On Saturday, April 6th, ITC traveled all the way to Decatur to compete at Millikin on a very warm and sunny day.
Ryan Somerfield started things off in the 3000m steeplechase. He ran 9:55.55 which was a personal record of 20 seconds!
In the 1500m, Clare Oehler came out with an impressive 5:18.37. Natalie Maguire also ran strong to finish in 6:32.02.
Josh Mollway ran 4:05.80 while also getting badly burned by the sun. John Kellum’s 4:06.34 is a PR of nearly 13 seconds! Josh Feldman ran 4:09.99, with Justin Ostrem coming in at 4:11.97. Evan Patel closed in a 63 final 400 to run a PR in 4:19.87, dropping 5 seconds from his performance last weekend! Patrick Willhalm came across the line in 4:27.80.
Michael Jang got after it in the 110m hurdles, running 16.38. Desarae Echevarria ran in the 100m hurdles, but the timing system messed up and did not record a time for her.
Malorie Moore had a strong 400m race, coming in at a time of 1:05.00.
In the 400 for the men, we saw Alex Bienduga finish in 51.50. John Kellum came back from his huge 1500 race and ran a 53.45! We also saw Andre Ells run 55.52!
As always, Becky Haight dominated in the 100m, winning with a time of 12.68!
There were many PRs for the men in the 100. Maybe it was because the wind was behind them, or maybe they all just had awesome days. Who knows? Andy Marszewski was able to barely edged out Michael Jang for the second week in a row in the 100m, with Marszewski running another PR of 11.18 and Jang PRing with 11.21. John Brandenburg ran a PR for himself in 11.47, with Thomas Harris also setting a new best in 11.48, and Brend Hiserote finishing in 11.79.
Racing 2:23.68 in the 800 was Lauren Grant! Also in the 800 was Clare Oehler who finished in 2:36.87. Natalie Maguire came in at 3:12.87.
Keith Lee had a huge performance in the 800, running close to a personal best with 1:57.81! Josh Mollway came next in 2:03.19. Jeffrey Hesselbein ran 2:04.83. Zack Fishman finished in 2:06.42. We again saw a massive kick out of Evan Patel, who timed a collegiate best in 2:06.72. Justin Ostrem crossed the line in 2:10.46, with Josh Feldman running 2:12.22.
Becky Haight lit up the track again in the 200m, winning with a 25.83 performance. Malorie Moore also had a strong performance with a time of 29.40.
For the men, Andy Marszewski grabbed a new best with his 22.64. Right behind him was Alex Bienduga running 22.67 for a PR. Michael Jang raced a time of 22.97. Thomas Harris crossed the line in 23.60. John Brandenburg came next in 23.82, with Andre Ells running 24.61.
Noel Brindise and Mia Bertaud ran strong 5ks under that hot sun, big props to them. Brindise ran 19:44.64, and Bertaud ran 19:45.84.
We had a women’s 4×400 relay consisting of Becky Haight, Lauren Grant, Natalie Maguire, and Desarae Echevarria who ran 4:36.57.
The men’s 4×400 consisted of Andre Ells, Keith Lee, Jeffrey Hesselbein, and Zack Fishman who ran 3:39.83.
Over in the field events, Jad Karajeh jumped 1.65m (5” 5′”) in the high jump. Malorie Moore hit a mark of 1.30m (4” 3¼“). In the pole vault, Taylor Millsap cleared the bar at 3.30m (10’ 10”).
Justin Nebel won the long jump with his jump of 6.61m (21” 8¼”). Brend Hiserote jumped 5.56m (18’ 3”). Desarae Echevarria leaped 4.5m (14’ 9¼“). In the triple jump, Jad Karajeh jumped 12.67m (41’ 7”) and Nebel marked 12.24m (40’ 2”).
In the shot put, Liam Nassib threw 10.20m (33’ 5¾”), and Zach Sawickis threw 9.47m (31’ 1”). Inga Augustaitis threw for a distance of 8.35m (27’ 4¾”). In the discus, Nassib threw 32.77m (107’ 6”), Sawickis threw a PR of 29.65m (97’ 3”), with Augustaitis throwing 27.44 (90’ 0”).
Congrats to all athletes on their performances!
Full results of the meet can be found here.
All pictures from the meet can be found here.
We compete next at NIRCA Nationals on Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th!