LISLE, Ill. – The Lakeland University men's and women's track & field teams had two productive days with a number of personal bests and modern era school marks at the Benedictine University Relays, which concluded Saturday.
The Muskies posted seven modern era school records and several scoring finishes on both sides in the two-day meet. The women's team scored 11 points and the men tallied eight points.
Trenton Nickel (
So.-Kiel, Wis.) recorded the best individual finish for Lakeland, finishing ninth in the men's 400 meters with a time of 50.47 seconds, besting his own school record in the event. He also was part of a new school mark in the distance medley relay, teaming with
Tyler Jensen (
Fr.-Sheboygan, Wis.),
Spencer Miesfeld (
So.-Sheboygan, Wis.) and
Devon Zahn (
Fr.-Oshkosh, Wis.) to finish in 12:13.98.
Jensen and Zahn also set new personal records in the 400 meters. Jensen dropped his best time in the event by over two seconds, finishing in 55.21, while Zahn also set a best with a time of 54.24.
The women's team was paced by freshmen
Kayla Bruton (
Milwaukee, Wis.) and
Nathalie Cairo (
Fr.-Kenosha, Wis.). Bruton posted the team's best individual finish in the 400, dropping her personal best by nearly three seconds in finishing 14th with a time of 1:04.76. Cairo also set a new modern school mark in the 3,000 meters with a time of 12:31.91, nearly 30 seconds ahead of the previous record.
Bruton and Cairo also were part of three relay teams that set school marks. The duo joined
Hope Cerney (
So.-Green Bay, Wis.) and
Jaila Cole-Clark (
So.-Matteson, Ill.) to post a time of 53.19 in the 4 x 100, and the same quartet also set a new mark of 4:30.6 in the 4 x 400 relay, and also paired up for a school-best in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay of 4:43.86.
Bruton, Cerney, Cole-Clark and
Bailee Nessinger (
Fr.-Brussels, Wis.) also set a new school mark in the 4 x 200 relay with a time of 1:57.67. Nessinger also set a new PR in the 200 meters with a time of 32.49.
Lakeland will next compete in the St. Norbert College Invitational, to be held in De Pere in two weeks on April 27 starting at 10:30 a.m.
Benedictine Relays Results
