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Steve Woltmann
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Men's Track and Field Luke Rinne, Director of Athletic Communications

Lewis Track And Field Records Six Provisional Qualifying Marks On Friday

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Lewis' men's and women's track and field teams recorded six NCAA II provisional qualifying marks at three different meets on Friday. The Flyers sent athletes to Indiana's Hoosier Hills, Grand Valley State's Big Meet and North Central's Pat Heenan Invitational.

Team scores were not record at Indiana or Grand Valley but Lewis' women turned in a second place finish at North Central with 139.5 points and had four first place finishes and 25 top eight finishes. On the men's side the Flyers took sixth with 45 points and had eight top eight scoring peformances.

Women's Results – Indiana Hoosier Hills
60 meters – 5. Jada Hoffman (Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy) 7.85 seconds
200 meters – 2. Heinzer 24.14 seconds * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark
400 meters (fast section) – 2. Heinzer 56.75 seconds; 4. Teresa Zaragueta (Spain/) 1:00.64
400 meters – 4. Heather Batterham (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) 59.16 seconds
4 x 400 meter relay – 1. Lewis (Batterham, Vivica Phillips (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South HS), Heinzer and Zaragueta) 3:54.10

Women's Results – North Central's Pat Heenan Invitational
60 meters – 3. Rose Ogbuli 7.94 seconds; 5. Rachael Ramon (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) 7.97 seconds; 8. Essence Winters (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East) 8.13 seconds
60 meter hurdles – 5. Natasha Bernett (McAlpin, Ill./Lane Tech) 9.14 seconds
200 meters – 5. Ogbuli 26.52 seconds; 6. Winters 26.65 seconds; 7. Carrie Johnson (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake HS) 26.81 seconds
400 meters – 5. Kyla Chalmers (Elk Grove Village, Ill./James B. Conant) 1:00.63
3,000 meters – 1. Kassady Learn (San Diego, CA/Rancho Bernardo) 10:26.79; 7. Vanessa Peinado (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Hoffman Estates) 11:21.17; 8. Camille Cabas (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) 11:33.48
High Jump – 3. Jozlyn Garcia (Sterling, Ill./Sterling HS) 1.59 meters (5'02.5"); 5. Aliza Van Den Elzen (Hortonville, Wis./Hortonville) 1.49 meters (4'10.5")
Pole Vault – 3. Jamie Poppen (Ballwin, Mo./Parkway West) 3.55 meters (11'7.75")
Long Jump – 3. Anna Laudizio (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) 5.52 meters (18'1.5"); 7. Alecea Cardillo (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) 5.20 meters (17'0.75")
Triple Jump – 1. Laudizio 12.02 meters (39'5.25") * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark; 2. Cardillo 11.96 meters (39'3") * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark; 3. Ramon 11.59 meters (38'0.25"); 5. Bernett 10.79 meters (35'5"); 6. Tori Hagg (Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah Community HS) 10.78 meters (35'4.5")
Shot Put – 1. Ratkoslava Karac (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield) 13.78 meters (45'2.5") * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark; 2. Kylie Wymer (Rock Island, Ill./Rock Island) 13.24 meters (43'5.25"); 3. Alyssa Betlejeski (Shorewood, Ill./Joliet West) 12.75 meters (41'10"); 8. Tori Simmons (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park) 11.26 meters (36'11.5")
Weight Throw – 1. Betlejeski 17.32 meters (56'10") * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark; 3. Wymer 16.73 meters (54'10.75")

Men's Results Indiana's Hoosier Hills
60 meters – T18. Jibreel Brown (Orland Hills, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS) and Reese Kocanda (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) 7.26 seconds
200 meters – 16. Jibreel Brown (Orland Hills, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS) 23.02 seconds; 18. Reese Kocanda (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) 23.07 seconds
400 meters – 5. Will DeBolt (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) 49.75 seconds; 7. Connor Wagner (Elgin, Ill./Burlington Central) 50.53 seconds; 11. Rackesh Ragoo (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) 50.93 seconds
4 x 400 meter relay – 2. Lewis (Wagner, Brown, Ragoo, DeBolt) 3:25.09

GVSU Big Meet
800 meters – 12. John Partee (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) 1:51.98 * - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark

North Central's Pat Heenan Invitational
200 meters – 3. Chaz Sales (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) 23.04 seconds
Mile – 7. Anthony Pena (East Moline, Ill./Pleasant Valley (Iowa)) 4:23.15
3,000 meters – 2. Ross McCormick (Seneca, Ill./Seneca) 8:40.93; 5. Bryce Medaris (Littleton, Colo./Mullen) 8:49.69
High Jump – T2. – Michael Lyons (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central HS) 1.93 meters (6'4")
Long Jump – 2. Zach Olnek 6.71 meters (22'0.25")
Shot Put – 7. Fargo Thornton (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) 14.19 meters (46'6.75")
Weight Throw – 2. Thornton 16.13 meters (52'11")

The Flyers return to the track on Friday (Feb. 21) as they take part in their final tune-up event before the conference meet at North Central's F. Lee Slick Invite.
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Players Mentioned

Jibreel Brown

Jibreel Brown

Sprints
Redshirt Sophomore
RS So./RS So.
Reese Kocanda

Reese Kocanda

Sprints
Sophomore
So./So.
Michael Lyons

Michael Lyons

Multi-Events/HJ
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Ross McCormick

Ross McCormick

Distance
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Bryce Medaris

Bryce Medaris

Distance
Sophomore
So./So.
John Partee

John Partee

Distance
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Anthony Pena

Anthony Pena

Distance
Sophomore
So./So.
Chaz  Sales

Chaz Sales

HJ/Hurdles
Sophomore
So./So.
Fargo Thornton

Fargo Thornton

Throws
Junior
Jr./Jr.
Will DeBolt

Will DeBolt

Sprints/Jumps
Freshman
Fr./Fr.

Players Mentioned

Jibreel Brown

Jibreel Brown

Redshirt Sophomore
RS So./RS So.
Sprints
Reese Kocanda

Reese Kocanda

Sophomore
So./So.
Sprints
Michael Lyons

Michael Lyons

Senior
Sr./Sr.
Multi-Events/HJ
Ross McCormick

Ross McCormick

Senior
Sr./Sr.
Distance
Bryce Medaris

Bryce Medaris

Sophomore
So./So.
Distance
John Partee

John Partee

Senior
Sr./Sr.
Distance
Anthony Pena

Anthony Pena

Sophomore
So./So.
Distance
Chaz  Sales

Chaz Sales

Sophomore
So./So.
HJ/Hurdles
Fargo Thornton

Fargo Thornton

Junior
Jr./Jr.
Throws
Will DeBolt

Will DeBolt

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Sprints/Jumps