We headed back to the Shirk Center in Bloomington for the Titan Open on January 26th. We brought close to 40 athletes with to compete, our most ever for that meet!
Kicking off the meet for us was Ryan Somerfield in the 5000m run. He ran 15:51 which is a PR and put him at NUMBER TWO for all-time indoor 5ks on the club!
Becky Haight brought the heat with her 8.17 in the 60m dash, with freshman Lauren Goodsnyder also impressively running 9.04.
On the men’s side, Jacob Avenaim ran 7.25. Michael Jang ran the 60 for the first time and came out with an impressive 7.33. Mason Rosenberg followed in 7.43, with Thomas Harris hitting 7.47. John Brandenburg ran 7.59 and freshman PJ Coleman went 9.24.
Our only thrower at the meet was Kelvin Cross who threw 8.76m in the shot put. Way to represent, Kelvin!
In the women’s mile, Julia Schultz shone big with her 5:15.3, which is only 6 seconds off her PR and 10 seconds off the club record! Brianna Legner ran 6:29.08, with Natalie Maguire (6:50.67) and Sarah High (7:19.18) running strong, too.
Seven of our men competed in the mile. Josh Mollway ran a 4:30.1 alone, with John Kellum running very strong to finish in 4:34.27, an 11 second improvement from the week before! Freshman Alex Kogen ran 4:51.94, and Daniel Engel broke five for the first time in college with his PR of 4:58.88! Matt Dickinson was so very close to breaking five, running 5:00.12. He ran 5:10 at this meet last year, though, then went on to run 4:59 at Club Relays. This was Jake Winter’s first track meet in nearly seven years, and he came out with a 5:17.15 mile! Robert Chun ran 5:23.95.
Jumps coach Justin Nebel leaped 6.32m in the long jump.
Michael Jang returned in the 60m hurdles and ran a PR of 8.88!
Malorie Moore ran an excellent 1:07.47 in the 400m.
For the men, Andy Marszewski led the 400m charge with 52.6 with President Alex Bienduga right behind in 52.96.
Lauren Grant went OFF in the 800, running 2:22.77 which is a mere 2 seconds off the club record! Emily Condic debuted her collegiate 800 with 2:42.49.
Keith Lee is one of our strongest 800m runners, and he showed it on Saturday running 2:00.41. This is very impressive for an indoor meet this early. Jeffrey Hesselbein ran 2:08.68, which is going to come down more throughout the season, and Alex Kogen ran 2:17.55.
Sprints coach Becky Haight returned in the 200m and ran 26.82. Malorie Moore came back and raced 30.4, and Lauren Goodsnyder ran 30.77.
Andy Marszewski led the men with his 23.57. Alex Bienduga ran a strong 23.77, and Michael Jang ran a PR 23.83. Mason Rosenberg ran 23.97, John Brandenburg finished at 24.59, and Nicolas Perez raced 26.48.
Jad Karajeh jumped 12.82m in the triple jump in his second meet with the club!
The women’s 3000 was quite an exciting race to watch. Up front were Emma Burkhardt (10:49.36), Anneliese Schulz (10:52.3), and Grace Gudwien (10:53.25). This pack of ladies pushed and challenged each other and they all ran better because of it. Mia Bertaud ran 11:39.73 for her first 3000 race! Natalie Maguire also ran her first 3000 race and finished in 13:51.77.
The men’s 3000 also saw many racers. Connor Farrell ran up front and finished with 9:25.02. Jordan Meyer ran an impressive 9:42.95 in his debut in the event. Leonel Rodriguez dug deep and ran 9:45.07. Jarod Meyer ran within 10 seconds of his PR with 9:48.51, and Nathan Saltzman raced his first 3000 in 10:14.53.
The last event of the day was the 4×4, in which we only had a men’s squad. John Brandenburg, Jeffrey Hesselbein, John Kellum, and Justin Nebel ran 3:41.22 to win their heat.
Congrats to all athletes on their great performances!
Club Relays is February 23rd. It’s coming. Be hyped.
We compete next at Illinois College on February 2nd.