Naperville, Ill. - On Saturday, the Illinois Tech men's and women's indoor track & field team competed in their first meet of the season. The Scarlet Hawks traveled to compete in the Cardinal Opener hosted by North Central College. At the end of the meet, both the men's and women's team finished in 4th place.
Scarlet Hawk Women's Highlights
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Olivia Jameson broke the school record in the 60m dash with a time of 8.32
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Jameson came in first place as well as tied the school record in High Jump with a height of 1.58m. She is currently tied for 30th in the nation according to Division III TFFRS.
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Zoe Turner ran the 60m with a time of 8.51, ranking her 5th all-time.
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Turner ran the 200m with a time of 27.85, ranking her 3rd all-time.
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Turner then placed 4th in the 400m dash with a time of 1:04.39, tanking her 4th all-time.
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Amelia Moseman ran the 60m dash with a time of 8.52, ranking her 6th all-time
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Moseman placed 2nd in the 400m dash with a time of 1:01.87, ranking her 2nd all-time.
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Moseman recorded a distance of 4.27m in long jump, ranking her 4th all-time.
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Bella Ortiz recorded a distance of 3.22m in long jump, ranking her 10th all-time.
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Annika McKown tied for third in high jump with a height of 1.53, ranking her 4th all-time.
Scarlet Hawk Men's Highlights
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Noah Butzman broke the school record in the 400m dash with a time of 52.37
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Butzman ran the 200m dash with a time of 23.72, ranking him 3rd all-time
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Noah Beaman threw a distance of 11.45m in shot put, ranking him 4th all-time
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Javier Bernal threw a distance of 7.91m in weight throw, ranking him 7th all-time
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Evan Balizado placed 4th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:03.50
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Zach Barisa placed 5th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:03.76
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Rishi Goyal placed 5th in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 11.51
Head Coach Tyler McQuality's Comments:
Wow! What a start to our indoor season! A lot of great performances across the board highlighted by some school records by Olvia and Noah. As well as a handful of top 10 performances. On to Parkside next week!
Assistant Coach Kasey Jones Comments:
Very excited to see this team come together and perform. We've grown so much as a program in the last several years, so to see them come together, run well, and get excited about each other is one of the best feelings as a coach. I'm very excited about our future.
Assistant Coach Ed Harvey's Comments:
Good first meet for the team. Happy and excited with how everyone competed and I'm looking forward to taking what we learned and getting better.
Up Next
The Hawks travel to Kenosha, Wis. to compete in the Lake Michigan Open at the Petretti Fieldhouse hosted by UW-Parkside on Saturday.