Kenosha, Wis. - On Saturday, the Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks men's and women's indoor track & field team competed at the Lake Michigan Open hosted by UW-Parkside. The men's team finished in 3rd place, while the women's team finished in 4th.

In the second meet of the season, school records and all-time rankings were set. 

Scarlet Hawk Women's Highlights

• Zoe Turner placed 1st in the 200m and broke the school record with a time of 27.36

• Amelia Moseman placed 2nd in the 200m with a time of 27.65, ranking her 3rd all-time

• Gabriella Baltes ran the 800m with a time of 2:35.46, ranking her 8th all-time

• Turner, Baltes, Annika McKown, and Moseman finished in 2nd in the 4x400 and broke the school record with a time of 4:22.17

• Olivia Jameson placed 1st and broke the school record high jump with a height of 1.60m

• Moseman jumped a distance of 4.66m in long jump, ranking her 3rd all-time

• Bella Ortiz jumped a distance of 3.67 in long jump, ranking her 9th all-time

Scarlet Hawk Men's Highlights

• Evan Balizado, Zachary Barisa Lane Regan, and Joseph Loriso finished in 2nd place in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:36.21, ranking them 10th all-time

• Stewart Nelson ran the 55m with a time of 6.85, ranking him 2nd all-time

• Ty Garrison jumped 5.46 in long jump, ranking him 9th all-time

• Javier Bernal threw 8.75m in shot put, ranking him 10th all-time

• Bernal threw 11.53m in weight throw, ranking him 3rd all-time

• Noah Beaman threw 9.82m in weight throw, ranking him 5th all-time

Head Coach Tyler McQuality's Comments

"We had another really solid meet with good performances across the board. We are really excited to see the week-to-week growth at this point on our roster being highlighted by a couple school records and a lot of top-10 marks as well. On to a meet and an important week for us at Gately and we are excited to see another week of growth for our team."

Assistant Coach Kasey Jones Comments: 

"Several strong performances again today. I think the number one thing that we saw today was the growth of our team as a whole and their school spirit. We really love to see that. We had the entire team in the center of the field cheering for our 4x4's, which was amazing to see and I'm really excited to see that continue throughout the season."

Assistant Coach Ed Harvey's Comments: 

"A lot of excellent steps in the right direction. We are really moving to where we wanted to go at the start of the season. It's exciting to see that everyone is hitting new PR's, getting top-10's, breaking school records, and really challenging themselves and each other when competing in every meet. I could see us doing big things this year."  

Up Next 

The Hawks return to action this upcoming weekend at the Aurora Grand Prix hosted by Aurora University. The meet will take place in Chicago at the Gately Indoor Track & Field. The men will be competing on Friday starting at 11:00 a.m. while the women will compete on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.