Fairfax, Va. – The Senator track teams competed this past Friday and Saturday in the George Mason University hosted Devon Ebanks Invitational. The meet featured over 1600 entries over the two days of events.
Battling windy and cold conditions for the better part of the two days the Senators had a strong meet with another NCAA Provisional performance, event win, school record and eight Top Ten finishes.
Highlights from the meet included
Jan Thewes winning the 3000m Steeplechase in 9:11.37, which although didn't better his time from the week before was yet again another NCAA Provisional time performance.Thewes continues to rank in the Top Ten nationally in the event.
Henry Schmidt also notched a top ten finish in the meet finishing 6
th (9:30). Schmidt also finished 5
th overall (top D2 finisher) in the 10,000m running 31:16 to compete a tough two day double.
On the women's in the 3000m Steeplechase side
Ella Hesson broke her own school record in the event running 11:52, a time that is second best in the MEC.
The 5000m event saw three Senators in total finish in the top ten with
Carter McKenna leading the way with a strong 14:37 to finish 4
th overall (top D2 finisher) in a time that is currently 2
nd in the MEC and Top 5 in the Atlantic Region.
Jackson Gibson finished 8
th (2
nd highest D2 finisher) in 14:53.
For the women it was
Savanna Hardman running a big personal best to break the 18-minute barrier (17:55) to finish as the top D2 finisher and 8
th overall in the event. Both Hardman and Gibson's times are ranked 3
rd in the MEC.
In the hurdles it was freshman
Ian Wood finishing with two top ten finishes. Wood finished 8
th in the 400 hurdles (57.47) and 9
th in the 110 hurdles (15.62).
Leading the way in the 800 event was
Lauren Twyman running 2:22.64 and
Ryan Rasco running 1:57.87.
D&E Men Results:
https://tfrrs.org/results/82498/m/2024_George_Mason_Ebanks_Invitational
D&E Women Results:
https://tfrrs.org/results/82498/f/2024_George_Mason_Ebanks_Invitational?team_hnd=22947
Full Meet Results:
https://tfrrs.org/results/82498/2024_George_Mason_Ebanks_Invitational
