BOLIVAR, Mo. – The final day of the 2022 GLVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships has concluded with the women's team finishing in third place and the men's team finishing in fourth. The top spots are a repeat of last year, with Lewis winning for the women and Missouri S&T for the men.
Ben Nagel was the top finisher for day two for the Greyhounds, having built upon his stellar day prior. A time of 1:50.70 was all that was needed for the senior out of Mooresville, Ind., to repeat as GLVC Champion in the 800. Alongside Nagel in the 800,
Emily Sonderman and
Eline Pinter both had quality days in the finals, landing in fourth and fifth.
Devon Whitaker crossed in eighth for the men.
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Nagel was not the lone podium for the Hounds however, as
Makala Pfefferkorn came away with the silver medal in the triple jump, leaping and bounding her way to a 11.57 mark on her final attempt.
Sabrina Robison earned points as well for triple jump, landing in ninth place.
Hurdles notched some solid points for the Hounds, resulting in third place medal for
Ailliyah Reese, crossing in the 100 hurdles in 14.68.
Sam DeWitt crossed in fourth for the men's side of the short distance hurdles, while
Maddi Turner came in at sixth for the 400 hurdles.
The "bunnies" were there for
Chandler Martin in high jump. Martin launched himself to a fourth-place finish in men's high jump, with a leap of 1.85 meters.
Josiah Adams, in his first outdoor conference, added to his resume once again in his freshman campaign, finishing fifth in the 400 meter.
Will Reid and
Melissa Spencer in the 5K twinned their results, both finishing in fifth place on day two.
Evan Gaylor was the top dog for throwing in shot put, hitting a mark of 15.57 meters to find fourth on the score chart.
Emily Bonser was not far behind on the women's side, she finished in fifth place with a toss of 12.60.
Brock King continued his late season push with a fifth-place finish of his own. To round out of the men's finals was Lucas Parker and
Tyler Gilbert in sixth and ninth respectively.
The relay crews both found success. The women's teams finished in fourth for both the 4x100 and the 4x400, while the men found themselves in seventh and in sixth, respectuvely.
FRIDAY
The biggest points of day one came from the pole vaulters, the biggest star of them all being
Brittney Clark. Clark's day was historic not only due to her capturing her second consecutive outdoor title, but she also eclipsed the four-meter mark, landing at 4.07 meters. This is the first time in UIndy school history that a woman has cleared four-plus meters in outdoor track, surpassing the previous school record of 3.97 (
Lauren Joseph in 2021).
Sabrina Robison kept the bar high for women's pole vault, finishing in second with a mark of 3.72, while
Megan Young earned fifth-place points (3.42).
Cade Priddy matched Robison's finish a little bit later, taking the silver medal on the men's side with a vault of 4.50 meters.
The 800 semifinals saw
Ben Nagel dominate day one with a UIndy and GLVC meet record of 1:49.36. That improved upon his outdoor PR set last year at the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships on May 27, 2021.
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The throwers were led once again by
Emily Bonser, who in her first GLVC Championship meet captured bronze in both the discus and the hammer throw. For hammer, it was the first time she eclipsed the 48-meter mark in her career.
Tyler Gilbert was the star of men's team for today, landing in fourth for discus with a toss of 47.57.
Audra Hogan was the next Hounds finisher for discus, coming in at fifth.Â
Claire Tabbit and Micahela Adams came in at eighth and ninth, respectively, in hammer to earn more points for the Hounds. Adams also placed eighth in the discus, with other point scorers in the discus including
Brock King in seventh, Lucas Parker in eight and
MaKenna Maschino in ninth.
Melissa Spencer and
Will Reid combined for a pair of podium spots, both earning the bronze medal in the 3000 steeplechase. Both hit massive PRs, with Spencer crossing with a time of 10:47.11 and Reid in 9:13.72.
Hannah Wells finished in eighth and
Andrew Bixler crossed in 10th.
Hanna Stamm was the top finisher for the Greyhounds in the 10k, crossing ninth.
Of the semis for day one,
Ailliyah Reese,
Lindsey Wormuth and
Sam DeWitt all moved onto tomorrow's finals for the 100 and 110 hurdles.
Maddi Turner and Deandre Stroud went on to join their hurdler brethren in the 400 finals.
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Eline Pinter,
Emily Sonderman and
Devon Whitaker all advanced to the finals of the 800.
UP NEXT
There is one final meet for the Greyhounds and that is the last chance they will have for national qualifying times. Worded very well, it is the St. Francis Fighting Chance Meet in Joeliet, Ill. on May 13-14.
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