Red Devils Face Tough Field at IWU Titan Open
BLOOMINGTON, IL. – The Eureka distance team returned to Illinois Wesleyan's campus for the second weekend in a row to participate in the Titan Open on Saturday. As a combined women's and men's team, the Red Devils came home with 13 PRs and 3 Season Best times across 5 events each for the women and men.
"We had another strong showing yesterday in a large meet with a strong field," said Coach Chris Robinson. "There was a nice mix of talent across the board which helped push the team. Coach Ian, Coach Zach and I were very happy with the consistent, strong efforts from the team."
Women's results:
400m:
Jaden Randall (Secor, Ill./Roanoke-Benson) - 1:15.52
Isabella Carbajal (Chicago, Ill./Shepard) - 1:14.74, PR with a nearly 2 second improvement over her season best (SB), and a .5 second improvement over her previous PR
800m:
Rachel Fisher (Metamora, Ill./Metamora) - 2:31.02
Emily Baker (Washington, Ill./Washington) - 2:51.55, PR with nearly 3 second improvement
Mile:
Emily Baker (Washington, Ill./Washington) - 6:13.51, PR with a 3.5 second improvement
Odessa Grove (Lewistown, Ill./Lewistown) - 7:16.64, PR with a 22 second improvement
Sarah Kimbro (Peoria, Ill./Metamora) - 7:16.4 - dropped nearly 16 seconds off last performance
3000m:
Karissa Heffernan (Metamora, Ill./Metamora/Lewis) - 11:01.17, PR with a nearly 8 second improvement and new school record.
4x4:
Randall, Carbajal, Baker, Fisher - 4:56.81, SB just edging out last weeks performance.
Men's results:
400m:
Khalil Alleyne (Diego Martin, Trinidad/Fatima College) finished - 55.76, PR topping last weeks performance by just under a second
Jose Amador (Kempton, Ill./Tri-Point) - 58.37 PR, just edging out his performance last week.
Gabriel Seeber (Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central) - 58.75, new PR
Brayton Strawkas (Buffalo, Ill./Tri-City) - 1:08.5
800m:
Bailey Webster (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) - 2:13.38
Michael Beaumont (Greenup, Ill./Cumberland) - 2:23,93, PR with a nearly 4 second improvement
Mile:
Jose Amador (Kempton, Ill./Tri-Point) - 4:59.8, SB dropping 15 seconds and just shy of his PR
Tucker Williamson (Monticello, Ill./Monticello) - 5:23.63, PR with over a 13 second improvement
Michael Beaumont (Greenup, Ill./Cumberland) - 5:34.75, PR with just over a 3 second improvement
5k:
Bailey Webster (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) - 16:46.37, PR with just under a 35 second improvement
Tony DeLira (Chicago, Ill./Alcott/Lincoln) - 17:01.05, SB with a 7 second improvement
4x4:
Seeber, Amador, Webster, Alleyne - 3:54.93, team PR by nearly 6 seconds.
The Red Devil distance teams are back in action in Jacksonville on Friday, February 16th at the Illinois College Hilltop Classic at 5 p.m.