The Bellarmine University men's and women's outdoor track teams competed today at both the University of Cincinnati's Oliver Nikoloff Invitational and at the Centre Invitational.  

OLIVER NIKOLOFF INVITATIONAL

Competing against mostly Division I competition at UC, the Knights were able to "point" in eight events.  Bellarmine's top finish belonged to Cristin Samuels who earned a fifth place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase.  The men had three athletes finish seventh in their events:  William Saucer in the 100 meters, Nicholas Hushebeck in the triple jump, and Seth Sigler in the 110 meter hurdles.

Other "pointers" for the Knights included Kelsey Love (7th in the 400m) and Samuel Kloeker (8th in the javelin throw).  Both men's and women's 4x400 relaty teams also earned points for the team.  The women's team--consisting of Love, Allison Echler,  Molly Culbertson, and Maggie Wagner--nailed down a 6th place finish, and the men's team (Sean Klosterman, Michael Robinson, Dominique McGinnis and Joey Blue) earned 10th place.

OLIVER NIKOLOFF INV. RESULTS


CENTRE INVITATIONAL

With many of Bellarmine's athletes competing at the University of Cincinnati, the Knights performed extremely well at the Centre Invitational.  The women's team finished third of 12 teams, and the men finished eighth of 13 teams.

Solid performances were plentiful for the Knights, but only two Bellarmine athletes scored event victories.  Ben Draper won the men's 10K in a time of 32:56.95--more than two minutes in front of runner-up Justin Hodge of Bellarmine. The other event victory was claimed by Nora Bowe, who cleared 1.45 meters with no misses in the high jump.

CENTRE INV. RESULTS