Challenge - Spring/Summer 2012 - Tiffin University

Outdoor Track & Field
Five athletes competed at the NCAA Division II National
Championships. Overall, TU had five national qualifiers, broke
13 school records and had 93 additions to the top 10 list.
For the men, Travis LeFlore was seeded fifth in the high
jump, one of two automatic qualifiers. His school record jump
of seven feet, one inch was done at the Hilltopper Relays.
LeFlore was second at the GLIAC Championships, his fourth
straight top four finish.
Sophomore Lynzi Daughenbaugh scored a school record
3587 points to place eighth at indoor nationals, becoming
just the second NCAA DII all-american in school history.
Senior John Pemberton
qualified for
the NCAA Division II
National Championships
in the shot put
after finishing third at
the GLIAC Championships.
Lynzi Daughenbaugh was seeded 13th in the pentathlon.
Her school record score of 4900 points was done at the
Larry Ellis Invitational. Daughenbaugh was third at the GLIAC
Championships.
At the GLIAC Championships, Tiffin’s women scored 74
points to place third. Kayla Ellks had a strong meet as she
was second in the triple jump and third in the long jump.
D’Wanda Ford was runner-up in the long jump. Third place
performances also came from Daughenbaugh (heptathlon)
and Gerhardt (discus).
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John Pemberton was seeded seventh in the shot put. His
best put this season is 57 feet, 7.50 inches at the Shamrock Invitational.
Pemberton was third at the GLIAC Championships.
Emmanual Grembo was seeded 12th in the 100-meter
dash. His school record time of 10.47 was done at the GVSU
Last Chance Meet. He won the 100m dash at the GLIAC
Championships. Grembo qualified as part of the 400m relay
team last year.
At the GLIAC Championships, the TU men’s team scored
99 points to place fourth. Grembo became the first Dragon to
win the 100m dash at the league met. He was also third in the
long jump. Runner-up performances came from Zach Cernansky
in the 110m hurdles and LeFlore in the high jump.
For the women, Katie Gerhardt was seeded sixth in the
discus. Her school record toss of 167 feet, four inches was
done at the GVSU Last Chance Meet. She was third at the
GLIAC Championships. Gerhardt was also seeded 16th in the
shot put. Her school record put of 47 feet, 6.25 inches was
done at the Hilltopper Relays. Gerhardt was among the top
eight at the GLIAC Championships.
Men’s & Women’s Golf
Tiffin University’s men’s golf team hit another memorable
milestone with their selection to the NCAA Midwest/South
Regional at Jefferson City, Missouri. Tiffin finished the regular
season as the sixth seed in the Midwest Region. Only Ferris
State (2nd) and Grand Valley State (4th) were ranked higher
amongst GLIAC schools in the region.
The men’s golf team enjoyed one of their best seasons
ever in 2011-12, placing fourth or higher in six different tournaments.
They won the Great Lakes Regional, while also winning
the Kyle Ryman Memorial. They finished second at the GLIAC
Championships and also took second at the Findlay Invitational.
A trio of Tiffin University golfers, including Head Coach
Darby Roggow, was named to the 2012 All-GLIAC squad.
Senior Dillon Klein earned his third consecutive Second
Team All-GLIAC citation, while junior Blake DeBruyn also
earned his second consecutive conference honor. DeBruyn
jumped from Honorable Mention in 2011 to a Second Team
pick this year. Klein led the team with a 74.07 average while