Track Teams Host Raven Invitational

The AU women finished second in the six-team meet while the Raven men were third in the standings.

Shantol McMahon (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Centennial) led the Ravens with top five finishes in the shot put (2nd, 36-4 1/4) and hammer (3rd, 130-1) and was sixth in the javelin (88-0) and seventh in the discus (101-7).

Other top five finishers for the women were Rachel Grubbs (Wichita, Kan./Maize South) in the 200 meters (2nd), Deborah Gardner (Anderson, Ind./Anderson) in the 100 meters (3rd) and 200 meters (3rd), Margo Sinclair (Olathe, Kan./Olathe) in the 5,000 meters (3rd), Dionna Burden (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) in the 400 meters (4th), Maddie Baxter in the 800 meters (4th), Casey Gillespie (Heltonville, Ind./Bedford North Lawrence) in the 5,000 meters (4th), Janell Bender (Shipshewana, Ind./Westview) in the 1,500 meters (4th), Melissa Green (Toledo, Ohio/Toledo Christian) in the shot put (4th) and Sarah Warren (Constantine, Mich./Constantine) in the long jump (4th).

Max Kittle (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown) led the Raven men with a pair of victories in the 110 hurdles (15.81) and the 400 hurdles (56.43). Neal Tardy (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) also won the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:24.

Brad McNeil (Middletown, Ind./Pendleton Heights) had a pair of top five finishes in the 400 hurdles (2nd, 56.46) and 110 hurdles (2nd, 17.32).

Other top five finishers in the running events were Sam Bayliss (Anderson, Ind./Pendleton Heights) in the 800 meters (2nd), Eric Linn (Macy, Ind./) in the 5,000 meters (2nd), Nick Moyer (Brookville, Ohio/Brookville) in the 400 meters (3rd), Ryan Saylor (Dundee, Ill./Dundee-Crown) in the 5,000 meters (3rd), Davis Thompson (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) in the 5,000 meters (5th), Patrick Smith (Fountain City, Ind./) in the 1,500 meters (5th) and Cameron Mason (Lapel, Ind./Lapel) in the 400 meters (5th).

Top five finishers in the field events were Joe Daubenspeck in the high jump (2nd), Caleb Collier (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville) in the shot put (3rd), Kyle Miles (Fort Wayne, Ind. /North) in the long jump (3rd), Daubenspeck in the long jump (5th)

Women's Team Scores - Bethel 297, Anderson 82, Earlham 34, Thomas More 31, Trine 18, IU East 18.

Men's Team Scores - Bethel 184, Thomas More 137, Anderson 118, Earlham 54, IU East 41, Trine 24.

AU runs in the NCAA Div. III meet next Saturday at Franklin College.