The UW Parkside Women's Track Team took home 7 wins out of 14 events at Friday's Parkside Open held in the Petretti Field House. The Meet included athletes from 5 colleges and was scored as a dual meet against Wheaton College.
The victories on the track were earned in the Mile Run (Whitney Olson, 5:17.65), the 800m Run (Brittany Frederick, 2:24.46), 3000m Run (Heidi Ertl, 10:28.46), the 4 x 400m Relay (4:24.61, Olson, Frederick, Ertl, and Jessica Watychowicz). In the field events, Charlotte Smith won the High Jump (5'2") and the Shot Put (21' 2.5") and Missy Nilles won the Pole Vault (10' 6"). Wheaton won the Dual Meet by a score of 64 to 53.
UWP MEN LED BY ORVOLD
Ben Orvold won the 3000m Run with a career best time of 8:40.57 to pace the UWP Men's Track in their dual meet with Wheaton College. Wheaton won by the score of 87 to 24.
The UWP Men earned victories in the 4 x 400m Relay with a time of 3:36.06. The team was comprised of Rehan Mahmood, Alex Mena, Laquan Fenderson, and Bryan McLoone. Sean Klauck won the Pole Vault with a mark of 10' 6".
RECORDS SET IN 5000m RACE WALK
UWP Alumni, Ben Shorey was the winner of the 5000m Race Walk that was included in the Parkside Open, his time of 20:55.4. His time was an Automatic Qualifier for the USATF National Indoor Championships to be held in Albuquerque, NM on February 25 and 26. Stephen Quirke and Matt De Witt finished 2nd and 3rd in the event with Provisional Marks in the event. Their times were 22:19.1 and 22:19.6 respectively.
UWP Junior Miranda Melville won the Women's Section of the 5000m Race Walk with a time of 25:33.5.
Two Master Race Walkers (40 years and older) set pending Age Group Records. Klaus Theidmann of Chicago (55) walked the 5000m distance in a time 28:32.2 and Sherri Watts of London, Ontario (62) walked a 30:36.1. Each mark is faster than the Age Record in the event and will be recognized upon acceptance of the Record Application.
UW Parkside Track Coach Mike De Witt commented on the performances in Friday evenings meet: "The main team goal of Friday evening was to take advantage of the smaller, yet competitive fields in our meet, to work on race plans and competing hard. We accomplished both goals along with having a fun and energized meet. Overall our performances were pretty much in expected ranges and I liked the way we competed across the team. I think the best way to sum up the meet atomosphere was watching a group of the team finish with some 'challenge races' on the backstretch as we cleaned up the fieldhouse. We work hard to be as competitive with our abilities as possible, but we want to enjoy being a part of the good tradition of UWP Track."
Next weekend the UWP Track Team will compete at the UW Whitewater Classic. The Men will compete on Friday evening and the Women on Saturday afternoon.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE PARKSIDE OPEN:
http://www.pttiming.com/page/show/65867-race-results