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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Along with another scoring race from Ivanova Yanes, Jaylynne Thomas and Spencer Ochko paced the Nova Southeastern women’s and men’s track and field on the final day of competition at the Peach Belt Conference Championships on Saturday at the Embry-Riddle Track Complex. Both Sharks teams closed the meet with a sixth-place finish.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (t-6th, 36 points)
FINAL MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (6th, 17 points)
LOCATION: Embry-Riddle Track Complex | Daytona Beach, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube

FIELD EVENTS
Senior Spencer Ochko provided the top performance for the Shark throwers on the final day, earning the bronze medal in the men’s discus with a 39.44m (129-4) toss. On the women’s side, senior Jaylynne Thomas threw 11.36m (37-3.25) to finish fourth in the shot put. Late in the day, Thomas added her third score of the meet, finishing with a new career high of 37.37m (122-7) in the discus to add another fourth-place performance.
 
In the jumps, senior Eileen Platten logged a score with a seventh-place 9.76m (32-0) in the women’s triple jump.
 
RUNNING EVENTS
Just 12 hours after claiming the 10k title in her first go-around with the race, Ivanova Yanes added a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m, chopping 28 seconds off her previous best to run an 18:19.70.
 
RELAY EVENTS
Closing out the overall competition, the NSU team of Christina Adams, Tessa Grotzinger, Ellyn Willse and Yanes finished sixth in the 4x400m relay with a combined time of 4:30.92.
 
FINAL SCORES
The women’s team ended the competition in a tie for sixth place with Augusta on 36 points. The men’s team logged 17 points for a sixth-place finish. Justin Jackson and Carly Rothert earned spots on the All-Sportsmanship Team for the PBC.
 
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Topping the field in her first collegiate 10,000m, Sharks freshman Ivanova Yanes headlined the performances for the Nova Southeastern women’s and men’s track and field teams on the opening day of competition at the Peach Belt Conference Championships, Friday at the Embry-Riddle Track Complex.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
DAY 1 WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (5th, 17 points)
DAY 1 MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (6th, 6 points)
LOCATION: Embry-Riddle Track Complex | Daytona Beach, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube

RUNNING EVENTS
A graduate of Hollywood’s Avant Garde Academy Broward, Yanes made a huge splash at the conference level for the second time in her rookie campaign. Taking on her first collegiate 10,000m run, Yanes was bouncing between second and third up until the final four laps. However, with a half-mile remaining, she took charge of the race, employing a kick that rushed her to the front and set up an 18-second win over Columbus State’s Alli Hay in 38:38.54. In the process, Yanes cut dangerously close for a debut performance to Annabel Knoll’s 2016 NSU event record, falling just 34.28 seconds shy. This is not the first time the two Shark runners have been mentioned together this year, as Yanes made her cross country debut at the Sunshine State Conference Championships, earning fourth place to become the SSC Freshman Runner of the Year – the first Shark to earn that honor since Knoll in 2015.
 
FIELD EVENTS
Senior long jumper Abdrrazek Azlag turned in the Sharks’ top field event finish of the opening day of competition, reaching fourth in the men’s event by raising his career best to 7.02m (23-2.5) with a 15-inch addition in the championships.
 
In the women’s javelin, sophomore Christina Adams boosted her career best by hitting a mark of 33.07m (108-6) on her final throw to garner fifth place – extending her career long by 3.13m (10 foot-3 inches) for the scoring performance.
 
The women’s and men’s hammer throw opened the day and were the first scoring events for the Sharks, as both seniors Jaylynne Thomas (36.68m/120-4) and Spencer Ochko (24.53m/80-06) earned eighth place in their respective events.
 
Senior Carly Rothert closed out the opening day field events with a seventh-place finish in the women’s high jump at 1.50m (4-11).
 
At the end of the first day of competition, the Sharks women rank fifth with 17 points, while the men are sixth with six points. 
 
UP NEXT
Peach Belt Championships action resumes on Saturday with an 8:00 a.m. start for the women’s 5,000m and 10:00 a.m. opening throw for the women’s shot put. Following the 4x400m relays to finish off the meet, the closing ceremonies and awards presentations are set for 4:00 p.m.
 
