TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— Just one week out from the GLVC Indoor Championships the University of Indianapolis track and field program traveled to the ISU Open and the Ashland Last Chance Meet for their final preparations.
ISU Open
Nicholas Monro was the Hounds' highest finisher at the open with a second-place finish with a season's best leap of 7.00m in the long jump. In the pole vault, Mackenzie VanBibber recorded a new season's best, clearing a provisional mark of 3.81m in her third-place finish. Keywuan Taylor took fourth in the men's pole vault, clearing 4.51m. Freshman Maleah Bostock finished fourth with a mark of 3.51m.
Marissa Kratowicz secured a sixth-place finish in the 200m, clocking a 26.72, while Madison Schofield took seventh in the 60m with a time of 7.89.
Ashland Invitational
Dylan Mayhew and William Kemper both competed in the men's elite competition. Kemper had a toss of 18.59m for a seventh-place finish in the competition, while Mayhew finished fourth with a new personal record of 19.60m. The Greenwood native also competed in the men's shot put elite competition and finished fifth with a toss of 15.98m.
Vivian Osagie was the top Greyhound in the women's shot put with a provisional toss of 14.10m for second place. Tyler Biddinger finished third in the men's open shot put competition with a toss of 15.22m, and Kemper finished just behind him in fourth with a toss of 15.11m. Biddinger was also the top Hound in the men's open weight competition, finishing third with a toss of 18.40m.
The women's weight squad took spots five through nine in the competition, led by Maya Efodi with a toss of 18.84m, with Macie Swinehart (15.91m), Amanda Noel (15.25m) Loria Snowden (15.16m) and Anne Thoman (14.20m) rounding out the top nine.
Other Top Finishes
6. Loria Snowden, shot put, 12.96 m
7. Amanda Noel, shot put, 12.86m
7. Bryson Adams, shot put, 14.57m
8. Benjamin Booren, shot put, 14.53m
8. Macie Swinehart, shot put, 12.52m
8. Logan Lawson, pole vault, 4.36m
8. Amarion Conyers, long jump, 6.02 m
9. Lance Fields, weight, 15.81m
9. Lance Fields, shot put, 15.52m
10.Anne Thoman, shot put,11.47m
