Midwest Region

Drew Windle, Ashland

Windle, a junior from New Albany, Ohio, was at one point the collegiate leader over 800 meters with his all-time Division II indoor best 1:46.52 at the Grand Valley State Big Meet. He is now ranked second overall among all collegians in 2014 behind The Bowerman Watch List "also receiving votes" candidate Edward Kemboi of Iowa State. His season also included GLIAC titles at 800 meters and as part of the winning 4×400 and distance medley relays. He is the top seed at 800 meters for the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, and he will also run legs of Ashland’s top-ranked 4×400 relay and third-seeded distance medley relay.

Midwest Region

Kalena Franklin, Grand Valley State

Franklin, a senior from West Branch, Mich., finished the regular season as Division II’s third-fastest 60-meter hurdler (8.33), the eighth-fastest at 200 meters (24.57) and the 17th-best at 400 meters. In leading her Lakers to the GLIAC team title, she won both at 200 meters and in the 60-meter hurdles and anchored the winning 4×400 relay. Franklin will contest the 200 meters and 60-meter hurdles races, in addition to running a leg of GVSU’s fourth-seeded 4×400 relay.

Midwest Region

Justin Welch, Findlay

Welch, a junior from Luckey, Ohio, is the Division II leader in the weight throw with two separate marks of 72-2¼ (22.00m), ranking him third on the all-time Division II performers list and No. 6 on the 2014 all-college list. That mark was achieved both in a win at the Oiler Opener and a third-place showing during the elite competition at the Findlay Open. He finished runner-up at the GLIAC Championships in the weight throw, and notched a sixth-place finish at the USATF Indoor Championships. He will contest the weight throw at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships.

Midwest Region

Jessica Bridenthal, Ashland

Bridenthal, a junior from Akron, Ohio, is the top-ranked weight thrower in Division II at 67-8¼ (20.63m) and the No. 3 thrower in the shot put (50-7¼/15.42m). At the GLIAC Championships she won the weight throw title and finished runner-up in the shot put. She has thrown 67 feet or farther in the weight throw on three different occasions in 2014. Bridenthal will compete in both the weight throw and the shot put at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships.

Midwest Region

Jerry Baltes – Grand Valley State

Baltes’ Lakers finished the season ranked No. 1 in the region and are No. 4 in the country before the NCAA Championships where they have 14 entries. The GVSU men won the GLIAC title for the 14th time in a 15-year span.

Midwest Region

Jerry Baltes – Grand Valley State

Baltes, in his 15th year, led the GVSU women to its 15-straight GLIAC title and brings a tied-national-leading 19 entries into the NCAA Championships. The squad finished No. 1 in the region and is currently ranked No. 3 in the nation.

Midwest Region

Trent Mack – Ashland

Mack, Ashland’s distance coach in his fourth year, guided Drew Windle to an all-time all-conditions Division II best of 1:46.52 at Grand Valley State’s Big Meet. Third-ranked Ashland holds a nation’s best five entries in middle-distance events into the NCAA Championships, including four in the mile. The DMR under Mack’s tutelage enters the national meet with the No. 3 seed (9:55.79).