Success!

It was a windy day, but overall it was successful for the MU Track and field team. We were looking to host a meet that would be a good final prep for the BIG EAST Conference meet and the Twilight meet was just that. In most events the wind affected the performance in terms of times, heights and distances. Our goal, however, was to COMPETE to the best of our ability in whatever conditions that are in the way. That is exactly what we will be up against next weekend at the BIG EAST meet. We need to compete to the best of our ability to score points and place as high as we can as a team.

There was a palpable level of excitement in practice this past week. I think the seniors were especially pumped to compete in the first home meet of their Marquette careers. At the meet I saw fire in the eyes of all those in MU blue and gold. I think the results say it all – we won 17 events.


Though there weren’t a ton of PRs (primarily due to the weather), there were a couple of notable performances….

Rachel Thiel, SO: Shot Put – 48-5.5, 1st place, #2 in school history, facility record, improves her NCAA Regional qualifying mark.

Tyler O’Brien, FR: 100m – 10.55, 1st place, #2 in school history, US Junior National qualifying mark, it would have been a NCAA Regional mark but the wind was over the limit (No wind requirement for JR Nationals). Here is the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q35d1vwL03U

Carrie Schmid, JR: Pole Vault – 11-7.75, 1st place, facility record. Carrie is currently on a 3-meet winning streak.

Jon Kusowski, FR: Hammer – 161-0, After several weeks inching closer to the BIG EAST qualifying mark, Jon hit it on his first throw!

Here is a link to some pictures courtesy of Eric Vanden Eykel, enjoy! CLICK HERE