After the first of two days at the Midwest Conference Track & Field Championships, both Monmouth teams are in first place. The Monmouth women have 58.5 points and an 8.5 point lead over Grinnell after six events. The men have 60 points, putting them ahead of the indoor champions from Ripon by two points.
On Friday the Scots had three individual winners.
Jonathan Oradiegwu (Richmond, Texas) won the high jump at 2.01m.
Reed Wilson (Normal, Illinois) won another title in the pole vault with a season-best 4.90m. Wilson won the indoor title and also won the outdoor event last year against the other Southern Division teams.
Linsey Turner (Elburn, Illinois) made it a pole vault sweep with a career-best 3.25m for her first MWC title.
Andy Bird (Hamilton, Illinois) took second in the hammer throw at 48.52m with
Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) in fourth place at 47.01m. Bird also finished fourth in the discus at 40.16m with Toberman in sixth and
Shane Anderson (Lisle, Illinois) was seventh in both events.
Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illinois) took second in the shot put with a career-best 12.31m. Teammate
Addi Cox (Morton, Illinois) was fourth at 12.20m and
Kareema Lawal (Aurora, Illinois) took fifth at 12.03m.
Joseph Oradiegwu (Richmond, Texas) got fourth in the long jump at 6.60m while his brother was seventh at 6.29m. Turner was fifth in the women's long jump at 4.84m ahead of
Alyssa Villarreal (Galesburg, Illinois) in seventh at 4.71m.
Ashley Grothaus (Fenton, Missouri) was third in the javelin at 33.26m, just ahead of
Amanda Dybal (Apex, North Carolina) at 31.53m
Eric Sikorski (Monmouth, Illinois) scored points with a fifth place finish in the high jump at 1.86m. Grothaus got fourth in the pole vault at 2,95m while
Delaney Rexroat (Monmouth, Illinois) was seventh at 2.50m.
In the running events,
Riley Dulin (Monmouth, Illinois) placed fifth in the 1500m at 4:07.69.
Arika Hofmann (Monmouth, Illinois) was fourth in the women's 1500m at 5:03.12 and
Mik Moore (Washington, Illinois) finished sixth at 5:04.73.
Preliminary races were held in track events as well with the top eight progressing to Saturday's finals.
Jordan Peckham (Farmington, Illinois) qualified first in the 100m race with a season-best 12.04 and she was also second in the 200m at 25.50.
Alexander Brock (Lexington, Illinois) qualified fourth in the 400m at 51.05.
Nicole Hoyer (Montgomery, Illinois) qualified fifth in the 400m at 1:02.69.
Joseph Oradiegwu qualified eighth in the 100m at 11.16.
Reed Bona (Dyersburg, Tennessee) qualified second in the 400m hurdles at 59.09.
Saturday's events in Beloit start with the women's hammer throw at 10:30 a.m. The track events start with the men's 4x100m relay at 12:15 p.m.
