LEBANON, IL- The Mckendree Track and Field Teams had their best performance of the season at home on Leemon Field. The men's and women's team both placed third at the meet and racked up several personal records, top 3 finishes, and season bests.

The men's team was led by two senior athletes running their last races at home as Bearcats, Malachi Carroll (Omaha, NE/Harry A. Burke) who won the 100m, the 200m, and anchored home the Bearcat's winning 4x100m relay, and Johnathan Bumpers (Alton, IL/Alton), who won the 110m Hurdles, the long jump, was the third leg on the 4x100m, and was the first leg of the winning 4x400m relay. The 4x100m relay consisted of George Safo (Crete, IL/Crete Monee), Holden Hutchcraft (Pinckneyville, IL/Pinckneyville), Bumpers, and Carroll. The other relay members also had outstanding individual races with Hutchcraft placing 4th in the 100m and 5th in the 200m and Safo placing 6th in the 100m dash. The 4x400m relay consisted of Bumpers, Hutchcraft, Oshawi Burgher (Kingston Jamaica/Excelsior), and John Bush (Ballwin, MO/Marquette). Both Bush and Burgher had strong 1500m races as well. Bush placed second with a collegiate best time of 4:08.31 and Burgher set a huge personal record with a time of 4:19.00. Another big win came from Freshman Julian Juszczyk (St. Louis, Mo/ Lutheran North), who won the 400m Hurdles with a collegiate best time of 57.69. Other scorers for the Bearcats included Kai Toolie (Mascoutah, IL/ Mascoutah) who placed 2nd in the 110m hurdles, Brendan Harter (St. Louis, MO/ DeSmet Jesuit) who placed 2nd in the high jump, and Seth Kasinger (Pekin, IL/Pekin Community) who placed 6th in the 800m run.

The women's team had an amazing home outing scoring in every event in which they competed. The highlight of the day was Azia Douglas (Cahokia Heights, IL/ Althoff Catholic) winning the 400m Hurdles with a time of 1:13.32 which is a new personal best as well. She also was a part of the winning 4x400m team and placed 3rd in the 110m hurdles. Other great finishes came from Reagan Lucas (Freeburg, IL/Freeburg) and Sophia Paschall (Godfrey, IL/Alton) who both placed 2nd in their events and set new personal records. Lucas ran a 2:24.72 in the 800m and Paschal ran 5:10.98 in the 1500m. Kira Johnson also took home 2nd in the shot put and 3rd in the discus. Other individual scorers for Mckendree included Tori King (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) who placed 6th in both the 100m dash and the 200m dash, Lacey Laxton (Coal Valley, IL/Geneseo) who placed 4th in the 5000m run, and Colleen Zinke (Maryville, IL/Collinsville) who placed 8th in the 800m run. Zinke also set a huge personal record of 5:38.99 in the 1500m. 

The Mckendree Track Teams will return to competition on April 15th at Greenville.

Complete Results for Mckendree Classic

Men's Results

100m Dash Finals
1. Malachi Carroll- 11.01
4. Holden Hutchcraft- 11.46
6. George Safo- 11.65

100m Dash Prelims
1. Malachi Carroll- 11.21
5. Holden Hutchcraft- 11.70
6. George Safo- 11.75
9. Dorian Foster- 12.29
15. Mason Young- 12.91
16. Emmanuel Segbedzi- 13.04

200m Dash
1. Malachi Carroll- 21.87
5. Holden Hutchcraft- 22.78 (Personal Best)
11. Dorian Foster- 24.28
16. Emmanuel Segbedzi- 13.04
20. Mason Young- 26.38

800m Run
6. Seth Kasinger- 2:03.40
9. John Bush- 2:04.60
13. Blake Westrater- 2:10.11
16. Braden Voss 2:14.52
21. Caleb Kickham- 2:31.80

1500m Run
2. John Bush- 4:08.31
8. Oshawi Burgher- 4:19.00
15. Blake Westrater- 4:30.79

110m Hurdles
1. Johnathan Bumpers- 15.85
2. Kai Toolie- 16.75

400m Hurdles
1. Julian Juszczyk- 57.69

4x100m Relay
1. Mckendree (Safo, Hutchcraft, Bumpers, Carroll)- 42.72

4x400m Relay
1. Mckendree A (Bumpers, Hutchcraft, Burgher, Bush)- 3:22.60
3. Mckendree B (Kasinger, Juszczyk, Voss, Kickham- 3:52.70

High Jump
2. Harter- 1.90m

Women's Results

100m Dash
6. Tori King- 14.21

200m Dash
6. Tori King- 28.71

800m Run
2. Reagan Lucas- 2:24.72
8. Colleen Zinke- 2:51.07

1500m Run
2. Sophia Paschal- 5:10.98
10. Colleen Zinke- 5:38.99

5000m Run
4. Lacey Laxton- 20:49.61

110m Hurdles
3. Azia Douglas- 20.35

400m Hurdles
1. Azia Douglas- 1:13.32

4x400m Relay
1. Mckendree A (King, Paschal, Douglas, Lucas)- 4:23.47

Shot Put
2. Kira Johnson- 8.56m

Discus
3. Kira Johnson- 25.19m