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern men’s and women’s track and field teams are headed north this weekend to compete in the Peach Belt Conference Championships at the ERAU Track Complex on the campus of Embry-Riddle, Friday-Saturday, April 30-May 1. The Sharks enter the weekend with 14 performances ranked among the league’s top 10’s and more on the fringe of scoring opportunities.

The Shark throwers have the best pre-meet positioning for scoring chances. Senior Spencer Ochko enters the weekend with a No. 2 PBC ranking in the discus at 42.20m (138-5), also set up at 11th in the javelin at 32.06m (105-2). On the women’s side, senior Jaylynne Thomas won every meet she faced in the shot put, ranking third in the PBC with a top distance of 11.59m (38-0.25). Thomas also ranks sixth in the discus (36.67m/120-4) and eighth in the hammer throw (36.25m/118-11). In the Javelin, there are additional NSU chances, with senior Nadiv Galindo ranking eighth at 40.77m (133-9) and sophomore Christina Adams at ninth on the women’s side at 29.88m (98-0), followed by senior Carly Rothert at 12th.

The jumps could also be a fruitful event set for the Sharks. Senior Justin Jackson sits at sixth in the triple jump at 13.54m (44-5.25), while classmate Abderazek Azlag is seventh in the long jump at 6.68m (21-11). In the women’s field, Rothert ranks seventh in the high jump at 1.50m (4-11) and does come in at 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 9.50m (31-2) – however, her career-best of 10.91m (35-9.5) produced a third-place finish in her last PBC appearance (2019).

The distance races could prove the most surprising for the Peach Belt opposition, as freshman Ivanova Yanes is ninth in the 5,000m with a lone-race time of 18:47.10. Yanes will also compete in the 10,000m without a recorded competition time. The last time she went into a championship an unknown, she garnered the Sunshine State Conference Freshman Runner of the Year Award at the SSC Cross Country Championships, earning third in her first collegiate cross country race.

The Championships commence on Friday, April 30 with the women’s then men’s hammer throw events at 10:00 a.m. The end of the opening day for NSU will close on the women’s 10,000m with a 7:35 p.m. start. The action continues on Saturday with an 8:00 a.m. start for the women’s 5,000m and 10:00 a.m. opening throw for the women’s shot put. Following the 4x400m relays, the closing ceremonies and awards presentations are set for 4:00 p.m.

The meet schedule can be found HERE. Embry-Riddle will be providing a live stream during events at the meet, which will be broadcast on the SSC Digital Network page.

Live results for the Peach Belt Championships can be found through TIMING, INC.

The Sharks will be active on social media throughout the meet with added content on Instagram Story. To keep up with Sharks track and field, follow on Twitter @NSU_XCTF, on Instagram @NSU_XCTF and on Facebook /NSUXCTF.
 

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MIRAMAR, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern women’s and men’s track and field teams closed out the 2021 regular season on Saturday with the South Florida Challenge #4 at the Ansin Sports Complex. The Sharks celebrated 13 seniors prior to the event and both teams finished fourth overall in the eight-team field.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (4th, 67)
FINAL MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (4th, 45)
LOCATION: Ansin Sports Complex | Miramar, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube

SHARK SENIORS
Abderazek Azlag (Casablanca, Morocco – Schools L’Ambassadeur), Inigo Cillero
(Getxo, Spain – Colegio Gaztelueta), Quynlan Duffy (Ripon, Wisconsin – Ripon HS), Carli Etrick (Melbourne, Florida – Melbourne HS), Nadiv Galindo (Miami Gardens, Florida – Barbara Coleman HS), Justin Jackson
(Miami, Florida – Christopher Columbus HS), Abigail Kohlmeier (Cape Coral, Florida – Cape Coral HS), Spencer Ochko (Carbondale, Colorado – Roaring Fork HS), Riley Pardo-Duffin (Mansfield, Massachusetts – Mansfield HS), Eileen Platten (Naples, Florida – Gulf Coast HS), Carly Rothert (Elmore, Ohio – Woodmore HS), Jaylynne Thomas (Cumberland, Rhode Island – Cumberland HS), Ellyn Willse (Fort Walton Beach, Florida – Florida Tech after Butler HS)

FIELD EVENTS
As she has performed all season, senior Jaylynne Thomas came through for the Sharks on Saturday, winning the dicus with a toss of 36.67m (120-3), as well as the shot put with a mark of 11.39m (37-4.5). Classmate Riley Pardo-Duffin also finished third in the shot put at 6.51m (21-4.25).
 
