Results
The Malone University indoor track and field teams completed competition at Kent State University's Golden Flash Gala on Saturday. The team competed in twelve events on the second and final day of the event.
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Highlighting the day was local freshman,
Rebekah Carr, who broke the Malone University school record in the 300 Meter Dash with a time of 41.89 seconds. Her time was good enough for 6
th in today's event as well.
Taryn Chapman moved up to 7
th all-time at Malone with her time of 42.50 in the event. Chapman came in eighth in Saturday's race.
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Three runners found their way onto Malone's all-time list in the 500 Meter Dash.
Katie Grimes came in sixth at Kent with a time of 1:18.58, which is now second at Malone all-time. Following Grimes was
Emily Luli in seventh place with a time of 1:19.19, which is now fourth-best at Malone. Coming in 12
th at today's race was
Amber Murphy. Murphy's time of 1:21.65 is eighth all-time at Malone.
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Erika Rector (pictured above) had the highest placement on the day on the women's team, coming in third in the 1,000 Meters with a time of 3:05.00.
Emily O'Dell finished in 7
th place in the event with a time of 3:11.50.
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Kelsey Veldhuizen made it to the finals in the 60 Meter Hurdles, where she finished 7
th with a time of 9.91.
Taryn Chapman finished 9
th with a time of 9.68.
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Lorne Strausbaugh and
Scott Whitaker had the two highest placements for the men's team on Saturday, both in the 3,000 Meter Run. Strausbaugh finished second with a time of 8:43.29 while Whitaker finished third with a time of 8:43.32.
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Joshua Woika went a height of 6' 0.75'' in the high jump on Saturday, good enough for 7
th in Saturday's event.
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Daniel Brown and
Joshua Easley have now written their names on Malone's Top Ten list in the 60 meter hurdles. Brown finished with a final time of 8.64 which was seventh at Saturday's race, and sixth at Malone. Easley finished in 12
th today. His time of 8.83 is seventh at Malone.
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Ja'Vonne Brashears ran his way into Malone's Top Ten list as well, running a time of 7.13 in the 60 meter dash. His time was 12
th at Saturday's race and sixth all-time at Malone. Brashears also placed 7
th in the long jump on Saturday with a distance of 20' 3.6''.
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The Malone University indoor track and field teams will be back in action on January 13
th at the Northwest Ohio Invitational in Findlay, Ohio.Â