Gagnon Is Going
Senior Hayden Gagnon received word that he is officially in the NCAA Division III National Indoor Meet. Gagnon qualified in the 400M with his time on Saturday and will compete at the DIII Meet on Mar. 10-11 in Birmingham, Ala.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (3/05/23)---He's in! Senior Hayden Gagnon is officially in the NCAA Division III National Indoor Meet.
Gagnon received confirmation from the NCAA that his time in the 400 meters at the Wartburg Last Chance Qualifier pushed into the Top 20 of DIII which receives an invitation to the national meet.
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Gagnon had the race of his life on Saturday when he posted a career-best time of 48.98 in the second heat at Wartburg.
Since the DIII National Meet will be held on a banked track at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala., all times need to be adjusted for the difference between flat tracks – which Gagnon ran on at Wartburg – and a banked track. Gagnon's time goes through an adjustment process, which is more difficult to understand than quantum physics, and comes out as 48.22.
The adjusted time of 48.22 put Gagnon into the No.18 spot which was .07 of a second above the Top 20 cutline.
Gagnon will be competing in his second consecutive DIII National Indoor Meet. He ran on last year's 4x400-meter relay team.
Gagnon will compete in his very first individual event at a national meet when he steps to the starting line for the prelims of the 400 meters on Friday, Mar. 10 at 3:05 p.m. (cst).
PAST COBBER NCAA INDOOR MEET PARTICIPANTS
2022 - Cooper Folkestad - Shot Put
2022 - Tommy Kern - 400 Meters
2022 - Jesse Middendorf - 800 Meters
2022 - Wade Rhonemus - Heptathlon
2022 - Cal Wright - 400 Meters
2022 - Cal Wright, Hayden Gagnon, Trevor Tiongson, Colin Schuller - 4x400 Meter Relay
2019 – Matt Bye – heptathlon
2017 – Jackson Schepp – heptathlon
2009 – Paul Schol – pentathlon
2009 – Paul Westmark – pentathlon
2001 – Joe Schmidgall – high jump
2000 – Micah Benson – long jump
2000 – Adam Strainer – triple jump
1996 – Aaron Banks – shot put, weight throw
1995 – Aaron Banks – shot put, weight throw
1994 – Aaron Banks – shot put, weight throw
1993 - Kyle Johnson - 800 meters
1992 – Jon Ault – weight throw
1992 - Kyle Johnson - 800 meters
1992 – Jason Schlepp – weight throw
1991 – Jon Ault – shot put, weight throw
1990 – Jon Ault – shot put
1990 – Mark Olson – shot put
1990 – Don Worcester – 55-meter hurdles