Track & Field Wraps Up Regular Season With Three Events During Last Chance Meet Week

OVERVIEW – LAST CHANCE WEEK -  LEN PADDOCK OPEN / HARRISON DILLARD TWILIGHT / GVSU LAST CHANCE MEET
LOCATION: Michigan – Ann Arbor, Mich. / Baldwin Wallace – Berea, Ohio / Grand Valley St. – Allendale, Mich.
RECAP: Northwood men's and women's track & field competed at their final meets of the regular season during Last Chance Week (May 8-11) in hopes of qualifying for the 2025 NCAA DII Outdoor championships at the end of the month.

LEN PADDOCK OPEN

INSIDE THE MEET - FOR THE MEN

• Matheu Morrison claimed fourth place in the 110m hurdles, clocking a time of 14.09.
• Diogo Vaz posted a time of 21.76 in the 200m, placing ninth overall.  His new personal-best is tied for tenth in program history.
• Michael Cook finished fifth in the 400m hurdles, crossing the line in 55.34.
• Evan Hurley cleared 1.91m in the high jump to place third overall.
• Omari Hairston recorded a 15.09m toss in the shot put to place fifth.
• The men's 4x100m relay team of Andrew Braman, Arthur Powell IV, Diogo Vaz, and Carson Daniel ran 41.24 to place third overall.

INSIDE THE MEET - FOR THE WOMEN

• Keiyera Johnson placed sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.83. She reset her program record as a sophomore, becoming the only Northwood woman ever to run a sub-15 100m hurdle race.
• Jenna Gaul finished tenth in the 400m hurdles, clocking a 1:06.93.
• Kelsey Hansen took fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 55.42m. Hansen also competed in and placed tenth in the shot put with a 12.75 m toss.

HARRISON DILLARD TWILIGHT

INSIDE THE MEET – FOR THE MEN

• Preston Earl (3:52.75), Elliot Carey (4:00.47), and Alex Meszaros (4:13.04) took on Baldwin Wallace's Harrison Dillard Twilight meet, running the 1500m. Earl was NU's best finisher, taking ninth just behind his personal-best in his final race as a Timberwolf.

INSIDE THE MEET – FOR THE WOMEN

• Ariel Warner (2:15.63) and Kaylee Locke (2:17.73) led Northwood in the women's 800m. Warner placed fifth while Locke took 12^th in their final races of the season.

GVSU LAST CHANCE MEET

INSIDE THE MEET – FOR THE MEN

• Matheu Morrison won the men's 110m hurdles competition with a season-best 14.02 mark. The NCAA provisional mark is 21^st in DII this season.
• Will Nemecek took second in the shot put, posting a 17.40m toss. Nemecek currently sits 17^th nationally with a 17.77m mark set at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet (April 26).
• Diogo Vaz placed 12^th in the 100m dash, finishing in 10.96.

INSIDE THE MEET – FOR THE WOMEN

• Kelsey Hansen competed in the hammer and shot put competitions. She set a new PR in the shot put with a 14.58m toss, the 22^nd-best mark in DII this season. In the hammer throw, she took fifth with a 53.82m mark. Hansen is currently No. 15 in the hammer throw this year with the 57.17m toss at the G-MAC Outdoor Championships (April 30).

UP NEXT

• Northwood men's and women's track & field await the final declarations and the reveal of the 2025 NCAA DII Outdoor Championships official qualifiers. Qualifiers are announced on Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. on NCAA.com