Newton, Cox, Boley Deliver Top 10 Performances For Track & Field

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill (04/23/2023) — The Monmouth College track and field teams competed at the Meet of Champions over the weekend with a handful of top 10 finishes. The two-day event, hosted by Augustana, included 16 teams ranging from Division 1 to Junior College.

Women
Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illinois) finished fourth in the discus with a career-best throw of 43.67m, the seventh-best mark in school history. She also finished ninth in the hammer throw at 42.41m with teammade Addi Cox (Morton, Illinois) finishing fourth at 48.12m. That throw moves Cox into ninth on the Monmouth career list.

Amanda Dybal (Apex, North Carolina) finished sixth in both the javelin and discus. She threw 31.33m in the javelin and 41.16m in the discus. Kayla Braun (Evansville, Illinois) was sixth in the shot put at 12.42m, a career best. Cox finished 10th in the shot put at 11.67m.

Lauren Anderson (Cambridge, Illinois) won the high jump at 1.50m. Miranda Hursey (Hanna City, Illinois) won the pole vault at 3.10m, tying for ninth in school history.

Men
Reed Wilson (Normal, Illinois) finished fourth in the pole vault at 4.48m. Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) took fifth in the hammer throw with a season-best 51.14m. Eli Newton (Dallas City, Illinois) finished ninth in the 800m race with a career-best 1:55.63. That time ranks fifth in school history.

The 4x100m relay men's team got fifth with Reed Bona (Dyersburg, Tennessee), Lane Grice (East Galesburg, Illinois), Luke Jachimiec (Aurora, Illinois) and Adrian Outlaw (Galesburg, Illinois) finishing in 44.48 seconds.

NEXT UP:

The Scots compete on Friday at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.

NCAA Division III National Rankings (as of 8 pm 4/22/23)
15 - Maddie Boley - discus - 43.67m
17 - Reed Wilson - pole vault - 4.76m
36 - Amanda Dybal - Discus 41.16m
44 - Addi Cox - Hammer throw - 48.12

Career Highs for outdoor meets (does not include those participating in an event for the first time)

Competitor - event - new career high (old career high)
Lauren Anderson - long jump - 5.06m (4.92m)
Maddie Boley - discus - 43.67m (43.63m)
Kayla Braun - shot put - 12.42m (12.19m)
Ally Celus - 200m - 28.18 (28.28)
Addi Cox - hammer - 48.12m (46.21m)
Patrick Curry - high jump - 1.77m (1.77)
Amanda Dybal - discus - 41.16m (41.12m)
Raul Garcia - 100m - 13.72 (13.75)
Skylar Garey - 800m - 2:42.83 (2:47.66)
Lane Grice - 200m - 23.95 (24.20)
Brynn Hogan - shot put - 9.57m (9.16m)
Miranda Hursey - 100m - 13.51s (13.62)
Luke Jachimiec - 100m - 11.15 (11.20)
Eli Newton - 800m - 1:55.63 (1:56.78)
Blake Orwig - discus - 36.86m (35.35m)
Adrian Outlaw - 200m - 22.77 (23.18)
Kady Patelski - hammer - 39.23m (37.65m)
Sam Phillips - shot put - 12.93m (12.63m)
Delaney Rexroat - pole vault - 2.83m (2.70m)
Maddie Rusk - 200m - 26.77 (27.19)
Caleb Toberman - discus - 42.37m (40.66m)
Jillian Toth - shot put - 9.09m (9.09m)
Jillian Toth - discus - 32.42m (29.42m)
Johnny York - 100m - 11.23 (11.48)
Johnny York - long jump - 6.04m (6.01m)