INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Oakland men's and women's track and field team wrapped up its first two-day weekend meet of the 2024 season at the IUPUI Invite inside the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion.
The two-day meet saw many personal bests and high finishes, as eight student-athletes from the women's team set new personal bests, while three on the men's side recorded their bests. In total, Oakland had 14 finishers in the top five, eight from the women and six from the men.
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On Friday, it was the women's team who all added personal bests as the team saw six new best times. Most notably,
Grace Nolan (Women's 5000m Run) and
Abby Jackson (Women's 600m Run) finished the best on the day, both in third, as Nolan crossed the finish line in 17:02.82, while Jackson finished with a time of 1:35.30. Also, in the 5k run,
Erin Hegarty and
Jenny Ohlsson set new bests of 17:18.51 and 17:21.48, respectively.
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Also, on the women's side on Friday,
Kylei Anderson set a best time of 8.84 in the Women's 60m Hurdles, while
Grace Hungerford raced in the Women's 200m Run and crossed the line with a personal best of 25.91. On the field,
Alexa Messina placed fourth in the Women's Pole Vault with a height of 3.45m.
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Wesley Hollowell placed best for the men on Friday as he finished fifth overall in the Men's 5000m Run with a final time of 14:58.35.
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On Saturday, 10 members of the track and field team combined for a top-5 finish, as six came from the women's team and four from the men's, with all but one coming from the track. Along with the top finishes, five Golden Grizzlies set personal bests on the day.
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Anderson broke her personal best from the day before in the Women's 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.77, good for second place in the race.
Makenna Scott set a best time of 10:00.54 in the Women's 3000m Race and crossed the line in fifth.
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For the men, the team saw two personal bests on the field side with
Blake Foster who set a new high in Men's Shot Put with a distance of 14.77m, while
Simon Griemert competed in the Men's Pole Vault and recorded a personal best height of 4.28m. To round off the men's personal bests,
Carter McCalister placed fifth in the Men's One Mile Run and set a career best time of 4:15.27.
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Ashley Quinn from the women's team nearly placed first in the Women's 800m Race with a final time of 2:14.46, four seconds behind the first-place finisher. Anderson, who set a personal best in hurdles, also got it done on the field as she placed third in the Women's High Jump with a height of 1.65m.
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The teams are back in action next week as it heads back to Indiana to South Bend where it will compete in the Notre Dame Meyo Invite on both Thursday (Feb. 1) and Friday (Feb. 2).