SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Southwestern Men's Track & Field team finished 2^nd with 141 points, while the Women's team finished 3^rd with 82 points in the SCAC Championships this past weekend.

Valerie Logan (1:03.74) placed 5^th in the 400 Meter Dash.  Lilly Duarte (2:20.04) took 2^nd, Kara Koinis (2:22.93) 3^rd, and Meredith Donaldson (2:41.38) 11^th in the 800 Meter Run.  Duarte also placed 2^nd in the 1500 Meters with a time of 4:50.63.  Emily Ammon finished 3^rd in the 100m Hurdles (21.20) and 2^nd in the 400m Hurdles (1:16.54).

In the 4x100m Relay, the Southwestern team of Emily Ammon, Valerie Logan, Cara Sheffer, and Busola Okunnu finished 3^rd with a time of 55.81.  The 4x400m Relay team of Koinis, Duarte, Logan, and Ammon ran a 4:14.32 which earned them 2^nd in the event.

In the field events, Koinis placed 3^rd in the Long Jump with a distance of 4.33m. Cara Sheffer finished 2^nd in the Javelin with a distance of 26.97m.   Maya Adighibe placed 4^th in the Shot Put (8.81m), 5^th in the Hammer Throw (23.8m), and 5^th in the Javelin (20.69m).  Molly Campbell took 7^th in the Shot Put (5.79m), 4^th in the Discus (22.58m), 4^th in the Hammer Throw (24.10m), and 9^th in the Javelin (15.23m).

On the men's side, Zach Anglin (11.68) and Ryan Huiszoon (12.10) finished 6^th and 8^th respectively in the 100 Meter Dash.  Anglin also took 7^th in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 23.74.  In the 800 Meter Run, Paden Williams (1:58.34) collected 2^nd place.  Sam Martinez (16:20.42) earned 6^th and Philip Davis (18:34.16) 12^th in the 5000 Meter Run.

Daniel Tuttle dominated in the Hurdles, placing 1^st in both the 110m (14.97) and 400m (56.19) events.  Alex Sheppard (15.86) also placed 3^rd in the 110m Hurdles.  In the 3000m Steeplechase, Joe Sponsel finished 2^nd with a time of 10:40.65.

Both Men's Relay teams finished 2^nd in their respective events.  The 4x100m team of Zach Anglin, Alex Sheppard, Ryan Huiszoon, and Daniel Tuttle posted a time of 43.59 and the 4x400m team of Sheppard, Lando Duarte, Huiszoon, and Tuttle finished in 3:23.87.

The team continued to do well in the field events.  Sheppard (1.88m) and Tuttle (1.73m) placed 2^nd and 4^th in the High Jump.  Cody Taylor took 1^st place in the Pole Vault by clearing 4.45m.  Tuttle took home another 1^st place in the Triple Jump with a distance of 13.16m.  Anglin (11.33m) also took 8^th in the event. 

In the throwing events, Daniel Poole took 1^st in the Javelin with a distance of 47.75m.  Joseph Quintero placed 2^nd in the Shot Put (10.93m), 2^nd in the Discus (35.88m), 2^nd in the Hammer Throw (30.30m), and 4^th in the Javelin (37.30m).  Owen Cassidy took 3^rd in the Shot Put (9.97m) and 3^rd in the Hammer Throw (25.35m).