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.
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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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