Hilltoppers Rack Up 10 Event Titles at Marshall Invitational

Friday, February 7

Huntington, W.Va.

Western Kentucky University

Marshall Invitational

Hilltoppers Rack Up 10 Event Titles at Marshall Invitational

2/8/2020 10:50:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A weekend of rest paid off for WKU Track & Field as the Hilltoppers return to The Hill with 10 event titles from the two-day Marshall Invitational. As a team, WKU's men finished second while the women took fifth.

"We had several really strong performances this weekend," WKU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Brent Chumbley shared. "As we get closer to the Conference USA Championships, the student-athletes are starting to see how our system of peaking works and everyone is starting to get excited about the things to come. Dartez Hamlin, Marlowe Mosley and Alexis Williams all ran great doubles for us today despite a short rest between the two events."

The Hilltoppers scored 121 points to take second in the five-team men's field. On the women's side, the Lady Toppers finished fifth in the eight-team field.

On the men's side, WKU racked up six event titles as Dartez Hamlin (200m), Marlowe Mosley (400m), Dedrick Troxell (3000m), Sheldon Noble (long jump), Brett Brannon (weight throw) and the distance medley relay all won events. For the Lady Toppers, Alexis Williams (200m), Savannah Heckman (3000m), Grace Turner (pole vault) and Annastacia Forrester (long jump) all earned event titles.

WKU saw three current student-athletes surpass previous Marshall Invitational meet records as Hamlin and Mosley both did so in the men's 200-meter race. Hamlin (21.44) and Mosley (21.53) finished first and second in the event. Mosley added a second meet record in the 400 meter, clocking a 47.48.

In total, 13 personal bests were recorded on the men's side, along with a team season-best in the distance medley relay. For the women, 12 more personal bests were achieved across the two-day meet from the Cline Athletic Complex.

Turner's pole vault title was the first of her collegiate career, a personal best and put the freshman in WKU's all-time top-five indoor performance rankings. She cleared 3.87 meters on her second attempt at the height.

Former Hilltopper and current graduate assistant coach Martin Owusu-Antwi won the men's 60-meter dash with a meet record 6.80 mark.

WKU will wrap up its regular-season competition next weekend at the Samford Open back in Birmingham, Ala., before making a return trip to the Birmingham CrossPlex the following weekend for the C-USA Indoor Championships.

MEN'S RESULTS
60m
*1^st – Martin Owusu-Antwi – 6.80 (Meet Record)
2^nd – Dartez Hamlin – 6.91 (tied PR)
200m
1^st – Dartez Hamlin – 21.44 (Meet Record)
2^nd – Marlowe Mosley – 21.53 (Meet Record/PR)
4^th – Sheldon Noble – 22.86 (PR)
400m
1^st – Marlowe Mosley – 47.48 (Meet Record)
800m
5^th – Carson Sharber – 2:04.93 (PR)
6^th – Dylan Duckworth – 2:05.21 (PR)
1 Mile
4th - Jacob Steppe - 4:28.75
13th - Donnie Fry - 4:54.79 (PR)
3000m
1^st – Dedrick Troxell – 8:35.47 (PR)
3^rd – Clint Sherman – 8:41.65 (PR)
10^th – Will Perrone – 9:10.96 (PR)
11^th – Jacob Skillman – 9:12.74
12^th – Zach Skillman – 9:18.54 (PR)
14^th – Ethan Snyder – 9:24.87
5000m
6^th – Jacob Skillman – 15:58.82 (PR)
7^th – Will Perrone – 16:01.73 (PR)
10^th – Ethan Snyder – 16:19.84
DMR
1^st – Dedrick Troxell, Kevin Johnson, Dylan Duckworth, Clint Sherman – 10:24.48 (Season Best)
Pole Vault
2^nd – Devon Montgomery – 4.25m (13'11.25")
Long Jump
1^st – Sheldon Noble – 6.70m (21'11.75")
Weight Throw
1^st – Brett Brannon – 15.73m (51'7.25") (PR)
4^th – Joel Dittoe – 14.65m (48'0.75")
Shot Put
5^th – Joel Dittoe – 13.06m (42'10.25")

WOMEN'S RESULTS
60m Hurdles
18^th – Audrey Griffin – 10.56
200m
1^st – Alexis Williams – 24.59
400m
4^th – Alexis Williams – 56.98 (PR)
800m
7^th – Aairiona Hayden-Ransom – 2:19.84 (PR)
1 Mile
19^th – Jenna Vaughn – 5:37.78 (PR)
20^th – Haley Webb – 5:40.67
24^th – Heather Whitlow – 6:08.53 (PR)
3000m
1^st – Savannah Heckman – 10:27.87 (PR)
13^th – Kaia Enevoldsen – 11:36.16 (PR)
5000m
5^th – Savannah Heckman – 18:06.51 (PR)
8^th – Haley Webb – 19:57.25 (PR)
9^th – Kaia Enevoldsen – 20:43.71 (PR)
10^th – Heather Whitlow – 21:46.43 (PR)
Pole Vault
1^st – Grace Turner – 3.87m (12'8.25) (PR) (5^th on WKU's all-time list)
4^th – Nikki Ogorek – 3.37m (11'0.75")
7^th – Alexis Thacker – 3.07m (10'0.75")
Weight Throw
14^th – Mary Claire Redden – 11.20m (36'9")
High Jump
2^nd – Grace Turner – 1.62m (5'3.75") (PR)
Shot Put
9^th – Jessica Smith – 11.15m (36'7") (PR)
Triple Jump
3^rd – Annastacia Forrester – 11.69m (38'4.25")
Long Jump
1^st – Annastacia Forrester – 5.48m (17'11.75")

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