GLIAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Teams Set to Participate at NCAA DII Championships
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the participants for the 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships. A total of 400 participants will compete in the championships.
Student-athletes qualified by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. The championships will be held March 11-12 in Albuquerque, N.M., at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Adams State College and the Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau will serve as co-hosts of the championships.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) will be well represented this week in Alburquerque. The seven GLIAC men's teams representing the GLIAC are are, Ashland, Findlay, Grand Valley State, Lake Erie, Lake Superior State, Saginaw Valley State and Tiffin.
Last year, six GLIAC teams finished in the top 30 for the mens championship. Those schools included Ashland (7th), Hillsdale (10th), Tiffin (13th), Findlay (14th), Saginaw Valley State (24th), and Grand Valley State (30th).
Click here for D-II Indoor Track & Field Championship Information
Below is a list of GLIAC men who qualified for the National Championships this year.
200 Meter
Dash
| Lyndon Johnson | Sr | Findlay |
| Chris Burrows | So | Lake Erie |
400 Meter Dash
| Chris Burrows | So | Lake Erie |
800 Meter Run
| Tom Scott | Jr | Ashland |
5000 Meter Run
| Tyler Emmorey | Jr | Grand Valley St. |
| Jeff Nordquist | Jr | Grand Valley St. |
4x400 Meter Relay
| Greg Schaible Curtis Smithey Lyndon Johnson John Guagenti Simon Bernard | Sr Jr Sr Jr Sr |
Findlay
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| Cyrus Granger Jacob Cook Keith Cleveland Cory Lamar Tom Scott | Jr Fr Fr So Jr |
Ashland
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High Jump
| Edward Dudley | Fr | Lake Erie |
| Cary Vales | Jr | Findlay |
| Travis LeFlore | Jr | Tiffin |
Pole Vault
| Shane Shockey | So | Findlay |
| Eric Klucar | So | Lake Erie |
| Lee Miller | Jr | Tiffin |
Triple Jump
| Jonathon Allen | Sr |
Lake Superior St. |
Shot Put
| Kurt Roberts | Sr | Ashland |
| Daniel Vanek | Jr | Grand Valley St. |
| Derrick Vicars | Jr | Findlay |
| Matt Armstrong | Jr | Grand Valley St. |
| DJ Duke | Fr | Ashland |
| John Pemberton | Jr | Tiffin |
Weight Throw
| Ryan Loughney | Jr | Ashland |
| Mike Jeffery | Sr | Ashland |
| Garrett Grey | So | Ashland |
| Derrick Vicars | Jr | Findlay |
| Richard Quick | So | Ashland |
| Nathaniel Kurtz | Sr | Findlay |
Heptathlon
| Tyler Grob | So | Saginaw Valley |
| Isaac Snyder | So | Lake Erie |
Click here to view a list of all 200 male student-athletes who have qualified for the NCAA Championship.