TRACK AND FIELD AT OLIVET NAZARENE    (4/24/04)

The track and field teams competed at the Olivet Nazarene University Mid-Season Invitational. The Trolls were one of the 10 teams in the meet. The women's team finished with 34 points and tied for 6th place. The men's team scored 9 points and finished in 9th place. 

The women did well in the 800 meter run with 5 runners placing- Ashley Afman (2:28.78) in 3rd, Hannah McBee (2:29.14) in 4th, Diana Brickman (2:29.63) in 5th, Carrie Flowers (2:30.93) in 7th, and Amy Hoving (2:31.74) in 8th. Hoving also placed 3rd in the 1500 meter run with a time of 5:00.61. Esther Peters placed in both of her hurdle events with a 2nd (17.56) in the 100 m hurdles and 5th (1:12.96) in the 400 m hurdles. Shanna Gort took 7th in the high jump (4'04)

The men had a couple of individual place finishers. Ryan Bruxvoort took 7th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.85. Matt Pfadenhauer placed 3rd in the javelin throw with a distance of 149'04. 

The teams will compete next on April 30 at Concordia University (IL). 
 

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