Oglethorpe Tracksters Score Big at Mountain Laurel Classic

In a 6-team meet in which the lead went back and forth nearly all day between Oglethorpe and host Sewanee, in the end it was the superior sprinting performance of Division II Carson Newman that enabled them to slip past the Petrels and allowed Sewanee to hang on for the win.

The meet featured combined scoring of the men's and women's teams and Oglethorpe's men and women amassed 221 points despite the absence of several key members from each squad.  Finishing far behind the Petrels were Bryan, Berry and the Vanderbilt Track Club.

Winning for the Petrels were Elizabeth Hale with firsts in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump; Lynette McKinney in the 100m high hurdles; Whitney Taylor in the 400m intermediate hurdles; Michael Blanton in the hammer; Caleb Reinhold in the triple jump; and Luis Zimbron in the 400m. 

Adding points were Courtney Craig in the shot, discus and javelin; McKinney in the 100m; Taylor in the 400m; Chloey Mayo in the 400m and javelin; Beth Cleary in the 1500m and 800m; Bianca Hernould in the 800m and 3000m steeplechase; Aleena Naelitz in the 800m; Reinhold in the long jump; Tammer Weems in the discus and shot; Sheedra Futrell in the discus and javelin; Erin Fowler in the discus, javelin and shot; Shainna Tucker in the discus and shot; Blanton in the discus, shot and javelin, and David Dixon in the discus and javelin.

Oglethorpe will host a triangular meet this Thursday, April 9th against neighboring rival Chattahoochee Tech and Concordia College of Selma, Alabama.