West Lafayette, IN- This Saturday marked the peak meet for the Sprinters/jumpers of our club, and what better place to do it than a B1G varsity meet. Without further ado…
Women Highlights
There was a great atmosphere for competition for our women sprinters, who performed exceptionally well. Every performance was either a season PR, or a club top 10 performance, including 2 new club records. Junior Caroline Szostak continues to improve this season as she went under the 13s barrier in the 100m dash with her 12.96 (5th all-time). Junior Lauren Jonen OBLITERATED her old club record by .77s in her 9th place effort in the 200m dash (25.41). Sophomore Jess Ayers is inching towards Jonen”s record in the 400m dash with her 58.77s effort (3rd all-time). THE relay team consisting of Szostak, Jonen, Ayers, and Graduate Student Erin Murphy broke their 4x100m record by .70 seconds with their 49.65 effort, and barely missed braking 4 minutes in the 4×400 by .41.
Men Highlights
This past weekend, Senior Steven Decker did Decker things when he extended his club record in the 800m with his 1st place effort of 1:53.33. Senior Jayme Roberts, Senior Stav Caplan, and Junior Sebastian Alvis placed 1st (11.10, 5th all-time), 2nd (11.57), and 3rd (11.75), respectively, out of 4 competitors in the 100m dash. The 200m dash almost got a heat to fill the track as Roberts, Caplan, and Freshman Jacob Baier placed 4th (22.72), 6th (23.73), and 8th (23.89), respectively. Baier continued to improve in the 400m dash, as his 4th lifetime attempt in the race gave him a PR of 54.17s. The 4x400m relay team consisting of Roberts, Freshman George Gunter, Caplan, and Decker gave a solid attempt to break the club record, but came up just shy with their 2nd place effort of 3:23.97.
