Following three first-place finishes in Iowa City, Iowa at the Hawkeye Invitational, the Loyola track and field team trekked to South Bend, Ind. for the Notre Dame Invitational Jan. 25. After finishing first in the women’s mile last week, graduate Emma Watcke kicked off the day by setting her personal record and the Loyola program …
Following three first-place finishes in Iowa City, Iowa at the Hawkeye Invitational, the Loyola track and field team trekked to South Bend, Ind. for the Notre Dame Invitational Jan. 25.
After finishing first in the women’s mile last week, graduate Emma Watcke kicked off the day by setting her personal record and the Loyola program record for the mile — clocking in at 4:39.66 to shatter the Loyola record of 4:43.11 and her PR of 4:46.00.
Despite setting the program record, Watcke finished second overall behind University of Toledo fourth-year Laura Nicholson — who finished with a time of 4:35.61.
Third-year Roisin Treacy recorded a personal record with a time of 4:49.12, securing 13th place in the mile. Fourth-year Grace Jostock finished next for the Ramblers and set a personal record along the way, clocking in at 5:11.77.
Graduate James Lawrence, coming off a first-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational, had a repeat performance this weekend. Finishing first in the mile once again, Lawrence improved on his personal best time from a week ago by over a second with a 4:03.32.
Fourth-year Gabe Smit continued the streak of personal records, finishing in third with a time of 4:04.78 and breaking the record he set three years ago at the same invitational. Graduate François Guilhot rounded out the top ten with a 4:08.10.
Second-years Nate Boutin and Cael Mulholland were the next Ramblers to finish in the mile, as they crossed in 16th and 17th at 4:14.02 and 4:14.20. Mulholland’s time also set a new personal record.
Third-year Jake Phillips and first-year Izak Bibile finished consecutively in 20th and 21st with times of 4:15.06 and 4:16.43, with Phillips setting a personal record.
Third-year Woody Jerome was the last Rambler to finish in the mile as he crossed in 23rd out of 31 at 4:16.89.
Loyola then competed in the 800-meter races, where the women were led by fourth-year Alessandra Rodriguez, who came in eighth with a time of 2:13.21. Second-year Jo Collins was Loyola’s only other competitor in the women’s event, coming in 26th at 2:25.99
The men’s side was represented solely by graduate Samuel Field, who placed fourth at 1:50.65.
The last event on the day was the men’s and women’s 3000-meter.
Second-year Eileen Seebon led the women’s side in the event with a new personal record of 9:48.31, landing her in sixth place. Following was another personal record from fourth-year Aiden Grasse in 13th with a time of 10:01.41.
The next Rambler to finish was fourth-year Alex Morris, crossing the line in 19th with a 10:26.34. Behind her in 21st was second-year Priscilla Ravera at 10:33.39, before first-year Madison Perez wrapped things up for Loyola with a 25th place finish at 10:59.83.
On the men’s side of the 3000-meter race, fourth-year Fionn Harrington led with an 11th place finish at 8:42.62. The next Rambler to cross was second-year Trent Anderson in 17th at 8:45.42, before third-year Kyle Knutson finished last for the Ramblers in 19th at 9:01.44.
Loyola will remain in South Bend next weekend as they head to the Meyo Invitational Jan. 31 – Feb. 1.
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