Starlin kicked off the relay with a split of Swapsy carried the Spartans into the lead with a Roome erased a 1-second deficit on the anchor leg to catch Buena Vista fifth-year senior Kyle Miller, battling down the home stretch to the finish. Roome anchored in They really battled to try to get it done, and ran a great time for this point of the season.
We still have a lot more potential in this race as we continue to get in better shape. Roome came back just an hour later to run the seventh-best indoor time in program history, finishing second with a time of The other three 4x relay members all doubled back in the open I thought the guys did a really good job of fighting through tired legs in that open event.
Freshman Zach Thornburg finished third in the 60 meter dash finals with a PR run of 7. Sophomore Peyton Embree ran a new PR of 7. We were able to focus on that for finals and he did a much better job, and it showed with his time. Freshman Jacob Driskill finished the day for the Spartans with a fifth-place finish in the 3, meters.
Driskill ran an evenly paced race with a strong closing kick, crossing the finish line in In the throwing events, freshman Gavin Neely posted new PRs in both the weigth throw and shot put, with marks of Abbi Richter finished seventh in the weight throw with a best throw of Southwestern returns to action this weekend, with a limited squad traveling to the Washburn Open in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday and Saturday.
The full team will be back in action Feb. January 31, Hi Subscriber.