In the men’s discus, senior Spencer Ochko topped collegiate performers with a second-place finish toss of 39.11m (128-3).
 
At the javelin runway, Carly Rothert earned second place with a throw of 27.46m (90-1), also earning the top spot in the high jump with a leap of 1.50m (4-11). On the men’s side of the javelin, senior Nadiv Galindo was second overall at 40.77m (133-9).
 
In horizontal jumps, senior Abderazek Azlag was the top collegiate finisher behind a pair of unattached performers with a leap of 6.42m (21-0.75).
 
Rounding out the field events, senior Quynlan Duffy finished just behind former Shark Ian Towne with the top collegiate finishing height of 3.50m (11-5.75).
 
RUNNING EVENTS
In the women’s 1500m, Ivanova Yanes narrowly trailed Palm Beach Atlantic’s Abigail Bateman, finishing second in a time of 4:53.29. In men’s distance, Aaron Weimer came in third in the 5000m at 16:57.36. 
 
UP NEXT
The next date on the schedule is April 30-May 1, as NSU’s field of qualifiers head north to Daytona Beach for the Peach Belt Championships.
 
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MIRAMAR, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern women’s and men’s track and field teams earned second and third place, respectively, in Saturday’s South Florida Challenge #3 at the Ansin Sports Complex, paced by the efforts of the Shark throwers and distance corps.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (2nd, 85)
FINAL MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (3rd, 54)
LOCATION: Ansin Sports Complex | Miramar, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
 
FIELD EVENTS
Representing the Shark throwing corps, Jaylynne Thomas had a quality showing, first winning the hammer with a third-throw toss of 33.85m (111-1) and then also clinching gold in the shot put on a final heave of 11.03m (36-02.25). In addition, Thomas earned third in the discus with a mark of 27.96m (91-9). On the men’s side, Spencer Ochko claimed second in the discus on a career-best toss of 42.20m (138-05), after coming in third in the hammer with a mark of 24.03m 78-10. For the jumps, Carly Rothert snagged second place in the women’s high jump with a leap of 1.45m (4-9).
  
RELAY EVENTS
The men’s 4x100m relay of Cote Strike, Abdrrazek. Azlag, Quynlan Duffy and Justin Jackson took the top spot with a combined time of 44.71. The women’s 4x400m earned second with a time of 4:35.61 for the crew of Maya Espinosa, Tessa Grotzinger, Abigail Kohlmeier and Ellyn Willse.

RUNNING EVENTS
Freshman Ivanova Yanes continues her distance victory tour just two weeks after coming in fourth at the Sunshine State Cross Country Championships, leading the pack in the 5000m with an 18:47.10, well ahead of the crowd, including teammate Leah Marville, who finished second in a time of 19:25.26. Also a high finisher in cross country (13th at SSC), Espinosa took second in the 800m in 2:27.90. In the men’s 5000m, Aaron Weimer and Cody Brown came in second and third, with respective times of 16:19.68 and 16:45.23.
 
Led by Thomas’ and Yanes’ efforts, the women’s team grabbed second place in the meet with a score of 85, while the men were third with 54 points.
 
UP NEXT
The Sharks will see their first gap in the schedule with a 35-day break from competition before the April 17 South Florida Challenge #4 at Ansin Sports Complex. That meet will mark the final regular season meet for NSU and Senior Day for the Sharks.
 
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MIRAMAR, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern men’s and women’s track and field teams competed Tuesday in their second competition of the 2021 season at the Ansin Sports Complex, with both teams earning third place among the field at the South Florida Challenge #2. The Sharks totaled six first-place finishes on the day.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (3rd, 72)
FINAL WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (3rd, 121)
LOCATION: Ansin Sports Complex | Miramar, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
 
FIELD EVENTS
Shark field events competitors produced four top finishes, split evenly between throws and jumps. In the men’s triple jump, Justin Jackson went 13.54m (44-5.25) for the win. In her first high jump of the year, Carly Rothert tied for first with a 1.40m leap (4-7). Meanwhile, in the throwing ring, Jaylynne Thomas notched a pair of career bests to win both the shot put (11.59m/38.25) and discus throw (34.79m/114-2).
 
