Track And Field Tallies 12 Podium Finishes On Day Three Of ASUN Outdoor Championships

Saturday, May 16

Jacksonville, Fla.

University of North Florida

ASUN Outdoor Championship - Day 3

2025-26 North Florida Men's Track and Field - Rey Hernandez

Track And Field Tallies 12 Podium Finishes On Day Three Of ASUN Outdoor Championships

5/16/2026 10:00:00 PM | Men's Track, Women's Track

Final Results

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida Track and Field recorded 12 podium finishes to close out Day Three competition at the 2026 ASUN Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium on Saturday.

North Florida placed second on the Men's side with 164 points, and fourth on the Women's side with 91 points. It marked the first runner up finish for the Men since 2016. North Florida notched 15 combined medals, the third-most of any program.

Senior Jonathan Bailey, junior Rey Hernandez, freshman Cole Dauper and sophomore William Owens notched First Team All-ASUN honors with a title time of 40.15 in the Men's 4x100m Relay.

Sophomore Matthew Groves, junior Avaunt Ortiz, Hernandez, and graduate student Tyrell Pierce earned First Team All-ASUN honors with a title time of 3:12.52 in the Men's 4x400m Relay.

Freshman Tayeshawn Ecklund-Rochelle secured First Team All-ASUN honors with a title time of 52.44 in the Men's 400m Hurdles, while redshirt senior Troy Williams added a second-place time of 52.50 to secure Second Team All-ASUN honors.

Junior Katerina Natsiopoulou podiumed with a second-place time of 59.88 to record Second Team All-ASUN honors in the Women's 400m Hurdles.

Hernandez bested his previous program-record time in the Men's 110m Hurdles with a title time of 13.93 to notch First Team All-ASUN honors.

Groves podiumed second with a personal-best time of 46.78 to secure Second Team All-ASUN honors, and Ortiz finished third with a time of 46.82 to clinch Third Team All-ASUN honors in the Men's 400m.

Owens claimed Third Team All-ASUN honors with third-place times in the Men's 100m at 10.48 and Men's 200m at 21.31.

Freshman Nataly Walters notched a personal best and program record in the Women's Triple Jump with a title mark of 12.36m (40-6.75) to secure First Team All-ASUN honors, while freshman Rylie Jackson clinched Second Team All-ASUN honors with a personal best and second-place mark of 12.31m (40-4.34) in the event.

Junior Gabby Johnson, junior Camryn Batt, junior Navia Casa and freshman Ivory Edgecomb matched the Women's 4x100m Relay program record with a fourth-place time of 46.39.

North Florida will await its qualifiers for the 2026 NCAA East Region First Round, hosted by Kentucky, from May 27-30 in Lexington, Ky.

NORTH FLORIDA RESULTS
Men's Triple Jump
Gabe Norton – 7th – 14.07m (46-2)

Women's Triple Jump
Nataly Walters – 1st – 12.36m (40-6.75) (PROGRAM RECORD)
Rylie Jackson – 2nd – 12.31m (40-4.75)
Rafaela Marchini-Hippo – 10th – 11.22m (36-9.75)

Women's Javelin Throw
Drea Thompson – 8th – 29.64m (97-3)
Renske Drenten – 10th – 26.85m (88-1)

Men's 4x100m Relay
Jonathan Bailey, Rey Hernandez, Matthew Groves, William Owens – 1st – 40.15

Women's 4x100m Relay
Gabby Johnson, Camryn Batt, Navia Casa, Ivory Edgecomb – 4th – 46.39 (TIED PROGRAM RECORD)

Men's 1500m
Aiden Arnold – 5th – 3:48.17
Andrew Mahorner – 7th – 3:50.79
Joshua Gammage – 9th – 3:52.19

Women's 1500m
Ana Markovina – 6th – 4:35.90
Lilly Schuster – 7th – 4:39.43

Men's 110m Hurdles
Rey Hernandez – 1st – 13.93 (PROGRAM RECORD)

Women's 100m Hurdles
Mackenzie Carney – 8th – 14.97

Men's 400m
Matthew Groves – 2nd – 46.78
Avaunt Ortiz – 3rd – 46.82
Tyrell Pierce – 5th – 48.44
Donovan Ferguson – 6th – 48.64
Mike Winfield – 8th – 48.69

Women's 400m
Gabby Johnson – 9th – 55.33

Men's 100m
William Owens – 3rd – 10.48
Rey Hernandez – 5th – 10.53
Cole Dauper – 8th – 10.70

Men's 800m
Rashad Hemissi – 4th – 1:50.23
Shamar Henry – 5th – 1:50.42

Women's 800m
Ella Chandler – 5th – 2:13.45
Ava Wyant – 8th – 2:14.16

Men's 400m Hurdles
Tayeshawn Ecklund-Rochelle – 1st – 52.44
Troy Williams – 2nd – 52.50
Rey Hernandez – 5th – 53.98

Women's 400m Hurdles
Katerina Natsiopoulou – 2nd – 59.88
Mackenzie Carney – 7th – 1:05.99

Men's 200m
William Owens – 3rd – 21.31
Matthew Groves – 4th – 21.49
Avaunt Ortiz – 5th – 21.50
Tyrell Pierce – 9th – 21.94

Men's 5000m
Cole Perry – 8th – 14:52.95
Sebastian Hernandez – 13th – 15:01.25
Jayden Santos-Gonzalez – 14th – 15:04.59
Parker Banzhaf – DNS
Colton Lawson – DNS

Women's 5000m
Laci Watford – 9th – 17:27.11
Annika Buser – 10th – 17:32.04
Cohen Kooker – 12th – 17:37.50
Madeline Castillo – 17th – 17:55.07
Ana Markovina – DNS

Men's 4x400m Relay
Tyrell Pierce, Rey Hernandez, Matthew Groves, Avaunt Ortiz – 1st – 3:12.52

Women's 4x400m Relay
Navia Casa, Katerina Natsiopoulou, Ella Chandler, Gabby Johnson – 4th – 3:44.14