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Multiple Personal Records Set at Titan Open for Indoor Track and Field

Photo by Sarah Thomas
Photo by Sarah Thomas
Posted: Feb 11, 2023

By Jami Sponaugle 

Bloomington, Ill. - On Saturday, the Scarlet Hawks men's and women's indoor track & field team competed at the Titan Open hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University at the Shirk Center Indoor Track. 

On track with their previous meets, school records were broken and tied, as well as multiple all-time rankings were set. 

Scarlet Hawk Women's Highlights

  • London Francis broke the school record in weight throw with a distance of 9.99m. 

  • Amelia Moseman placed first and tied her school record in the 400m dash with a time of 59.98.

  • Zoe Turner ran a personal record (PR) in the 60m dash with a time of 8.42, ranking her 2nd all-time.

  • Annika McKown ran a PR in the 200m dash with a time of 30.57, ranking her 10th all-time.

  • Kenna Flores jumped a PR distance of 4.10m in long jump, ranking her 7th all-time. 

  • Bella Ortiz jumped a PR distance of 3.90m in long jump, ranking her 8th all-time.

  • Turner ran the 400m dash with a time of 60.67, ranking her 2nd all-time.

  • Francis threw a distance of 8.60m in shot put, ranking her 4th all-time. 

  • Adela Rivas threw a PR of 7.36m in weight throw. 

Scarlet Hawk Men's Highlights

  • Alejandro Torres ran a PR in the 5000 meter run with a time of 16:38.42, ranking him 7th all-time.

  • Finnick Poulin jumped a distance of 5.32m in long jump, setting a PR and ranking him 10th all-time. 

  • Joey Loriso ran a PR in the 3000 meter run with a time of 9:15.44.

  • Lane Regan ran a PR in the mule with a time of 4:59.12.

  • Ty Garrison jumped a distance of 10.59m in triple jump, ranking him 5th all-time.

  • Anand Purushothaman jumped a distance of 10.50m in triple jump, ranking him 6th all-time.

  • The 4x400 relay team of Noah Butzman, Stewart Nelson, Zach Barisa, and Evan Balizado ran a time of 3:35.55, ranking them 2nd all-time. 

Head Coach Tyler McQuality's Comments

"This was our last big check-in meet with main events before we tune up for conference at our next meet. I think we saw the growth that we have been looking for in a lot of areas. Workouts have been going really well and seeing that translate once we compete is what we are going to need to continue to do."

Assistant Coach Kasey Jones Comments: 

"We started to get a little more technical this week as we get closer to postseason competition and you could really see that in those key points throughout the race. People were able to shift gears throughout their races and that made all the difference. Another round of big PR's this week even after a hard workload in workouts. Big things are coming!"

Assistant Coach Ed Harvey's Comments: 

"We're getting close to the midpoint of the season. This past  meet was an excellent test before we hit the indoor conference. The team improved everywhere but we're not going to be complacent with our progress. The coming competition is a  final chance to review and improve before the indoor championship."  

Up Next 

The Hawks will compete at the University of Chicago on Saturday at the Margaret Bradley Invite. Saturday's meet will be the final tune up for the team before heading to Ripon, Wis. the following week where the Hawks will be hosting the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Indoor Championships.