In addition, Abdrrazek Azlag earned second in the men’s long jump at 6.26m (20-6.50), Rothert was second in the women’s javelin at 25.16m (82-6) and Eileen Platten finished third in both the women’s triple jump (9.78m/32-1.0) and long jump (4.35m/14-3.25). For her third top-four finish of the day, Rothert was also fourth in the triple jump at 9.50m (31-2.0). Spencer Ochko was third in both the men’s discus (37.97m/124-7) and shot put (10.13m/33-03.0).
  
RUNNING EVENTS
Fresh off the cross country course, freshmen Ivanova Yanes and Maya Espinosa shined for the Sharks. Yanes led Espinosa in a 1-2 finish of the 1500m, coming in at 5:00.31 and 5:01.81, respectively. Espinosa also claimed the top spot in the 800m with a time of 2:30.59, ahead of Ellyn Willse in second place. On the men’s side, Aaron Weimer claimed second place in the 1500m with a time of 4:20.69.
 
RELAY EVENTS
The meet featured one relay event, the 4x800m, and the Sharks women’s quartet of Yanes, Lauren Breski, Leah Marville and Taylar Sherman earned second place with a combined effort of 10:39.15.

UP NEXT
The Sharks are back at Ansin for the third time this year and the second time this week, returning Saturday for the South Florida Challenge Meet #3 on March 13.
 
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MIRAMAR, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern track and field squads opened up competition for the 2021 season on Saturday at the Ansin Sports Complex, finishing fourth in both men’s and women’s competition at the South Florida Challenge #1 Meet.
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL MEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (4th, 50)
FINAL WOMEN’S RANKINGS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (4th, 42)
LOCATION: Ansin Sports Complex | Miramar, Fla.
FOLLOW US: @NSU_XCTF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
 
FIELD EVENTS
The Sharks produced three event winners in the throwing events, highlighted by a clear personal best toss in the men’s javelin by Spencer Ochko, who topped his previous best by over 10 feet with a 105-2 (32.06m) event-winner. Nadiv Galindo also logged a second-place finish in the even at 88-0 (26.83m). Ochko also finished fourth in the discus at 119-5 (36.40m) and sixth in the shot put at 33-1.75 (10.10m).
 
Christina Adams also captured the victory in the javelin on the women’s side, just three inches shy of her collegiate best at 98-0 (29.88m). Meanwhile, Carly Rothert finished second with a huge personal-best distance of 93-1 (28.39m), adding six inches to her previous distance.
 
Rounding out the trio of throwing victors, Jaylynne Thomas added a full 13¾ inches to her career best in the shot put, topping the field with a 37-3.25 (11.36m) toss.
 
Leading the jumps for the Sharks, Abdrrazek Azlag earned third in the men’s long jump with a career-long 21-11 (6.68m) leap. Justin Jackson jumped 43-4.5 (13.22m) in the men’s triple jump for fourth. On the women’s side, Eileen Platten reached 15-4.75 (4.69m) in the long jump for fourth place.
 
RUNNING EVENTS
Making her collegiate debut for the Sharks, Hollywood, Fla. rookie Ivanova Yanes topped the running events for NSU with a third-place finish in the 1500m in a time of 4:59.38.
  
UP NEXT
The Sharks will return to Ansin for their second of four meets at the facility this season, coming back to competition on March 9 in the South Florida Challenge Meet #2.
 
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern men’s and women’s track and field squads jump right into their 2021 seasons on Saturday at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, competing in the first of four meets hosted by St. Thomas at the facility the schools share. The Sharks only made it two meets into the 2020 campaign before the season was cut short.
 
“To say we’re excited to get back into competition is an understatement,” 13th-year head coach Bryan Hagopian said. “It’s been a year and for some athletes it’s been two years since they’ve seen a competition, so we’re very ready. We’ve got some great opportunities, some awesome kids that are going to finish their career on a high note and we’re just really pumped up. We’ve got some great senior leaders to guide our freshman class to quicker maturity, and we’re ready to have a great season.”

