RALEIGH, N.C. – Oakland University Track & Field senior Connor Goetz tore through the Men's 10,000m race with the team down at the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State this weekend as the Fort Wayne native established a new school record in the squad's first outdoor outing of 2022.

Goetz would finish 26th overall out of the 107 competitor field with a new mark of 29:15.70, closing his last lap in 62 seconds. Staying in the distance events, Ellie Voetberg finished 12 and a half laps in the Women's 5000m to stop watches in 17:24.14 for the second-fastest time in the Horizon League in the young season.
 

10k school record for Connor Goetz! 29:15.70 and full of run with a 62 last lap! pic.twitter.com/zYabkp3kqv

— Oakland Track & Field/XC (@OaklandTrackXC) March 26, 2022

Maddi Leigh and Ashley Quinn are now first and second in the conference, respectively, in the Women's 800m race after completing their two laps in 2:14.68 and 2:16.31 while Terrence Brooks Jr. and Eddie Harrell III are now also one-two in the league after wrapping up the Men's 800m in 1:53.44 and 1:54.94.

Jimmie Williams doubled in the Men's 200m and Men's 400m for 15th and fourth overall, respectively, in those events as the grad student completed his half-lap in 21.58 seconds while going 46.58 in the full for the second-fastest time in school history.
 

@RunJimmie with a 46.58 for the 2nd fastest time in school history.
Nice start to the season, and this is .30 faster that the time that got him into NCAA Prelims last year!! pic.twitter.com/qiEbKF3WdO

— Paul Rice (@PaulRiceOU) March 25, 2022

Rose Philogene also recorded a second-fastest school history time in the Women's 100m Hurdles as the results board flashed 14.10 seconds for 21st overall. Payton Sabourin now holds the top time in the HL after finishing the Women's 400m Hurdles in 1:01.68.

In the jumps, Alex Hugh-Plott would start the outdoor campaign strong in the Men's High Jump in 2.05m (6' 8.75") for fourth in the prestigious meet and first in the conference.

TOP HORIZON LEAGUE MARKS

• Leigh, Women's 800m, 1st, 2:14.68
• Quinn, Women's 800m, 2nd, 2:16.31
• Voetberg, Women's 5000m, 2nd, 17:24.14
• Philogene, Women's 100m Hurdles, 2nd, 14.10
• Sabourin, Women's 400m Hurdles, 1st, 1:01.68
• Williams, Men's 200m, 1st, 21.58
• Williams, Men's 400m, 1st, 46.58
• Brooks, Men's 800m, 1st, 1:53.44
• Harrell, Men's 800m, 2nd, 1:54.94
• Goetz, Men's 10000m, 1st, 29:15.70
• Hugh-Plott, Men's High Jump, 1st, 2.05m (6'8.75")

Both squads will travel to Williamsburg, Virginia on April 1-2 for the Colonial Relays hosted by William & Mary.