BC Track and Field record 18 TOP TEN PERFORMANCES AT INDIANA TECH MEET

FORT WAYNE – The Bethel College track & field team returned to action on Saturday in the Aaron Porter Invite, hosted by Indiana Tech, and came away with 18 top ten performances, led by Queen Walkers’ NAIA standard and first-place finish in the women’s weight throw and another first place in the women’s shot put. Bailey Mott also won the men’s 600m.

MEET VITALS

• Aaron Porter Invite: Hosted by the Indiana Tech
• Location: Turnstone Center | Indiana Tech | Fort Wayne, Ind.

NAIA STANDARDS

• Queen Walker | Women’s Weight Throw | 15.94m (B)

TOP 10 FINISHES – WOMEN

• Leah Gouwens | 600m, 4^th
• Kayla Kunkel | 400m, 7^th
• Queen Walker | Weight Throw, 1^st | Shot Put, 1^st
• Kirsten Hentschel | Weight Throw, 9^th

TOP 10 FINISHES – MEN

• Bailey Mott | 600m, 1^st
• John Ferrell | 600m, 5^th
• Jalen Alexander | 600m, 6^th
• Sebastian Alonso | 600m, 7^th
• Josiah Waltz | 600m, 9^th
• 4x400m Relay | Bailey Mott, Ben Zuercher, Jack Fisher, Travis Sperry | 2^nd
• 4x400m Relay | John Ferrell, Sebastian Alonso, Jordan Young, Jakob Maxwell | 3^rd
• Jonah Lester | Long Jump, 9^th
• Bailey Lang | Weight Throw, 3^rd
• Ben Wilt | Weight Throw, 5^th
• Matt McCown | High Jump, 8^th
• Jonah Lester | High Jump, 8^th
• Jacob Marsh | High Jump, 10^th

THOUGHTS FROM COACH NATALI

• “Very good improvement from last week. Very good for our new kids to get these early season meets in before the break. We’ve established a good base to build on from January on in the second semester. I’m very proud of our kids and know it’s time to buckle down on finals. We look forward to what God has in store as we move on in January.”

UP NEXT

• The Pilots return to action in the new year when they travel to West Lafayette to compete in the Gene Edmonds Open, hosted by Purdue on Saturday, January 12.