On Saturday, February 7th, the Scots traveled to Illinois Wesleyan to compete against 22 other teams. Since the track meet being as big as it was, the team faced a lot of competition they don’t usually see throughout the season.
Track season is in full affect, and it’s safe to say the athletes felt what comes with it. Nonetheless, the Scots pushed through, and personal records (PRs) were hit. Kaden Foglesong ran prelims in the 60m hurdles and ran a new personal best of 8.91 seconds followed up by an 8.96s in the finals for a 7th place finish.
Maddox Clark in the blocks. Photo by Patrick Curry Jr.
Andrew Peterson ran a pr in the 800m dash with a time of 2:00.75 seconds. Ayianna Maxwell set a PR in the 200m dash with 28.28 seconds; Asa Steagall also set a PR in the 200m dash with 26.10 seconds.
Gunner Bryant finished 5th in shot put with a throw of 14.84m. Kayla Braun moved up to 37th in the nation with a throw of 12.89m in the shot put.
With a season’s best throw of 16.11m in the weight throw, Jillian Toth moved up to #28 in the nation. Erin Jay had a PR of 11.37 in the weight throw. Landon and Dame Thioubou jumped places in the weight throw, landing 6th and 7th amongst their competitors. With Landon throwing 14.24m and Dame throwing 14.17m.
The men’s 4x400 relay that consisted of Davon Patterson, Logan Morse, Andrew Peterson, and Adrian Outlaw placed 8th overall with a season best of 3:30.36 (3 minutes and 30 seconds).