(ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 3) – The McKendree University men's and women's track and field teams competed in the Principia Relays at Principia College in St. Louis, Mo., on Friday and Saturday. The women's team collected 12 top-three finishes while the men earned eight top-three finishes.

Out of the women's 12 podium finishes, six were first place, three were second place, and three were third place finished. Out of the men's eight podium finishes, two were first place, one was second place, and five were third place finishes.

Men's Events:
High Jump
Torrey Deal (Madison, IL/Granite City) – 2.05m (2^nd place)
Jaylen Gary (Springfield, IL/Springfield High School) – 1.80m
Pole Vault
Domen Sadic – 4.25m
Long Jump
Michael Adderley (Nassau, BA/) – 6.76m (3^rd place)
Johnathan Bumpers (Alton, IL/Alton) – 6.48m
Dontea Jones (Centralia, IL/Centralia) – 5.63m
Triple Jump
 Deal - 13.71m (1^st place)
Jones – 12.73m
Shot Put
Zach Llewellyn (Alton, IL/Alton) – 14.08m (3^rd place)
Cody Heusohn (Dupo, IL/Dupo) – 11.78m
Weight Trow
Llewellyn – 15.65m (3^rd palce)
Heusohn – 10.11m
60m Hurdles
Preston Holt (Miami, FL/Miramar) – 8.51 (1^st place)
60m Dash
Deal - 7.24
Johnnie Caswell – 7.36
Holt – 7.42
Malik Whitehead (Streamwood, IL/Hoffman Estates) – 7.44
Justin Prochowski (Chicago, IL/ITW David Speer Academy) – 7.64
500m Dash
Dalvin Humphrey (Calumet Park, IL/Alan B Shepard) – 1:08.03 (3^rd place)
Jimmy Reed (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) – 1:08.10
Meshar Rogers-Prince (Apopka, FL/Apopka) – 1:11.83
1 Mile Run
Caswell – 5:31.65
Ryne White (East Alton, IL/East Alton Wood River Community High School) – 5:37.61
4x200M Relay
McKendree (Prochowski, Whitehead, Caswell, and Garrett Rappolee) – 1:36.44
200m Dash
Jaimie Omalla (Tororo, Uganda/Rift Valley Academy) – 23.38
Whitehead – 23.89
Bumpers – 23.94
Corey Pottard – 24.05
Caswell – 24.26
Prochowski – 25.38
300m Dash
J. Omalla – 36.90
Eugene Omalla (Tororo, Uganda/Rift Valley Academy) – 37.19
Bumpers – 37.50
Pottard – 38.57
Rappolee – 40.01
4x400m Relay
McKendree (Pottard, Humphrey, Reed, Holt) – 3:34.25 (3^rd place)
4,000 Distance Relay
McKendree (Rogers-Prince, Humphrey, Reed, Caswell) – 12:00.89

Women's Events:
High Jump
Laila Graham (Fairview Heights, IL/Belleville East) – 1.74m (1^st place)
Mya Watson-Blake (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon Township) – 1.63m (3^rd place)
Long Jump
Watson-Blake – 5.34m (2^nd place)
Tsitsi Mahachi (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior School) – 5.30m (3^rd palce)
Triple Jump
Mahachi – 11.87m (1^st place)
Megan Molinari (Waterloo, IL/Waterloo) – 9.51m
Shot Put
Madelyn Daiber (Pocahontas, IL/Greenville High School) – 11.42m
Ndia Johnson (Belleville, IL/Belleville West Township) – 11.05m
Quinn Breeding (Saint Louis, MO/Lindbergh) – 10.64m
Lilia Masterson (Barnhart, MO/Windsor High School) – 8.77m
Weight Throw
Johnson – 16.60m (1^st place)
Daiber – 12.84m
Breeding – 11.66m
60m Hurdles
Azlynn Sherrod-Butler (East Moline, IL/United Township High School) – 9.11 (1^st place)
Katelyn Conner (Green City, MO./Green City) – 10.79
60m Dash
Watson-Blake – 7.84m (1^st place)
Mahachi – 8.02 (3^rd place)
Sherrod-Butler – 8.11
Molinari – 8.63
Conner – 8.84
500m Dash  
Shayna Phillips (Effingham, Il/Effingham) – 1:23.26 (2^nd place)
1 Mile Run  
Madelyn Tepe (Venedy, IL/Okawville) – 5:29.40
Kayla Tirey (Collinsville, IL./Collinsville) – 5:34.53
3,000m Run
Colleen Corkery (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) – 12:26.03
Brianna Hebel (Belleville, IL/Althoff Catholic) – 13:53.54
200m Dash
Mahachi – 26.72 (3^rd place)
Deimante Bedalyte (Lithuania) – 27.53
Molinari – 29.46
300m Dash
Bedalyte – 44.34
Madison Davis (Du Quoin, IL/Du Quoin) – 44.67
Sherrod-Butler – 45.42
Conner – 46.09
Molinari – 48.42
Nauden – 49.90
4x400m Relay
McKendree A (Bedalyte, Mahachi, Tepe, Phillips) 4:06.76 (1^st place)
McKendree B (Nauden, Conner, Molinari, Davis) 4:36.83
4,000 Distance Relay
McKendree (Tepe, Bedalyte, Phillips, Tirey) 13:07.04 (2^nd place)

The Bearcats will compete next on Feb. 14 with the Hoosier Hills Meet at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., for an all-day meet.