{"id":2898,"date":"2019-02-27T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2019-02-27T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T20:04:29","slug":"butler-mens-and-womens-track-and-field-compete-in-2019-big-east-indoor-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2019\/02\/27\/butler-mens-and-womens-track-and-field-compete-in-2019-big-east-indoor-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Track and Field Compete in 2019 Big East Indoor Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Butler men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s track and field teams competed against the other Big East teams at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OH. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/butlersports.com\/documents\/2019\/2\/23\/\/2019_Butler_Track_and_Field_BIG_EAST_Indoor_Championships_Final_Results_022319.pdf?id=12844\">results from each event<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/butlersports.com\/documents\/2019\/2\/23\/\/2019_Butler_Track_and_Field_BIG_EAST_Indoor_Championships_Individual_Champions.pdf?id=12845\">this year&#8217;s individual champions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Individual Champions<\/h2>\n<p>Butler&#8217;s 2019 individual champions include junior Euan Makepeace, who won the men&#8217;s 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:09.13, and junior Wade Walder, who won the heptathlon with 5,470 points. Walder was just 27 points shy of the Big East record. Following his heptathlon victory,\u00a0Walder was unanimously named Men&#8217;s Most Outstanding Field Performer for this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Want to know more about Walder? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2019\/02\/13\/athlete-spotlight-wade-walder\/\">athlete spotlight<\/a>\u00a0on him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s Track and Field Events<\/h2>\n<p>Butler women&#8217;s track and field placed fifth overall with a score of 60. They finished two places higher and nearly doubled their score of 31 from the 2018 championship.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s highest event placement came in the Distance Medley. The four-Bulldog squad of sophomore Angelina Ellis, senior Allie Vogeler, freshman Mia Beckham and junior Josephine Thestrup completed the event in 11:43.19, securing second place.<\/p>\n<p>Vogeler also took third place in the women&#8217;s 400 meter dash, clocking in at 54.93 seconds. Thestrup and Ellis took sixth (4:51.55) and eighth (4:56.73) respectively in the women&#8217;s one mile run. Thestrup placed tenth in the women&#8217;s 3,000 meter run.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s 4&#215;800 meter relay, Ellis, Vogeler, Beckham, and sophomore Camille Hines finished in 9:01.68&#8211;good for third place.<\/p>\n<p>Along with that, Hines took fifth place in the women&#8217;s 800 meter run (2:11.43).<\/p>\n<p>Another third-place group finish came in the women&#8217;s 4&#215;400 meter relay. Junior Madeline Miller, sophomore Rebecca Collester, freshman Angela Neddeau and sophomore Lily Hess completed the event in 3:54.08.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s 5,000 meter run, freshman Margo Hornocker placed fifth with a time of 17:29.45. She was joined by freshman Maddie McLain, who finished in 17:36.86, good for seventh place. McLain also took part in the women&#8217;s 3,000 meter run, in which she finished twelfth (9:58.48).<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Mckenzie Greene took sixth place in the women&#8217;s 60 meter hurdles (9.00 seconds).<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Karmen Koch, sophomore Niki Ezeh, and freshman Nina Hilt represented Butler in the women&#8217;s pentathlon. Koch finished third with a score of 3387, followed by Ezeh in fourth (3315) and Hilt in eighth (3102).<\/p>\n<p>Koch and Hilt finished eighth (1.55 meters) and ninth (1.50 meters) respectively in the women&#8217;s high jump. Ezeh secured fifth in the women&#8217;s shot put (13.62 meters).<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s Track and Field Events<\/h2>\n<p>Butler men&#8217;s track and field also improved from last year&#8217;s performance, landing in fourth place and scoring 95. In 2018, the team placed fifth and scored 74.<\/p>\n<p>Highest event placements from the men&#8217;s team were, of course, the victory by Makepeace in the men&#8217;s 3,000 meter run and Walder&#8217;s win in the men&#8217;s heptathlon.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Clark Otte also competed in the 3,000 meter run. He finished eleventh with a time of 8:26.94.<\/p>\n<p>Makepeace also took third in the men&#8217;s 5,000 meter run, clocking in at 14:20.60. Freshman James Sweeney joined him in this event and finished eleventh (14:46.82).<\/p>\n<p>Three of five competitors in the men&#8217;s heptathlon represented Butler. Alongside Walder, senior Richard Clark (third place, 4792) and freshman Luke Hofrichter (fourth place, 3953) also competed.<\/p>\n<p>Walder finished fifth in the men&#8217;s 60 meter hurdles. His time was 8.40 seconds. Sophomore Garrett Kern finished just behind him in sixth, an 8.45 second run.<\/p>\n<p>Walder also placed fifth in the men&#8217;s pole vault, clearing 4.45 meters, and ninth in the men&#8217;s shot put, throwing 13.31 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Johnny Leverenz brought home second in the men&#8217;s 800 meter run with a time of 1:50.23. Leverenz also competed in the men&#8217;s 4&#215;800 meter relay alongside Sweeney, sophomore Chandler McGaha and junior Eric Baugh. The four-Bulldog squad finished sixth in 7:39.17.<\/p>\n<p>Leverenz, McGaha, and Baugh also participated in the men&#8217;s distance medley, along with junior Connor Fuller. This group secured fourth, clocking in at 10:02.30.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s long jump, junior Luke Russell took second place, jumping 7.09 meters. Senior Sam Robinson also took part in this event; he placed fifth with a 6.94 meter jump.<\/p>\n<p>Russell and Robinson also competed in the men&#8217;s high jump, along with Clark. Robinson finished fifth (J1.95 meters), Clark finished tenth (J1.80 meters), and Russell took eleventh (J1.80 meters).<\/p>\n<p>Clark placed third in the men&#8217;s 60 yard dash. He clocked in at 7.01 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s 4&#215;400 meter relay, Fuller, senior Jake Kellersohn, junior Jake Bowers and sophomore Jacob Uhl teamed up to represent the Dawgs. They took home fifth with a time of 3:18.80.<\/p>\n<p>Uhl finished fourth place in the men&#8217;s 400 meter dash with a time of 48.32 seconds.<\/p>\n<h2>Up Next<\/h2>\n<p>The Butler men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s track and field teams will both take part in the Stan Lyons Invitational in Indianapolis on March 16, 2019. 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