Davenport split the squad up for the weekend, competing in the Bellarmine University 2019 Classic in Louisville, Ky. and the Oakland University Golden Grizzly Invite in Rochester, Mich. Mainly the jumpers/multi competed at Oakland and the sprinters/distance/throws competed at Bellarmine. The weekend was capped off with a new school record in the women's 1,500 meter run.
Olivia Bordewyk ran the event in 04:51.07, beating the old record by .06 seconds.
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Men
- Oakland Meet
- Romario Salmon took fifth in the high jump, clearing the height of 1.95 meters.
- In the pole vault, Dan Boivin finished second by clearing 4.25 meters.
- Drake Boomer snagged ninth place in the long jump, recording a mark of 6.34 meters.
- In the javelin throw, Eric Harris placed seventh with a throw of 35.31 meters.
- Bellarmine Meet
- In the 100 meter dash, Joe Grundstrom brought home the quickest DU time. He clocked 11.50 seconds in the event.
- Colin Grady earned first place in the 200 meter dash with his blistering time of 22.33 seconds.
- In the 400 meter dash Matthew Field and Justin Fleser finished within .26 seconds of each other. Field finished in 51.10 seconds and Fleser in 51.36 seconds.
- Noah French ran the 800 meter run in 1:59.93.
- In the 1,500 meter finals Zach Diamond finished in 4:09.96, recording the fastest time out of the six DU runners in the event.
- Corbin DeJonge clocked a time of 16.10 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles, finishing in sixth place.
- Zach Hammel-Brown earned second place in the 400 meter hurdles with his time of 56.22 seconds. Not far behind him was Craig Hoskins, who took fifth with a time of 57.31 seconds.
- The Panthers took first place in the 4x100 meter relay. The squad of Brett Schenck, Adrian Bonilla, Grady, and Grundstrom finished in 42.40 seconds.
- Grady leaped 6.70 meters in the ling jump, earning first place.
- In the shot put, Isaiah Schafer and William Jones IV finished first and second. Schafer tossed 14.99 meters, while Jones recorded a mark of 13.73 meters.
- Eric Toledo took second place in the discus throw, he recorded a throw of 41.35 meters in his third attempt.
- In the hammer throw Brandon MacGregor finished second. On his sixth and final attempt, MacGregor tossed 52.85 meters for the win.
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Women
- Oakland Meet
- Lynden Hamstra ran in the 800 meter run and finished in 2:39.64.
- In the 5,000 meter race Andrea Messing finished in 19:26.62 and took 10th place.
- Alexandra Eby had a great showing in the 100 meter hurdles and pole vault. She took second in both, recording a time of 15.52 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles and cleared 3.05 meters in the pole vault.
- Bellarmine Meet
- Jakara Edwards-House took third in the 100 meter dash, finishing in 12.63 seconds.
- In the 200 meter dash Grace Bundschuh and Joelle Humpula each placed in the top-10. Bundschuh finished in 26.72 seconds, taking fifth place, and Humpula finished in 26.92 seconds, taking ninth place.
- Tiler Tyler took third place in the 400 meter dash, recording a time of 59.21 seconds.
- In the 800 meter race Bordewyk finished in 2:29.21 and took 10th place.
- Bordewyk broke the school record in the 1,500 meter race. She finished in 4:51.07, beating the old record by only .06 seconds. The old record of 4:51.13 belonged to Kelsee VanderBaan and was set back in 2014.
- In the 100 meter hurdles, Olivia Sandborn finished in seventh with her time of 16.78 seconds.
- Kennedy Miedema brought home first place in the 400 meter hurdles. She finished the race in 1:08.42 seconds.
- Davenport took home first in the 4x100 meter relay. The squad of Aleah Mixon, Edwards-House, Bundschuh, and Humpula ran the single lap in 48.48 seconds.
- Also taking home first was Lisa Wangler in the shot put. Wangler recorded a toss of 11.91 meters.
- Rachel Morris took fifth in the discus with her mark of 33.32 meters.
- Kaylyn Perry finished first in the hammer throw. Perry tossed 50.51 meters on her third attempt to record the best mark at the meet.
- In the javelin, McKayla Nadolney recorded a mark of 28.80 meters, taking first place in the event.
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Story by:
Devin Steiner
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