ONU TRACK & FIELD RETURNS WITH BIG PERFORMANCE AT HEENAN INVITE
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – After a six-week hiatus, the Olivet Nazarene University men's and women's track & field teams returned with multiple school records and NAIA standards at the Heenan Invitational on the historic Al B. Carius Track. The ONU women totaled 93 points to finish third out of eight teams, while the Tiger men racked up 199 points to take the top spot at the seven-team meet.
Vince Giuliano continued his stellar senior campaign with two individual titles, two NAIA A standards, and a new school record. The record came at 6.82 in the 60-meter dash before he hit a 21.83 in the 200-meter dash. He went 1-2 in the latter with Joseph Randolph, who finished runner-up with a B-standard time of 22.15.
Hannah Antkoviak and Kiara Carter both hit A standards while winning individual events. Antkoviak won a pair of titles, clocking in a school record time of 8.59 to win the 60-meter hurdles and 25.24 to win the 200-meter dash. Carter hit a time of 58.14 to take down the 400-meter dash.
Kayla Mikottis and Noah Sears led the Tigers in the field events. Mikottis placed runner-up in the women's weight throw with an NAIA A-standard mark of 17.14 meters, while Sears cleared the NAIA B-standard height of 4.70 meters to win the men's pole vault.
New School Records
- Vince Giuliano - 60m dash - 6.82
- Hannah Antkoviak - 60m hurdles - 8.59
NAIA "A" Standards
- Vince Giuliano - 60m dash - 6.82
- Vince Giuliano - 200m dash - 21.83
- Hannah Antkoviak - 200m dash - 25.24
- Hannah Antkoviak - 60m hurdles - 8.59
- Kiara Carter - 400m dash - 58.14
- Kayla Mikottis - Weight Throw - 17.14m
NAIA "B" Standards
- Joseph Randolph - 200m dash - 22.15
- Noah Sears - Pole Vault - 4.70m
Women's Top-3 Finishes
1st - Hannah Antkoviak - 200m dash - 25.24
1st - Kiara Carter - 400m dash - 58.14
1st - Hannah Antkoviak - 60m hurdles - 8.59
2nd - Kiara Carter - 200m dash - 25.91
2nd - Tera Miller - 400m dash - 59.80
2nd - Kayla Mikottis - Weight Throw - 17.14m
3rd - Tera Miller - 200m dash - 26.03
Men's Top-3 Finishes
- 1st - Vince Giuliano - 60m dash - 6.82
- 1st - Vince Giuliano - 200m dash - 21.83
- 1st - Conner Betts - 400m dash - 50.97
- 1st - Michael Miller - 60m hurdles - 8.99
- 1st - Keyon Wilson - High Jump - 1.91m
- 1st - Noah Sears - Pole Vault - 4.70m
- 1st - Ivan Williams - Long Jump - 6.95m
- 1st - Ivan Williams - Triple Jump - 13.38m
- 2nd - Joseph Randolph - 60m dash - 6.94
- 2nd - Joseph Randolph - 200m dash - 22.15
- 2nd - Jonathan Thomas - 400m dash - 52.04
- 2nd - Avery Johnson - 60m hurdles - 9.22
- 2nd - Desmond Hunter - Long Jump - 6.65m
- 2nd - Skyler Mitchell - Triple Jump - 12.94m
- 3rd - Jalen Dunnigan - 60m dash - 6.99
- 3rd - Jalen Dunnigan - 200m dash - 22.78
- 3rd - Eric White - 400m dash - 52.27
- 3rd - Brody Vollrath - Weight Throw - 16.56m
The Purple and Yellow Gold will stay in Bourbonnais Friday to host the ONU Invite in the Perry Center. The one-day meet is set to begin at 4 p.m. CST.
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu