DyeStat.com – News – Cordell Tinch Leads Pittsburg State Men to Back-to-Back Division 2 Titles, Azusa Pacific Secures Second Women’s Crown in Three Years

Tinch runs wind-aided 12.87 in 110-meter hurdles for fastest all-conditions performance in collegiate history, adds victories in high jump and long jump to help Gorillas also complete indoor and outdoor sweep; Olson, Walker win championships on final day for Azusa Pacific, with Childress, Deysel and West Texas A&M men’s 4×100 all achieving Division 2 records

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Cordell Tinch had another opportunity at completing the trifecta, and his three victories – including the fastest 110-meter hurdles race under all conditions in collegiate history – propelled Pittsburg State to a men’s title in a third consecutive season with 62 points.

APU once again became “Day 3-PU”, as Azusa Pacific scored 55 of its 66 points over the final 13 events to capture a second women’s crown in three years at the NCAA Division 2 Outdoor Championships at Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl Stadium in Pueblo, Colo.

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In addition to Tinch’s remarkable performance, Saginaw Valley State’s Cheyenne Wiliamson increased her career total to nine national titles, including a third heptathlon crown and first high jump victory, with Grand Valley State’s Judith Essemiah winning a third consecutive women’s hammer throw championship and Academy of Art’s Marie-Jeanne Ourega achieving a three-peat in the women’s long jump, as well as Angelo State’s Devoux Deysel, Pittsburg State’s Auna Childress and the men’s 4×100 relay from West Texas A&M all achieving Division 2 records.

Winona State’s Lindsay Cunningham doubled in the women’s 5,000 and 10,000, with Divonne Franklin of California University in Pennsylvania and Makanakaishe Charamba of Carson Newman both securing sprint sweeps by capturing 100 and 200 championships.

Despite one extended lightning delay Friday and several wind-aided performances, the first outdoor final at Colorado State-Pueblo in a decade was one of the most memorable in Division 2 history.

Tinch triumphed in the 110 hurdles in 12.87 seconds, aided by a +6.0 m/s wind, for the best all-conditions race by any collegiate competitor, eclipsing the wind-aided mark of 12.91 (+3.5 m/s) established by Maryland’s Renaldo Nehemiah at the 1979 Division 1 Championships at Hayward Field in Oregon.

Only fellow Americans Aries Merritt, Grant Holloway and Devon Allen have run faster than Tinch, under all conditions, in global history.

With the men’s high jump competition being contested simultaneously as the 110…