FROSTBURG, Md. -- The Davis & Elkins Track teams competed in rainy and cold conditions over three days at the Mountain East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet was highlighted by four podium All-conference performances, one school record, and a total of eighteen scoring (top 8 finishes) performances.
The mostly distance-oriented roster competed in seven of the twenty-one conference events (400, 800, 1500, 5K, 10K, 3K steeplechase, and 4x400 relay). Only the top-16 declared times individually qualify for an event in the championships field, so the Senators battled all season long to put themselves into qualifying position.
Finishing as conference runners-up were sophomores
Carter McKenna (1500, 3:55) and
Ella Hesson (3K Steeplechase, 11:57). Hesson's time also took nearly 27 seconds off the school record she previously set.
Mckenna also completed a tough double coming back just two hours after the 1500 to finish just off the podium in the 5000m (4
th place, 14:58). McKenna is currently sitting in All-Region position in both the 1500 and 5000m.
Senior
Roxanne McFarlin finished off her great D&E career with another podium finish (3
rd place in the 400m). McFarlin graduates with six all-conference honors between both the MEC and GMAC.
Sophomore
Jan Thewes also had a podium finish in the 3K Steeplechase finishing 3
rd and just a little over a second from the runner-up position.
Other scorers in the meet for the women included freshman
Lauren Twyman (5
th in the 800 in 2:22 and 7
th in the 1500 in 4:56). Senior
Anya Miller was 6
th in the highly competitive 1500 (4:55) and just missed scoring in the 800 (9
th, 2:22). Freshman
Rachel Snedden finished 7
th in the 10K (43:26) and
Savanna Hardman finished 8
th in the 5000m (18:55). Senior
Kloe Littleman just missed scoring in the 5000m, running 19:00 to finish 9
th. The women's 4x400 group of Freshman
Lauren Twyman and Seniors
Anya Miller,
Roxanne McFarlin, and
Hannah Moore finished 7
th.
The other scoring men included sophomore
Gabe Conder who just missed the podium with a 4
th place finish in the 10K (31:20). Just behind Conder in 6
th with a 32:22 was junior
Henry Schmidt. Freshman
Konnor Allison picked up a scoring 7
th place in the steeplechase (10:01) and freshman
Tyler Weiford just missed scoring (9
th). Following McKenna in the 1500 was junior
Jackson Gibson who finished 5
th (4:01) and junior
Henry Schmidt just missed scoring with a 9
th place finish. The 800 included both freshmen Martin Lucas (5
th) and
Jackson Gibson (6
th). The day finished with the group of
Jonathan Griffin, Martin Lucas,
Jackson Gibson, and
Cooper Gibson finishing 7
th in the 4x400 relay.
Most of the Senators now head into some recovery time before they start the long summer buildup to what hopes to be strong fall 2023 cross country season with many returners and a strong recruiting class added in to a team that finished 4
th (Men) and 8
th (women) in the Atlantic Regional Championships in the fall.
A few Senators will run in last chance meets over the next few weekends (WVU Last Chance and Lee University (Tenn.) Last Chance).
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