The team traveled to both GVSU and Taylor University this past weekend, and the team came away with many strong performances that bode well for Club Relays, which is right around the corner. GVSU was a very highly attended and competitive meet, allowing for the athletes to really get great high-level competition. There were also positive takeaways as well as solid performances at Taylor University.
There were many great performances from the women at both meets. Grad student distance runner Megan Mocogni had herself a nice record breaking day in the 3k by 21 seconds with a time of 10:12. Senior Lauren Choi and freshman Anneliese Schultz also ran good 3ks with times of 10:51 and 11:15 respectively. On the Mid D side, freshman Katie Escobar ran a fantastic 800 at GVSU in a time of 2:21.05. Mid D runner Hannah Smith also had a speedy 800 at Taylor coming through in 2:49.91. The women sprinters looked very strong as they were led by Lauren Jonen who ran two club records in the 400 and 200 meter dashes with times of 58.71 and 26.38 respectively! Also sprinters Abby Ralph and Jess Ayers ran very good 400s as well with times of 1.05.28 and 1:02.61 respectively.
The men also had a lot of noteworthy performances spanning both meets. Starting with the sprint squad, senior Beau Barber ran a personal best in the 400m dash in a time of 56.28 at Taylor. Also at Taylor, sophomore thrower Geoff Segal threw a huge PR distance of 12.47 meters in the shot put, breaking his previous record by 0.73. From the Mid D men’s squad, George Gunter ran a very good 800 in a time of 2:00.94 at GVSU. From the distance squad, it was sophomore Michael Frintner who led the 3k charge, followed closely by David Choi and Josh Feldman, running times of 9:04, 9:12, and 9:13 respectively. Among all the great performances this weekend, it was distance freshman William Wolf who stunned the crowd with his PR mile time of 4:25. For his spectacular effort in the mile at GVSU, William Wolf earned the ITC Official Interview for this week. Check it out!
With that, competition continues this weekend when members will compete in Illinois Orange and Blue, Olivet Nazarene Last Chance, and EIU Friday Night, so stay tuned!