Track & Field opens outdoor season
April 3, 2015
PELLA, Iowa – Simpson College men’s and women’s track and field kicked off their outdoor season in Pella at the Central College Invitational on Thursday.
Men’s Results:
The men placed fourth out of eight teams, racking up 89 points being lead by Nick Yaeger who won the 3,000 meter steeplechase, finishing just under 10 minutes at 9:51.46.
Men’s Standings:
1) Loras – 212
2) William Penn, 174
3) Central – 119
4) Simpson – 89
5) Clarke – 46
6) Mount Mercy – 37
7) Waldorf – 13
8) Faith Baptist – 2
Sophomore Trevor McKee ran a time of 57.81 to earn a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles as Isaac Frazier leapt 6-5 ½ in the high jump to come in second.
Women’s Results:
Senior Lauren Martin took home her first career first place finish in the 100 meters on Thursday, coming in at a time of 12.66 as the women’s squad finished seventh of nine teams at the Central Invitational.
Bayley Fleshner took third in the 100-meter hurdles at 15.19.
Women’s Standings:
1) Central – 143.5
2) Mount Mercy – 118
3) Loras – 95
4) Clarke – 89.5
5) Winona State – 85
6) William Penn – 78
7) Simpson – 59
8) Waldorf – 15
9) Faith Baptist – 2
Simpson will run again on Apr. 10-11 at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines.