A group of HLG track & field athletes spent last weekend in Columbia, MO competing in the Missouri Relays,a two-day event that included both a collegiate and high school meet.
RESULTS
The women were paced by sophomore Sarah Erickson who took home a 13th place finish in the 1500m event with a new school-record time of 5:22.50. Fellow sophomore Jasman Edmond placed 8th in the 100m dash with a preliminary mark of 13.35 seconds. Freshman Brittni Bastean took 6th in the high jump (1.52m) while senior Danielle Sturgeon (29.01m) and freshman Caitlin McCoy (28.93m) took 5th and 6th place, respectively, in the javelin.
The men were led by Philiph Tonui's 13th place effort in the 5,000m run. Philiph's finishing time of 15:13.81 is less than 2 seconds off of the national qualifying mark for the event. John Anderson finished 12th in the 110m hurdles (16.86) while Ben Griffin set a new personal best time in the 1500m run, finishing with a time of 4.31.52.
The team will travel to St. Louis this Friday and Saturday to compete in the Washington University Invitational.
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