The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Grinnell Invite on Saturday. The men's Sprint Medley Relay team broke a 23-year-old school record while Miranda Hursey (Hanna City, Illinois) and Makaiha Moore-Bell (Knoxville, Illinois) put up top-10 performances in Monmouth indoor history.
MEN
The men's sprint medley relay team of Janius Taylor (Lakeland, Florida), Da'Von Patterson (Ponte Vedra, Florida), Adrian Outlaw (Galesburg, Illinois) and Eli Newton (Dallas City, Illinois) set the school record as they won the events in 3:33.01. The performance broke the record of 3:33.71 set in 2002 and is also a facility record for Grinnell's Bear Athletic Center.
Newton also won the 800m race, for the second week in a row, with a time of 1:58.66. Outlaw took third in the 400m race at 52.72 and Taylor was fourth in the 200m race at 23.11.
Shane Anderson (Lisle, Illinois) won the weight throw for the second straight week as he threw 17.80m. Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) took second with a throw of 17.60m. Toberman won the shot put at 15.07m
Matthew Bright (Macomb, Illinois) was third in the pole vault at 3.50m.
WOMEN
Hursey moved up to fifth in the school record books for indoor pole vault with a PR of 3.45m, a Grinnell Invite record. She won the event as Megan Dailey (Pendleton, Indiana) placed third with a season-best 3.00m and Delaney Rexroat (Monmouth, Illinois) took fourth at 2.86m. Rexroat was also fourth in the long jump at 4.64m
Moore-Bell took second in the 60m race with a new PR of 7.97 seconds, the sixth-best 60 in school history.
Jillian Toth (El Paso, Illinois) won the weight throw at 15.43m with Kayla Braun (Evansville, Illinois) in second at 14.87m. Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illinois) won the shot put at 13.20m.
Samantha Costello (Morris, Illinois) took second in the 5000m race with a time of 20:17.18.
NCAA Division III National Rankings (as of 10:00 p.m. on 2/1/25)
4 - Shane Anderson - weight throw - 19.05m
7 - Maddie Boley - shot put - 13.66m
8 - Caleb Toberman - weight throw - 18.79m
8 - Maddie Boley - weight throw - 17.95m
24 - Eli Newton - 800 - 1:55.84
21- Caleb Toberman - shot put - 15.85m
42 - Blake Orwig - weight throw - 16.98m
42 - Jillian Toth - weight throw - 15.56m
46 - Miranda Hursey - pole vault - 3.45m
48 - Kayla Braun - weight throw - 15.40m
50 - Men's 4x400 relay - 3:25.92
Career Highs for indoor meets (does not include those participating in an event for the first time)
Competitor - event - new career high (old career high)
Isaac Anderson - weight throw - 13.39m (12.20m)
Fernando Avila Rubio - 800m - 2:05.32 (2:06.52)
Ka'ni Carson - 200m - 23.15 (23.21)
Natalie Gonzalez - 60m hurdles- 11.50 (11.82)
Natalie Gonzalez - 200m - 30.29 (30.84)
Miranda Hursey - pole vault - 3.45m (3.40m)
Makaiha Moore-Bell - 60m - 7.97 (8.12)
Kevins Soivillen - long jump - 5.63m (5.37m)
Asa Stegall - 60m hurdles - 10.76 (12.29)
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