Crimson Wave Open Season At Karl Schlender Invite

January 14, 2019

WHITEWATER, Wis. – Both Calumet College of St. Joseph track and field teams opened up their seasons this past weekend when they traveled to Wisconsin to partake in the Karl Schlender Invitational. While the women had less than a full team make the trek, the men picked up the slack, finishing third in a seven team field on Saturday afternoon.

RESULTS

Men: 3^rd out of 7^th (56 points)
Women: 7^th out of 7^th (34 points)

TOP WOMEN'S PREFORMER

The honors for the first meet of the 2019 indoor season goes to Kellyn Vale (JR/Crown Point, Ind.). The junior from right here in Northwest Indiana placed fourth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.80, only 0.51 seconds off a podium finish. There was no close finish in her other event. Vale blew away the competition in the one mile run, finishing in the top spot with a 5:35.80 finish, more than 14 seconds quicker than the next closest runner.

WOMEN IN THE TOP FIVE

Julia Mears (FR/Flint, Mich.) – 4^th place in 200 meter dash (28.85 sec)
Grace Dwyer (SO/Lake Station, Ind.) – 1^st place in 3000 meter run (11:48.76 sec)

TOP MEN'S PREFORMER

Robert Davis (JR/Baton Rouge, La.), a national qualifier in the long jump last indoor season, picked up where he left off in March with a pair of second place finishes in both of his events. Davis' final distance of 6.91 meters in the long jump and 13.81 meters in the triple jump were good enough to score 16 points towards the overall team score, points that factored greatly in the team's third place finish.

MEN IN THE TOP FIVE

Rakeem Bluitt – 4^th in 600 meter run (1:35.70 sec)
Tre Gibson – 5^th in 600 meter run (1:36.40 sec)
Hector Martinez – 4^th in 3000 meter run (9:46.82 sec)
Demetrius Banks (SR/Hazelcrest, Ill.) – 3^rd in high jump (6-04.75)
Ronnie Strain (JR/St. John, Ind.) – 4^th in shot put (13.44 meters), 5^th in weight throw (14.14 meters)
Logan Andreatta, Antonio Kneeland (SO/Merrillville, Ind.), Bluitt, and Gibson – 2^nd in 4x400 meter relay (3:47.81)

WHO'S ON DECK?

Both teams will return to the track this upcoming Saturday when they travel to the Don & Riley Zimmer Open in Angola, Ind. for the all-day event.

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