Xavier Posts Eight Top-Five Finishes at Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite

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Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational

Xavier Posts Eight Top-Five Finishes at Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite

04.24.16 | Track and Field

Xavier returns to action at the Penn Relays on April 27-29

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Xavier track and field competed at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational on Saturday. The Musketeers combined for 16 top-10 finishes.

"The goal of the meet at Louisville was to keep the momentum going from last weekend and start to get into a post-season mentality," said head coach Ryan Orner. "I thought the team did well overall, but the group that went to California showed a little fatigue from the extra travel. Once we give their bodies a chance to recover this coming week, they'll be ready to go. For the most part, everyone is fit, we just need to be able to take advantage of that fitness."

TOP-10 FINISHES: WOMEN

Kara Robinson - 100-meter hurdles (14.52), 9th place ^
Kara Robinson - 400-meter hurdles (1:07.42), 6th place
Vanessa Johnson - 400-meter hurdles (1:09.51), 8th place
Meghan Vogel - 1,500-meter run (4:43.00), 8th place ^
Sarah Clark - 800-meter run (2:16.94), 6th place ^
4x400-meter relay (3:57.23), 3rd place ^
Kristine Johnston - Javelin (25.16m), 9th place ^
Karmen Auble - Heptathlon (3,510 points), 6th place

^ New PR

TOP-10 FINISHES: MEN

4x100-meter relay (42.80), 5th place
4x400-meter relay (3:23.08), 4th place
Zachary Polk - 100-meter dash (10.83), t-7th place ^
Zachary Polk - Long jump (7.24m), 3rd place
Grant Stapleton - 800-meter run (1:54.28), 2nd place
Nolan Daniels - 800-meter run (1:54.35), 3rd place
Jordan Shepherd - 800-meter run (1:55.65), 5th place ^
Josh Phelan - 400-meter dash (1:00.82), 8th place
Russell Platt - High jump (2.02m), 5th place ^

^ New PR

QUOTING COACH ORNER: WOMEN

"Tori Chiller had a 22 second PR in the 1,500-meter run with a 4:46. Tori has come a long way since her days as a sprinter. In back-to-back weekends she's run lifetime best marks and shown her depth as a racer."

"Sarah Clark had a great day. She's also coming off a PR at Ball State last week in the 1,500-meter run, but Saturday was about crushing her high school PR in the 800. She executed the race plan that I gave her perfectly, ran with confidence and improved her best mark in the 800 by three seconds. I even think she was a little shocked by how fast she ran. Previous PR was a 2:19.98, new PR 2:16.94 for 6th place."

"Kristine Johnson made finals in the javelin with a two-meter personal best. She just took up this event a few weeks ago, but I think she'll be able to help the team at the conference meet."

QUOTING COACH ORNER: MEN

"Zach Polk made the 100-meter dash finals with a 9.92 and then came back in the finals and ran 10.83. The best part about his 100 final was that he had just taken his final attempt in the long jump final, ran out of the pit, over to the start of the 100 final and had literally no time in between to prepare. The 10.83 is a PR for him. In the long jump, his mark of 7.24 is a season best."

"The 800-meter run was a great race for our guys today. We placed 2-3-5 and all three guys looked really strong."