NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State track & field program wrapped up two meets on Saturday afternoon.
At the Bobcat Invitational hosted by Texas State University, Junior Jake Welch entered the program's top-10 list for the men's 400m and now sits ninth all-time after running a mark of 47.10. Welch now holds top-10 time in both indoor and outdoor.
In San Marcos, Senior Corrina Courser finished in fifth place with a mark of 13.81 in the women's 100m hurdles. Senior Macee Rivers recorded a time of 14.10 to finish 12th.
Back home at the Redbird Challenge, Senior Caleb Lerus won the men's 100m dash with a time of 10.70. On the women's side, Caleb's sister, Freshman Layla Lerus recorded a mark of 12.27 to finish fifth.
In the men's 110m dash, Senior Kevyere Mack captured the win in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 14.73. Sophomore Ava Lawless (3rd) and Senior Gracie Jessup (5th) ran marks of 14.39 and 14.57 to earn top-five finishes in the women's 100m hurdles.
Sophomore Jonathan Tegel won the men's 200m dash with a time of 49.57. Tegel's mark was a personal best time of his career. Freshman Reece Curtis earned a third-place finish after running a time of 50.05. Sophomore Cambria Geyer finished sixth with a time of 59.45 on the women's side.
In the men's 1500m, Freshman Julian Baker won the men's 1500m with a time of 3:56.21. Sophomore Kane Shields finished runner-up after running a mark of 3:47.64, and Sophomore Blake Oleson tallied a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:58.44.
Sophomore Grace Erb ran a time of 4:35.31 on her way to a runner-up finish in the women's 1500m. Sophomore Colleen Zeibert recorded a fifth-place finish after running a time of 4:41.00, as Freshman Astrid Van Breedam tallied an eighth-place finish with a mark of 4:44.55 in her outdoor debut.
Freshman Josh Weeks won the men's 5000m with a time of 15:41.01 in his first outdoor appearance as a Redbird.
Caleb Lerus (2nd) and Freshman Evan Watson (3rd) earned podium finishes in the men's 200m with marks of 21.56 and 21.61. On the women's side Junior Nnenna Okpara earned a runner-up finish with a time of 24.83.
Sophomore Owen O'Shea ran a personal best time of 1:55.81 on his path to a second-place finish in the men's 800m. Sophomore Trixie Johnson finished ninth on the women's side with a time of 2:20.82
In the field events, Sophomore Garrett Taylor won the men's discus throw with a personal best effort of 55.21m (181-1). Junior Jacob Rollins finished in fourth with a throw of 45.11m (148-0). On the women's side, Freshman Brianna Brodie led the Redbirds with a throw of 40.65m (133-04).
Taylor also finished runner-up in the men's shot put with a throw of 16.22m (53-2.75). Sophomore Cole Stevens finished in third with a throw of 15.75m (51-8.25). On the women's side, Freshman Chidiogo Odeluga finished in fifth with a throw of 11.31m (37-1.25)
Junior Rob Pulliam tallied the win in the men's high jump after clearing the bar at 1.98m (6-6). Freshman Trey Thomas also cleared 1.98m (6-6) to finish second. On the women's side, Senior Ella Vacek cleared 1.60m (5-3) to finish fifth.
Freshman Sydney Skarich won the women's javelin throw after recording a throw of 39.87m (130-9). On the men's side, Senior Josh Schmid finished fifth with a throw of 48.70m (159-9).
Senior Atleigh Hamilton won the women's long jump with a mark of 5.57m (18-3.25). Senior Madison Saunders recorded a jump of 5.47m (17-11.50) to finish runner-up as Sophomore Ava Lawless rounded out the podium with a mark of 5.47m (17-11.50).
Senior Windsor Roberts won the women's pole vault with a clearance of 3.83M (12-6.75). On the men's side, Junior Charles Cruse finished third with a vault of 5.07m (16-7.5).
In the women's triple jump, Freshman Laney Nelson finished sixth with a jump of 10.99m (36-0.75).
To close out the Redbird Challenge the men's 4x400m relay team of Watson, Tegel, Mack, and Curtis won with a time of 3:24.17. On the women's side, the team of Brown, Lerus, Geyer, and Johnson finished third with a mark of 4:07.53.
