ROLLA, Mo. - The men's and women's track team traveled to Missouri S&T this weekend to compete in the GLVC Championships. The men's team brought home 6th place and the women's team placed 11th. 

Malachi Carroll (Omaha, NE/Harry A. Burke) was the Bearcats leading performer bringing home victory in both the 100m and 200m dash as well as helping the 4x100m relay team to a silver medal. He was declared the GLVC Athlete of the Meet and set a GLVC Championship record of 10.23 in the 100m dash. Brendan Harter (St. Louis, MO/DeSmet Jesuit) was Mckendree's other individual medalist placing 3rd in the High Jump with a mark of 2.02m. Carroll was assisted by Johnathan Bumpers (Alton, IL/ Alton), Holden Hutchcraft (Pinckneyville, IL/Pinckneyville), and Dorian Foster (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) in the 4x100m dash which had their fastest time of the year, 41.92. Bumpers and Hutchcraft then came back to be a part of the silver medal earning 4x400m relay alongside George Safo (Crete, IL/Crete Monee) and Oshawi Burgher (Kingston, Jamaica/ Excelsior). Bumpers had strong performances outside of the relays as well placing 7th in the long jump and 4th in the 110m hurdles. 

On the Women's side the highest individual finishers were Azia Douglas (Cahokia Heights, IL/Althoff Catholic) and Reagan Lucas (Freeburg, IL/Freeburg) who placed 11th in the 400m hurdles and 800m respectively. Douglas also got a new personal best in the 100m hurdles of 17.42. Both Lucas and Douglas came back to run in the 4x400m which placed 9th alongside Tori King (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) and Sophia Paschal (Godfrey, IL/Alton). King also placed 15th in the 200m Dash and 19th in the 100m. Paschal placed 12th in the Steeple Chase. Another great performance came from Kira Johnson (Perham, MN/Perham) who set a new personal record in the discus with a toss of 29.92m. Johnson also helped the bearcats by competing in the shot put and javelin as well.  

This marks the end of the season for the Bearcats. However, Malachi Carroll currently sits in position to go to the NCAA Championships in Pueblo Colorado on May 25 through May 27. 

Complete Results from the GLVC Championship Meet

Men

100m Dash Preliminaries
1. Malachi Carroll- 10.47
13. Dorian Foster- 11.34 (Personal Best)
15. George Safo- 11.41

100m Dash Finals
1. Malachi Carroll- 10.23 (Personal Best and GLVC Championship Record)

200m Dash Preliminaries
1. Malachi Carroll- 21.20
9. Holden Hutchcraft- 22.46 (Personal Best)
15. Mason Young- 25.17

200m Dash Finals
1. Malachi Carroll- 21.26

400m Dash Preliminaries
15. Oshawi Burgher- 51.24

1500m Run Preliminaries
18. Seth Kasinger- 4:30.00

110m Hurdles Preliminaries
4. Johnathan Bumpers- 14.94
10. Kai Toolie- 15.86

110m Hurdles Finals
4. Johnathan Bumpers- 14.72 (Personal Best)

400m Hurdles Preliminaries
10. Julian Juszczyk- 58.13

4x100m Relay
2. Mckendree (Bumpers, Hutchcraft, Carroll, Foster)- 41.92 (Season Best)

4x400m Relay
2. Mckendree (Bumpers, Hutchcraft, Burgher, Safo)- 3:21.48 (Season Best)

High Jump
3. Brendan Harter- 2.02m 

Long Jump
7. Johnathan Bumpers- 6.73m

Javelin
15. Braden Voss- 30.44m

Women

100m Preliminaries
19. Tori King- 13.51

200m Preliminaries
15. Tori King 27.88

800m Preliminaries
11. Reagan Lucas 2:25.47

1500m Preliminaries
15. Colleen Zinke 5:39.70

100m Hurdles Preliminaries
13. Azia Douglas- 17.42 (Personal Best)

400m Hurdles Preliminaries
11. Azia Douglas- 1:12.73 (Personal Best)

3000m Steeplechase
12. Sophia Paschal- 13:18.49

4x400m Relay
9. Mckendree (King, Douglas, Paschal, Lucas)- 4:19.54 (Season Best)

Shot Put
21. Kira Johnson- 8.89m

Discus
16. Kira Johnson- 29.92m (Personal Best)

Javelin
19. Kira Johnson- 16.43m