MARION, Ind. – The UIndy track and field teams found success in a divided front this weekend, as the Greyhound throwers traveled to Purdue University's Fred Wilt Open, while the other Hounds competed at the Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic.
MIDWEST CLASSIC
With the UIndy throwers at Purdue and the distance runner resting this weekend, the remaining Hounds put up some solid marks at Indiana Wesleyan's annual meet. The UIndy women earned a pair of event wins, with freshman
Mary Watts taking the 400 meter with a season-best 59.10 and freshman
Brittney Clark winning the pole vault by clearing 3.72 meters.
The Hounds also secured second, sixth and eighth in the vault with
Megan Young's runner-up mark of 3.62 meters upping her provision standing as well as her collegiate best.
Deju Miller and
Taylor Strnad both cleared 1.62 meters in the high jump, placing second and fifth, respectively. Strnad's mark set a personal best.
Brooke Green's PR of 7.94 in the 60-meter sprint was good for fourth, while the 4x400 relay took second with a time of 4:09.84.
The UIndy men were led freshman
Alexander Brown-Baez, who recorded season bests in both the 200 (22.95) and the 400 (50.80) to place third and fourth, respectively.
Trace Oswalt finished fourth in the long jump (6.77m),
Dallas Ford took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.44) and the 4x400 meter relay team of Ford,
Sam Bokodi,
Zachary Deurloo an
Cameron Engelhardt placed fifth (3:31.42).
FRED WILT OPEN
Though All-Americans like
Katie Monk and
Austin Hogan are often the focal point for the UIndy throwers, it was
Hilary Paxson that put up the biggest number on Saturday. The senior from Liberty Center, Ind., secured second place in the talented field with a PR of 19.51 meters in the weight throw. The mark, which was good for the fifth-longest toss in Division II this season, placed her just ahead of Monk's 19.32 and just behind Purdue's Sarah Loesch and her 19.73.
Sophomore
Katrinia Hopkins also set a PR in the weight, as her 16.78-meter throw was good or fifth, while Monk won the women's shot put event with a 14.99-meter toss.
On the men's side, the Greyhounds went 3-4-5-7 in the shot put. Hogan led the way with a 16.79-meter throw, followed by
Keeton Adams (16.14),
Brock King (15.89) and
Justin Blakey's PR of 15.80.
Hogan also topped the Hounds in the weight, as his 19.00-meter mark was second only to a career-best 19.14 from Logan Blomquist of Division-I Southeast Missouri.
UP NEXT
Next week, the Hounds are scheduled to compete at both the GVSU Big Meet in Allendale, Mich., and the Hoosier Hills meet in Bloomington, Ind., on Friday, Feb. 8.
