MAC SLAVIN SPORTS EDITOR
The Wartburg indoor track and field teams had a strong showing at the Wartburg Relays Friday night as the women captured 12 event titles and the men brought home three.
Faith Burt led the Knights by provisionally qualifying for the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.72.
Jenny Kordick, Akeya Aimable, Nevada Morrison and Jen Ganshirt were the next four runners, as the Knights brought home the top five finishes.
The Knights swept the relays, winning the 4x200, 4x400, 4x800, 4x1600, sprint medley and distance medley.
Brittany Thomas brought home top honors in the 60-meter dash with a time of 9.16, while Brittany Melloy brought home a top finish in the pentathlon with 2,882 points. Becca Fagerlind finished in third with 2,674 points.
In the field events, Amber Axon brought home top honors in the high jump with a 1.52-meter jump. Megan Baker won the triple jump with a jump of 9.98 meters.
Skye Morrison, Hannah Baker and Megan Baker brought home top-three places in the long jump respectively. Morrison finished with a 5.31-meter jump while Hannah jumped 5.24 meters and Megan jumped 4.93.
Megan Kingery finished in third place in the pole vault with a vault of 2.04 meters.
Pam Rodgers helped in the throwing events, finishing runner-up in the shot put and weight throw. She threw the shot 12.39 meters and tossed the weight 13.48 meters.
The men brought home three relay wins in the 4x800-meter relay, sprint medley and distance medley.
The Knights finished runner-up in the 4x400-meter relay and the 4x1600-meter relay.
Individually, Drew Shradel took home runner-up honors in the 60-meter hurdles and Damoan Lott finished runner-up in the triple jump.
Shradel finished with a time of 9.16 and Lott jumped 13.49 meters. John Kuckelman also finished runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 15.44 meters.
Mike Veenendaal and Karch Landers were third in the vertical jumps. Landers finished third in the high jump with a jump of 1.78 meters, while Veenendaal finished third in the pole vault with a vault of 2.89 meters.
“Our major goal is to take it one meet at a time,” head coach Marcus Newsom said. “I want to look and evaluate this meet and prepare for next week.”
The meet was the first collegiate meet at Hoover Fieldhouse and Track.
Next week the teams will head to the Iowa State Open and the Midwest Invitational at Monmouth (Ill.) this Saturday.