Geiger looks to produce a strong showing as she was selected for the discus with her qualifying mark of 156 feet, 8 inches. Both Wolf and Deutscher capture qualifications in the javelin, with Wolf owning the top throw in the nation at 167 feet, 3 inches, and Deutscher claiming the fifth seed with a throw of 157 feet, 9 inches.<\/p>\n Championship Schedule<\/a> Below is the schedule for the Tigers at the 2018 Championships.<\/p>\n Thursday, May 24<\/strong> Friday, May 25<\/strong>
\nLive Video<\/a>
\nLive Results<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWomen’s pole vault finals (Ball) – 12 pm ET
\nMen’s 1,500 meter prelims (Meyer) – 5:10 pm ET
\nWomen’s 400 meter prelims (Wycoff) – 5:55 pm ET
\nWomen’s 100 meter prelims (Forbes) – 6:10 pm ET<\/p>\n
\nMen’s high jump finals (Newell & Broxterman) – 3:30 pm ET
\nMen’s discus finals (Dozier) -4:00 pm ET
\nMen’s 200 meter prelims (Gardner) -5:35 pm ET
\nWomen’s 200 meter prelims (Forbes & Wycoff) -6:20 pm ET
\nMen’s 800 meter prelims (Cronin) – 6:05 pm ET<\/p>\n