TRACK & FIELD

The Forester track and field program spent the weekend at Marian’s Knight Open with Erica Xayarath headlining Roark’s crew in jumps. The junior transfer tied the school record in long jump with her mark of 5.65 meters which was good for second at the meet and a B standard. She also turned in a third-place finish in triple jump with hop, step and jump of 11.23 meters which is the fourth farthest mark in school history.

Abbey Gentz also had two solid outings on the day. She won the 1500 meters in 4:44.89 which is the seventh fastest time in the Huntington record books. She also toed the line of the 800 meters where she came in fourth in 2:23.84.

Emily Tedder ran those same two races and finished third in the 1500 meters (4:40.86) and fifth in the 800 meters (2:25.85).

Other top ten finished for HU included: Hannah Johnson in the 100 meters (9th, 13.18) and 200 meters (8th, 27.91), Madeline Gile in the 200 meters (6th, 27.75) and 400 meters (9th, 1:02.37), Lydia Baker in the 200 meters (10th, 28.48) and 400 meters (10th, 1:03.73), Mackenzie Brewer in the 800 meters (9th, 2:29.05), Destinee McGrady in the 800 meters (10th, 2:29.37) and Aanyah Wright in hammer (9th 40.49 meters).

On the men’s side, Zach Collins sprinted his way to a win in the 200 meters in 21.38 which proved a B standard. He clocked in at 10.61 in the 100 meters to set a new school record and finish third at the meet.

The Foresters had a strong showing in the 5000 meters with Kent Yoder winning it all in 15:20.70 with Austin Liepe not far back in second in 15:29.89. Tyler Loucks rounded out a top ten finish for HU in 17:42.07.

In field events, Chandler Minnich took fourth in pole vault with his leap of meters.

COACH AUSTIN ROARK’S COMMENTS:
“We were happy to get a decent meet with okay weather in this weekend. We had great performances from Erica Xayarath and Zach Collins. Both of them punched their ticket to nationals with some solid performances in cool weather. I’m excited for when we get a meet with warm weather and decreased wind. The majority of our nationals group will look to open their seasons in the next few weeks; until then we are excited to enter a heavy training block.”

Next up is the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 14-16 at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.