Coach's Corner: Meyo Invitational

The Marquette men's and women's track & field teams competed at the very competitive Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday February 5-6, 2010. The meet was a big success as we had numerous PRs and placed several new student-athletes onto the all-time lists.

On the women's side senior Sarah Verdoliva ran a PR and the #3 time in school history in the 1000m with a 2:53.53. Junior Olivia Johnson followed with a 2:54.42 PR that makes her #5 all-time and junior Kristin Pelzel's 2:58.52 PR makes her #9 all-time. Olivia Johnson followed up her strong 1k on Friday night with a 4:58.40 mile on Saturday that makes her #10 in the MU record book. Senior Erynn James was the team highest individual placer, taking 3rd in the high jump with a very solid jump of 5-8.75.

One the men's side the 5000m was the story of the meet. Junior Nick Szczech and sophomore Blake Johnson each ran great races. Szczech's PR time of 14:25.10 makes him #3 in school history while Johnson's time of 14:26.75 in his first time racing the 5k makes him #4 all-time. junior Brice Cleland's PR 14:46.28 makes him #9 on the all-time list. In the mile, sophomore Jack Hackett continued to shave time off his mile PR with a 4:08.97. In the 1000m freshman Jack Senefeld broke the MU Freshman record with at time of 2:28.98. That time is good enough for #7 on the all-time list.

Click here for the meet results.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com recap.
Click here for the Marquette Tribune recap.

Here are a few highlights....

FloTrack.com covered the meet and had video of every race. Click here to check it out.

To save you a bit of trouble here is video of Szczech, Johnson and Cleland in the 5000m...

...and here is the video of Verdoliva and Johnson in the 1000m...

Here are a few pictures...