IOWA CITY, IA.- Redbird track & field concludes day 2 of the Larry Wieczorek invite with some notable marks.
On the men's side the Redbirds started off hot with freshman Ethan Reynoso winning the men's mile with a time of 4:13.53. In the men's 60m dash Enyinnaya Nwagwu put up a seasons-best 6.95 while finishing 6th. In the men's 60m hurdles senior Brandon Ratliff put up a seasons-best time of 7.91 and senior Jaden Johnson had a personal-best time of 8.04. Junior Julian Head put up his seasons-best time in the men's 800m with 1:54.88, while sophomore Cade Ward breaks the facility record for the men's heptathlon 1,000m with a new record of 2:44.17 while also winning the men's heptathlon pole vault with 4.30m (14-1.25). In the men's mile Zack Loomis had a personal-best time of 4:11.82. Freshman Brodie Squires had a personal-best leap of 7.08m (23-2.75). To cap off the men's weekend the 4x400m relay had a seasons-best time of 3:18.40.
On the women's side freshman Cambria Geyer had a personal-best in the 400m with 1:00.30. Senior Emilia Ness had a personal-best in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.80. Sophomore Mattison Plummer had a personal-best time in the mile with 4:56.60 and sophomore Vivianna Sanfilippo also had a personal-best with 5:04.22. In the women's pole vault sophomore Isabelle Hemmen had a seasons-best with 3.55m (11-7.75), while junior Windsor Roberts takes 5th with 3.70m (12-1.50). Sophomore Abby Milott had a personal-best in the triple jump with 11.16m (36-7.50).
Coach Bovee on this weekend's meet
"We made great progress this weekend, from the previous weekend. Our goal was to give effort on the things we can control, and I believe we came away with some positive efforts, we got better this weekend and need to keep the momentum going!
Coach Luke on Cade Ward's record-breaking day
It was a good day for Cade today! He won a hard-fought battle in the heptathlon pole vault against a good competitor from Iowa However, the thing that capped it for me was the gutty 1000 meters he put together to finish the heptathlon with two wins and a facility record at a school know for top Dl multi eventers!
Up Next
The Redbird track & field squad will send a group to Indianapolis, Indiana to compete in the Jaguar invite hosted by IUPUI, while the majority will head down to Champaign to compete in the Illini Challenge on January 26 and 27.
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