Track turns to Indoor Championships

Track turns to Indoor Championships

Both the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams finished strong in their last regular season indoor meet this past Friday at the Susquehanna Open in Selinsgrove, Pa.

The women’s team had a total of ten top-ten place finishers and one event winner, graduate student Eileen Cody. She won her section of the women’s 3,000-meter race with a time of 10 minuets, 37.30 seconds. So far this season, her time is the second best in the Landmark Conference.

“There was not a point that I thought I was going to win,” Cody said. “I actually had to close very quickly to beat the second place runner at the last second.” She worked very closely with her racing and training partner, senior Amelia Tearnan, during the race.

“Amelia and I really worked with each other and talked with one another throughout the race,” Cody said. Tearnan finished the 3,000 in fourth place overall and a time of 10:42.10. Other finishers of the 3,000 were first-year Alyssa Taylor and junior Gabrielle Yankelevich who both had personal bests.

Sophomore Amanda Porter continued her athletic excellence, achieving another school record in the shot put. During her second throw of the event, she tallied the new record at 39’8-3/4″. In the finals, she moved the record again to 40’5-1/2″, putting her in second overall for the shot put finals. First-year Brittianni Phillips finished fifth in the same event.

In other events, sophomore Alexis Groce placed second in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:23.26. The 4×400-meter relay including, senior Ashley Underkofler, sophomore Kelsey Detweiler, first-year Kelsey Bentz and Groce placed third. The team of Detweiler, Bentz, Underkofler and sophomore Stephanie Bellott placed seventh place in the 4×200-meter relay.

For the short sprints, Detweiler had two top-ten finishes. She placed seventh in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.38 and ninth in the 200-meter run with a time of 27.89.

On Saturday Feb. 28th, the women’s team will travel to Susquehanna University for the Landmark Conference Championships in hopes of bringing home their first indoor league championship. “We have potential to win but it’s going to require a huge effort from everyone involved,” Cody said.

There were also many personal bests set by the men’s team throughout Friday evening. “This is great as everyone has worked so hard and it is really great when it pays off,” senior Bryan Baldwin said.

Sophomore Max Mahan cleared 6’4″ during the high jump event on his third and final jump of the day. This was his personal best and this jump is just a quarter of an inch away from the school record.

Sophomore Mike Twist now holds the seventh fastest time in program history for the 400-meter race. He ran a 51.85, a new personal best, placing second overall. In the 800, he placed first in his heat with a time of 2:01.50.

First-year Mitch Schlegel ran the 200, winning his section with a time of 23.27. This time earned him third overall in the event. In the 60, Schlegel ran a new personal best, finishing with a time of 7.40.

Schlegel and Twist, along with Baldwin and sophomore David Hess ran in the 4×200. Together, the relay team placed fifth and ran a season-best with a time of 1:35.90.

On the distance side, junior Ryan Conway ran a personal best time of 8:56.62 in the 3,000, placing fifth. Junior Adam Harriger ran a personal best time of 4:31.76, placing sixth in the mile.

Junior Ted Markowski had his best jump of the season for the long jump with a mark of 19’0.75″. First-year Christian Villarosa placed ninth in the triple jump, with his best jump at 36’7-1/2″.

The men’s team is also traveling to Susquehanna University on Feb 28th to compete for a Landmark Conference title. “Looking forward to next week, our goals are to win the conference. This has been our goal from the beginning of the season,” Baldwin said.

 

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