Indoor Track and Field

Ashland Pair Earns Regional Honors for Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field

by Keith Nunez, USTFCCCA 

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the regional honorees on the eve of the 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. The national meet begins Friday and continues Saturday in Mankato, Minn.

The 2008 regional honorees for Division II indoor track and field:

North Central Region

Men's Track: Denise Mokaya, Minnesota State University

Mokaya won the 800 meters and the mile in leading Minnesota State to its third straight North Central Conference indoor title. He is ranked second nationally in the 800 (1:51.41) and the mile (4:07.05). Mokaya, the 14^th-place finisher at the 2007 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, is a sophomore from Ngong, Kenya.

Men's Field: Matt Gersick, Adams State College

Gersick won the weight throw and finished second in the shot put to teammate John Ybarra at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference indoor meet in Kearney, Neb. A junior from Pueblo, Colo., Gersick qualified for the NCAA meet in both events and is seeded second in the weight throw with a best of 62-11½.

Men's Coach: Ryan Baily, Western State College of Colorado

Western State won its first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's indoor title since 1996 by outscoring arch-rival Adams State, 195 to 155 ½ points. The Mountaineers qualified four individuals and their distance medley for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Baily is in his third season as Western State's head track and field coach.

Click here to view the complete men's release.

Click here to view the complete women's release.