INDIANAPOLIS - Malone's Ashton Dulin and Ja'Vonne Brashears were named Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week again on Monday.
Dulin, a sophomore from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was selected as the G-MAC Track Athlete of the Week after his outstanding showing at Ohio State University's Jesse Owens Classic on Saturday. Competing against a field of primarily NCAA Division I competitors, Dulin broke his own G-MAC records in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles.
In the 110 hurdles, Dulin provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships after registering a fourth-place finish in 14.46 seconds. The Impressive time moves Dulin up to fifth on the Pioneers' all-time performance list in the event and ranks as the 24th-fastest time in NCAA Division II this year.
In the 400 hurdles, Dulin earned a runner-up finish with a mark of 52.06 seconds. The strong showing ranks as the ninth-best 400 hurdles time in Division II this year and was just shy of his personal best of 51.79 seconds.
Brashears, a freshman from Springfield, Ohio, earned the G-MAC Field Athlete of the Week distinction after recording a second-place finish in the long jump at Otterbein University on Friday evening. Brashears' leap of 21' 10" (6.65 meters) is the top long jump performance in the G-MAC so far this year and ranks as the fourth-best performance in the conference's history.
In addition to his impressive mark in the long jump, Brashears also helped Malone's 4 x 100-meter relay team collect a fifth-place finish. The freshman teamed with Desmond Sallee, Orlando Scott and Daniel Brown, to clock a time of 43.85 seconds.