By Paul Patras, Staff Writer
The Xavier track and field team continued its indoor season this past weekend in Ashland, Ohio at the Last Chance meet. The team has been hitting their stride in many of their recent meets prior to the upcoming indoor Big East championship and the spring outdoor season.
This year, there are 12 sprinters on the men’s team who are gaining high accolades with their results. Recently, they have had many great results at meets, including at the Miss Athletic Center in Ashland.
Xavier track and field are finishing off their indoor season with the Big East Championship this weekend. Last weekend, the runners showcased their skills in Ashland, Ohio at the Last Chance meet with many stand out performances.
For the women’s team, junior Annie Sinning, sophomore Lily Parker and first-year Claire Milam all made sub-five minute 15 second times in the one mile race. For the 60 meter dash, first-year Rania Brown made a time of 8.26 seconds and junior Lanisia Wilson made a time of 8.43 seconds. For the 400 meter dash, both junior Shannon O’Brien and first-year Kate Adler made times of one minute flat and 1:01, respectively. For the 200 meter dash, Brown, Adler and Wilson all made times of 27 seconds.
For men’s track, there were multiple runners in the 3000 meter run with first-year Chris Kardos getting a time of 8:41, graduate student Drew Allen with 8:44, junior Aiden Amshoff with 8:46 and junior Eric Board with 8:48. Junior Jackson Triplett, graduate student Nick McCumsey and first-year Will Negley each earned respective times of 8:58, 9:01 and 9:07. Men’s track also saw first-year Luke Schindler and first-year Cole Griswold in the 400 meter, earning times of 51 and 50 seconds, respectively. Lastly, in the 200 meter, both Schinder and Griswold had hard times of 23 seconds.
“There’s been a lot of success among the runners this year. Conference is starting Friday, and I think we’ll run some really fast times. We have a mix of one senior and about eight or nine underclassmen on the sprinters side that will be running. They’re all set up for success,” senior runner Liam Fuller said.
“It’s great, it’s a good team, good group as a whole,” said Fuller.
The year is still young for Xavier runners with a few meets remaining in the indoor season before hitting the outdoor track for the spring.