National Marks and a Record for Scots at Home Invitational

Monmouth, IL (02/16/2020) — A trio of potential national qualifying marks and one school record were among Monmouth's performances at Saturday's Fighting Scot Invitational.

Monmouth won 10 events which included a new record in the women's 60-meter hurdles at the non-scored eight-team meet. Running on her home indoor track for the final time, senior Vanessa Caldwell ran a personal-best in the prelims of the hurdle event at 9.18 and then posted a record time for the win in the finals at 9.12, clipping the previous record by one one-hundredth of a second.

Led by Joe Krall's win in the weight throw, the men turned in three marks that may qualify them for the NCAA Championships. Krall's honor roll mark of 63'4-1/2" won the event by more than 6' and ranks as the second-best throw in the nation. Drew Thaxton - who was third in the weight at 55'9-1/4" - traded places with Krall in the shot put, taking the top spot in the shot put with the 14th-best throw in the nation at 53'1" while Krall placed third at 47'9-3/4". The Scots' third national mark came in the 60 dash where Stone Darrow ran a PR of 6.93 to place second and rank 14th nationally. Only the top 20 performances in the nation will qualify for next month's NCAA Championships.

The Scots swept the men's and women's pole vault competitions as Reed Wilson and Katie Hayes cleared personal-best bars. Wilson vaulted 15'0-1/4" to win by well over a foot. Hayes cleared 9'11-3/4", edging Linsey Turner's height of 9'5-3/4" for the win.

Monmouth also took the top spot in both 4x200 relays.

Jordan Peckham, Kenzie Baker, Caldwell and Cindy Ladner combined to run an honor roll time of 1:45.51 to win the women's race by nearly three seconds. Peckham added an individual win in the 400, breaking the tape in 1:00.28 while Caldwell placed fourth with a 1:02.91. Baker and Peckham also finished in the top four in the 200, Baker with a 26.78 to place second and Peckham fourth in 26.98.

Darrow, Darius Williams, Zach Vancil and Lucas Sondgeroth broke the tape in the men's 4x2 at 1:31.06, two seconds ahead of the runners up. Darrow, Williams and Reed Bona ran to a 3-4-5 finish in the open 200. Darrow finished in 22.68, three-tenths out of first. Williams clocked a 22.89 and Bona a 23.11.

The Scots rolled to two wins and one PR in the distance races where Riley Dulin clocked a lifetime-best of 8:56.07 to win the men's 3,000 by more than 30 seconds. Ezzie Baltierra-Chavez placed third in the women's race with an 11:00.10. Caroline Young led a 1-2 finish in the 5,000. The sophomore broke the tape in 18:53.65, followed by Julia Sterr who finished in 19:22.82.

In the meet-ending 4x400 relay, Josh Gross, Nick Obsaint, Jonah Cecil and Griff Morrill ran to a second-place finish with a 3:33.61. Morrill had earlier led a 3-4 Scots' finish in the mile, running a 4:31.18. Tanner Heiple was fourth with a 4:33.32. Mik Moore clocked a runner up time of 5:28.42 in the women's mile and took third in the 800 with a 2:30.36.

Monmouth's men also picked up top three finishes in the 400 dash and 60 hurdles.

Vancil was just five one-hundredths off the winning pace in the 400 with a runner up time of 51.56. Alex Cutright continued his strong showings in the hurdles, placing third in 8.75, a mere four one-hundredths behind the winner.

In the jumps, Aleeka Gentzler and Josie Welker tied for the runner up spot in the high jump. The pair were part of a three-way tie at 4'10-1/4".

Austin Pfau and Williams took the top two spots in a pair of sand jumps. Pfau won the triple jump with a mark of 44'9-3/4" while Williams was the runner up in the long jump, leaping 21'11-1/2".

The women's throwers took five, top four places in their events. Hannah McVey led a 2-3-4 effort in the weight throw where she landed the weight at 51'9-1/4". Leigha Sebben was third (49'9-3/4") and Megan Gilstrap was fourth (49'8-1/2"). Sebben (39'8") and Gilstrap (39'2-1/4") placed 3-4 in the shot put.

Monmouth travels to Illinois College Friday for the Hilltop Classic, the final meet before next week's Midwest Conference Championships.