ALLENDALE, Mich. & NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- The Lewis University women's and men's track and field teams had a great weekend competing at both Grand Valley State University and North Central College. The Flyers had 11 NCAA provisional marks, many top 10 all time performances and dozens of and lifetime bests.
"This puts us in a great spot going into the Indoor Championships in two weeks!" Lewis Track and Field Coach
Dana Schwarting said.
The following athletes are those who hit a provisional mark over the weekend:
- Khristel Martindale (Bridgetown, Barbados) ran a time of 7.55 seconds in the 60M dash along with a 24.68 second time in the 200M.
- Hannah Smrcka (Cory, PA/Cory) ran a time of 17:13.88 in the 5000M run.
- Anna Kozak (Lockport, IL/Lockport Township), Kyla Chalmers (Elk Grove Village, IL/James B. Conant), Sydney Wolf (Ellwood City, PEN.)e, and Rachael Morrison (Huntley, IL) combined to run the Women's Distance Medley Relay. The relay ran a time of 11:48.83 which not only got them the NCAA provisional but also broke the school record.
- Jaden Christian (Braidwood, IL/Braidwood (Reed-Custer)) jumped 5.86M (19-2.5 feet) in the long jump and 12.01M (39-5 feet) in the triple jump.
- Alecea Cardillo (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield North) jumped 12.13M (39-9.75 feet) in the triple jump.
- Charlie Wirth (Greenville, WI/Hortonville HS) ran a time of 8:12.54 in the 3000M run.
- The Men's 4x4 relay, consisting of Will DeBolt (Naperville, IL/Naperville North), Reese Kocanda (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield South), Brian Holmes (Naperville, IL), and Connor Wagner (Elgin, IL/Burlington Central) ran a time of 3:17.24.
- Dan Ford (Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville), Connor Wagner (Elgin, IL/Burlington Central), Aubrey Smith (Floyds Knobs, IN), and Charlie Wirth (Greenville, WI/Hortonville HS) combined to run a time of 9:59.48 in the Men's Distance Medley Relay.
- Zach Olenek (Algonquin, IL/St. Edward Central Catholic) jumped 7.17M (23-6.25 feet) in the long jump.
UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Friday, February 17 competing at North Central College in the Lee Slick Invite.
