Track & Field Performs Well at Tierney Classic

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University track and field teams resumed indoor action on Saturday. The women (80-70) were victorious, while the men (69-76) came up short in a dual against crosstown foe Milwaukee as part of the John Tierney Classic held at the Klotsche Center Fieldhouse.

"It was a close meet. Everybody competed hard and we had a lot of energy, but it was definitely a little rusty being as it was our first meet in January. Overall, I was very pleased," said Marquette head coach Bert Rogers. "I loved the enthusiasm and teamwork and there was a lot of good stuff to build off of. We're looking forward to continuing the season next week at Iowa."

In a meet that included 14 events, the women's team notched eight victories, while the men claimed six.

The team is back in action next Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26, at the Black and Gold Invitational hosted by the University of Iowa.

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TOP FINISHERS
Field Events
• Marin McClowry won a jump off to win the high jump with a mark of 1.72 meters (5 feet, 7.75 inches).
• Terrance Howard and Brendan McKinney went 1-2 in the weight throw, setting PRs and the third and fourth-best marks all-time.
• Marquette swept the top-three spots in the women's weight throw with Keely Knobbe, Monica Voudrie and Allie Flando (PR) finishing in succession.
• Flando also took home the win in the shot put with a mark of 13.02 meters (42 feet, 8.75 inches).
• Catherine Sherwood's win in the long jump (5.68 meters/18 feet, 7.75 inches) was a PR and the eighth-best mark all-time.

Running Events
• Breanne Marchan rolled to another PR and a win in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.65, which is fifth all-time. It was her second-straight meet with a PR in the event.
• Mary Hanson (4:59.5) and Emma Moravec (5:08.5) went 1-2 in the mile.
• In the men's mile, Alec Miller cruised to a win in 4:12.5.
• Daniel Bendel (50.19 - PR) and Jay Whalen (50.82) took first and second place in the 400 meters.
• The Golden Eagles swept the 800 with Amy Gasperlin leading the way with a time of 2:17.5, followed by Emily Noone (2:18) and Grace Dargiewicz (2:19).
• AJ Catarozoli won the 200-meter dash with a PR of 22.99 seconds.
• Brad Eagan won the 3,000 meters by more than 8.5 seconds with a time of 8:34.
• Men's 4x400 relay team of Brady Heller, Jay Whalen, Kevin Sherwood and Daniel Bendel won by 7-tenths of a second with a time of 3:26.08.
• Women's 4x400 relay team of Madison Ricciardi, Breanne Marchan, Emily Noone and Emma Moravec sealed the team win with a 10-second win of its own, finishing in 4:00.71.

ADDITIONAL ALL-TIME LIST MARKS
• Madison Marko finished second in the 60 hurdles in 9.29 seconds – ninth-fastest mark all-time.
• In the men's 60 hurdles, Ben Konopka (8.38), Ross Bravo (8.39) and Joe Keys (8.41) finished 3-4-5 and set PRs with the fifth, sixth, and seventh-fastest times in MU history.
• Will Wolf was edged out in the triple jump, but his distance of 14.91 meters (48 feet, 11 inches) was second all-time.
• Joe Keys and Noah Kowal each set PRs in the pole vault with identical heights of 4.50 meters (14 feet, 9 inches), which rank ninth all-time.