Adelaide Street Field | Illinois State University Athletics
Adelaide Street Field | Illinois State University Athletics
The Illinois State track and field team concluded the first day of the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa City. Junior Jake Welch achieved victory in the men's 600m run, clocking a time of 1:18.48, placing him fourth on the program's top-10 list. Junior Star Mpama also made it onto the top-10 list with a time of 1:32.98 in the women's 600m run.
Mpama and Welch are now the 12th and 13th Redbirds this season to enter the program's top-10 list. Senior Lauren Schulze, from Clive, Iowa, ran a time of 10:01.75 in the women's 3000m event. Schulze returned to Iowa City where her mother Jenny was a distance runner for Iowa.
Freshman Trey Thomas and senior Kiley Sanders earned podium finishes in the high jump, with Thomas clearing 1.95m (6-4.75) and Sanders clearing 1.70m.
Senior Sean Hopkins secured second place in the men's long jump with a mark of 7.08m (23-2.75). On the women's side, senior Atleigh Hamilton recorded her season-best jump at 5.68m.
Sophomore Garrett Taylor finished in the top five of the men's shot put with a throw measuring 16.92m (55-6.25). Sophomore Adison Scott threw a season-best distance of 15.26m in the women's weight throw, finishing ninth.
The Redbirds will continue competing on Saturday to wrap up their participation in the Larry Wieczorek Invitational, starting at 1:00 p.m., beginning with the women's pole vault event.
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