Four win gold at Central Invitational
PELLA, Iowa – Max Cleveland, James Murray, Brenden Godbout, and Aryss Forbes all won events at the Central Invitational to lead the Simpson College men's and women's track and field teams on Saturday.
Murray collected the team's first gold medal of the day in the 3000 meter run which saw Simpson claim the top five placings. Murray crossed the finish line in 8:45.27 to lead the pack, followed by Noah Nelsen, Louden Foster, Ean Warrick and Andrew Klein. In the women's race, Teghan Booth (10:50.27) and Alayna Wallace (10:51.77) ran strong and finished second and third.
Cleveland took home first-place honors in the 400 meter dash with the fourth-fastest time in the conference this season (50.16), and Godbout won the 400 hurdles in 58.03. Forbes led the women's team by winning the 200 meter dash with a personal-best time of 27.55.
In the triple jump, Carter Berkey placed second with a career-best mark of 13.18 meters which ranks fifth in the American Rivers Conference.
Overall, the men's team placed third with 90 points and the women ended fourth with 69. The host Dutch won both titles.
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Men's Meet Report (top three)
100 - 9. Carter Berkey, 11.73
400 - 1. Max Cleveland, 50.16
400 hurdles - 1. Brenden Godbout, 58.03, 4. Blake DePhillips, 1:00.01
800 - 4. Ean Warrick, 2:04.06 | 26. Hank Gardner, 2:20.06
1500 - 4. Cade Mash, 4:09.21 | 10. Hank Gardner, 4:34.36
Steeplechase - 5. Shane Breheny, 10:26.58
3000 - 1. James Murray, 8:45.27 | 2. Noah Nelsen, 8:46.80 | 3. Louden Foster, 8:50.05
Discus - 16. Clarke Latcham, 26.36m | 17. Ulysses Patterson, 25.76m
Triple jump - 2. Carter Berkey, 13.18m
Javelin - 5. Ulysses Patterson, 44.30m | 10. Clarke Latcham, 36.67m
Pole vault - 6. Ulysses Patterson, 3.05m | 7. Clarke Latcham, 3.05m | 11. Blake DePhillips, 2.75m
Women's Meet Report (top three)
100 hurdles - 8. Aaliyah Johnson, 18.41
100 - 4. Regan Freland, 13.63
200 - 1. Aryss Forbes, 27.55 | 4. Haley Rasmussen, 28.00 | 7. Regan Freland 28.58
400 - 4. Regan Freland, 13.63
800 - 5. Abby Loecke, 2:30.91 | 9. Kyli Orr, 2:37.24 | 18. Isabella Mertens, 2:50.63
1500 - 7. Kyli Orr, 5:22.50 | 8. Macy Gaskill, 5:25.97
3000 - 2. Teghan Booth, 10:50.27 | 3. Alayna Wallace, 10:51.77 | 8. Ashley Rockhold, 11:14.78
4x400 - 4. Aryss Forbes, Haley Rasmussen, Macy Gaskill, Abby Loecke, 4:21.19 | 6. Emma Angus, Sophie Hall, Mackenzie Laughlin, Teghan Booth, 4:32.99
Steeplechase - 3. Sophie Hall, 12:29.86 | 4. Katie Murano, 12:53.85 | 5. Emily Erhardt, 13:09.35
Discus - 12. Sydney McCarron, 30.63m | 18. Tori White, 26.82m | 20. Alexis Crozier, 25.67m
Hammer - 15. Alexis Crozier, 29.70m | 17. Sydney McCarron, 26.78m
Shot put - 9. Sydney McCarron, 10.98m | 19. Tori White, 9.29m | 20. Alexis Crozier, 9.18m
Javelin - 10. Aaliyah Johnson, 30.50m | 14. Audrey Arnold, 26.29m