On Saturday, February 20, the Sharks head to Miramar for the first South Florida Challenge meet. As hosts, the Bobcats will get things started with field events, specifically the javelin, at 2:30 p.m. The final field event begins at 6:30 p.m. with the pole vault. The running events will open up at 5:00 p.m. with the 5000m and close with the 4x400m relay at the end of a rolling schedule.
 
The Sharks and Bobcats will meet three more times this year, as South Florida Challenge meets will be held on March 9, March 13 and then the Sharks will hold their Senior Day at the final regular season meet, April 17.
 
The Peach Belt Championships are slated for April 30-May 1 on Embry-Riddle’s campus in Daytona Beach, while the NCAA DII Championships are in Grand Valley, Michigan, May 27-29.
 
For this weekend’s meet in Miramar, live results can be found HERE
 
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Officials from the Peach Belt Conference announced on Thursday the league’s 2019-20 Track & Field Teams of Academic Distinction, and 14 student-athletes from Nova Southeastern were among those recognized for academic accolades.
 
The NSU women’s and men’s track and field squads each registered seven honorees apiece.
 
Representing the women’s team are sophomore Charissa Bacon (Marketing/Lakewood, Wash.), who recently won NSU’s Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship Wonder Women Award, as well as Peach Belt Elite 15 Award winner senior Michelle Bauer (Finance/St. Marys, Pa.). Also among honorees for the women’s squad are junior Tiara Robinson (Biology/Oakland Park, Fla.), sophomore Carly Rothert (Biology/Elmore, Ohio), senior Katie Tallman (Athletic Training/York, Pa.), senior Morgan Will (Marine Biology/Virginia Beach, Va. and graduate student Ellyn Willse (Marine Science/Fort Walton Beach, Fla.).
 
Representing the men’s team not just in these honors, but also as the men’s Peach Belt Elite 15 Award winner is Quynlan Duffy (Biology/Ripon, Wisc.), as well as sophomore Inigo Cillero (Finance/Getxo, Spain), junior Justin Jackson (Sport Management/Miami, Fla.), senior Joel Lacy (Marketing/Plantation, Fla.), senior Mitch Moczygemba (Sport Management/Medford, Ore.), senior Jared Robinson (Legal Studies/Gainesville, Fla.) and sophomore Andrew Swanson (Biology/Bakersfield, Calif.).
 
Formerly known as the All-Academic team, the Teams of Academic Distinction are part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as in competition. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), have completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee the program.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Officials from the Peach Belt Conference have announced that Nova Southeastern student-athletes Quynlan Duffy and Michelle Bauer are the winners of the league’s men’s and women’s track and field Elite 15 Awards, presented by EAB. The awards are traditionally presented to the athlete with the highest overall cumulative GPA competing at the conference championships. However, with the cancellation of all spring sports, the field was expanded to all PBC athletes in the sport. The grades used to calculate the award were through the fall 2019 semester.

Duffy is the second-straight NSU Shark to win the men’s track and field Elite 15 Award. A sophomore Chemistry major from Ripon, Wisc., Duffy participates in NSU’s Razor’s Edge Research program with an emphasis on mental illness and neurological disorders. Duffy won the pole vault in both meets he competed in this spring. He cleared the bar at 4.10m at the NSU Sharks Invitational, the second-highest vault in the PBC in the shortened 2020 season. He also ran on the 4x800m relay team which won at the NSU Sharks Invitational and competed in the 1500m and on the 4x400m relay team.

Michelle Bauer is the first NSU athlete to win the women’s track and field Elite 15 Award. A junior on the track and senior in the classroom from St. Marys, Pa., Bauer will graduate with her degree in Finance and minors in Honors Transdsciplinary Studies, Spanish, International Business and Experiental Leadership – She was named to the PBC All-Academic team last season. Bauer is also a member of the NSU Honors Student Advisory Board, is a Razor’s Edge Leadership Scholar and is a Chief Justice Officer in the NSU Student Government Association. Bauer ran the 5000m in her only meet of the 2020 season, but finished in fourth place in the 10k at the PBC Championships in 2019 and 2018. She has three top-five career finishes in the 10k and three more in the 3,000m steeplechase.

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