Berea, OH – The track teams traveled down the road to compete at the Sparky Adams Invitational hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College. The team had several athletes post life time bests and a new school record was set in the men's hammer throw.

“This was a great tune-up for our team as we move closer to the conference championship,” said Head Coach Ray Appenheimer. “We had two first place finishers, multiple lifetime bests today and one school record was broken. I am very happy with the performances today.”

The Yeowomen had a strong showing in the 400-meter dash. Melissa Elie was 5^th with a time of 59.48 seconds while teammate Amanda Miller took 9^th (59.76).

Marissa Clardy ran to a life time best in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.69. The Yeowomen had 4 more runners place top 10 in the event. Sybil Levine was sixth with a time of 2:23.45. She was followed up by Amanda Gracia (9^th- 2:27.15) and Molly Martorella (10^th-2:27.37).

Gracia also took 3^rd place in the 1500-meter run (4:57.49). Saga Briggs was 9^th (5:05.68) and Martorella was 10^th (5:09.90) in the event.

Christine Moore took the top spot in the  5000-meter run with a time of 18:11.90. Margaret Lindman was 4^th (19:20.88), Kristina Witcher 6^th (19:27.15) and  Hillary Tipton 10^th (20:05.45).

The Yeomen were led by Alex Guo. Guo won the triple jump with a lifetime best of 45 feet 6.50 inches.  He also took 6^th in the long jump (21 feet 4.25 inches).

Josh Gallagher was 10^th in the hammer throw with an effort of 149 feet 1 inch. That mark sets a new Oberlin school record.

In the 1500-meter run Stephen Williams posted a lifetime best with a time of 4:02.76. He was 7^th in the event.

Shawn Chrapczynski was 7^th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.30 seconds. Teammate Matt Bernstein took 9^th place in the 5000-meter run (15:59.07).