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Harding Women Dominate Field Events to Build 40-Point Lead at GAC Meet – Harding University Athletics

Harding Women Dominate Field Events to Build 40-Point Lead at GAC Meet - Harding University Athletics
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Harding’s women used dominant performances in the heptathlon and three field events to build a 40-point lead after two days at the Great American Conference Track and Field Championships, hosted by Oklahoma Baptist.

Harding has 94 points with Oklahoma Baptist second at 54 and Arkansas Tech third with 34.

Freshman Sofie Reitbauer became the fourth consecutive Harding athlete to win the GAC heptathlon with Lauren Shell second, earning the Lady Bisons 18 points.

Harding scored 15 points in the hammer throw with senior Cara Mason winning the event for the second straight year.

The Lady Bisons continued to pile up the points in the triple jump with junior Jenna Akins and sophomore Mariah Miller placing first and second.

The largest point haul came in the javelin, where Harding had six of the scorers, including senior Anna Kay Clark, who won the event for the second straight year and shattered the GAC meet record.

The final day of competition is tomorrow with events beginning at 10 a.m.

Below is a break down of Harding’s performances in each event. Most of the running events Friday were preliminaries with the finals Saturday.

Heptathlon

Harding points: 18 … freshman Sofie Reitbauer won the event with 4,435 points, and junior Lauren Shell was second with 4,390 points … Reitbauer is the fourth consecutive Harding athlete to win the GAC heptathlon, joining Kaylin Turley (2018), Emily Shell (2019) and Darcy Sanford (2021)

100-meter hurdles (prelims)

Freshman Sofie Reitbauer ran 15.73 and freshman Sydnee Parker ran 17.00 and neither qualified for Saturday’s final

400 meters (prelims)

Senior Anne-Noelle Clerima had the top qualifying time of 56.47 seconds and was one of three Lady Bisons to qualify for the final … senior Kinga Szarzynska qualified fifth with a time of 58.20, and sophomore Alyssa Couey qualified eighth in 59.43 … Harding’s Krisman Eakin and Miah Maples were ninth and 10th respectively and just missed qualification

100 meters (prelims)

Harding did not have a competitor in the 100

800 meters (prelims)

Harding had two athletes qualify in the 800 … senior Kinga Szarzynska qualified fifth in 2:21.73 with senior Celia Stramrood sixth at 2:22.57 … Szarzynska is a two-time GAC champion in the event (2018, 2021)

400 hurdles (prelims)

Senior Anne-Noelle Clerima, Harding’s lone entry in the 400 hurdles, qualified third in 1:03.78 by winning Heat 2 … Harding has never won the 400 hurdles at the GAC meet

200 meters (prelims)

Senior Anne-Noelle Clerima qualified for her third event of the day … Clerima qualified second with a time of 25.04, just .01 seconds off her PR

3,000-meter steeplechase

Harding points: 3 … sophomore Ellie Fantauzzo turned in a PR of 11:44.26 to place sixth and earn Harding three points

Hammer Throw

Harding points: 15 … senior Cara Mason won the hammer throw for the second straight year … her throw of 49.72 meters or 163 feet, 1 inch is the best ever by a Harding athlete at the GAC meet … Mason won by seven inches … Mason’s finishes in the hammer at the GAC meet (5th, 3rd, 1st, 1st) … senior Tessa TeGrootenhuis placed fifth (four points) with a mark of 43.21 meters or 141 feet, 9 inches … she placed sixth in the even in 2021 … junior Tiffany Hildebrandt placed eighth (one point) with a PR of 42.73 meters or 140 feet, 2 inches

Triple Jump

Harding points: 19 … junior Jenna Akins won the event (10 points) with a mark of 11.99 meters or 39 feet, 4 inches on her sixth and final jump … sophomore Mariah Miller placed second (8 points) with an identical mark of 11.99 meters or 39 feet, 4 inches … Akins and Miller topped the next competitor by two centimeters … freshman Grace Carter placed eighth (1 point) with a mark of 10.80 meters or 35 feet, 5.25 inches … Akins won the event for the first time and became the fourth different Harding athlete to win the GAC triple jump, joining Caroline Embry (2016), Emily Shell (2018) and Miller (2021)

Javelin

Harding points: 33 … Harding had six of the eight scoring athletes … sophomore All-American Anna Kay Clark shattered the previous GAC meet record of 43.74 meters, winning with a toss of 46.66 meters or 153 feet, 1 inch … it was her second consecutive GAC championship … junior Cooper Monn was second (36.01m), sophomore Meghan McElroy was third (35.72m), freshman Sydney Soto was fifth (33.91m), junior Mary Vander Sewell was sixth (32.97m) and junior Lauren Shell was seventh (32.18m)

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Bush Wins Four Events at Rhodes 7-Way Meet – Harding University Athletics

Bush Wins Four Events at Rhodes 7-Way Meet - Harding University Athletics

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Sophomore Dakarai Bush had a hand in half of 16th-ranked Harding’s eight event victories Friday at the Rhodes 7-Way Meet.

The Tatum, Texas, native won the 400 meters in 48.28, won the 110 hurdles in 14.27, ran the second leg of the victorious 4×100-meter relay (41.89), and ran the anchor leg of the winning 4×400-meter relay (3:12.16).

His 400-meter time was a PR and his 110 hurdles time was an NCAA provisional, just off his season-best of 14.25.

Junior Fallou Gaye won the 800 m in 1:55.27 and sophomore Nikolasz Csokas won the 400 hurdles in a provisional 53.03.

The 4×100 relay team was Krishaun Watson, Bush, Jamaric Hill and Davion Smith, and the 4×400 team included Smith, Gaye, Csokas and Bush. The mile relay time of 3:12.16 was the fifth-fastest in Division II this season.

Harding added two event victories in the field events. Freshman Antiwain Jones won the high jump at a provisional height of 2.05 meters or 6 feet, 8.75 inches. Senior Austin Parrish won the pole vault at a provisional height of 5.22 meters or 17 feet, 1.50 inches, moving him into sixth place nationally in Division II. Sophomore Dorian Chaigneau cleared a provisional 4.90 meters or 16 feet, 0.75 inches.

Harding’s next action is Saturday, April 23 at the Red Wolves Open, hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.


 

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16th-Ranked Harding Somen’s Track Wins 12 Events at Rhodes 7-Way Meet – Harding University Athletics

16th-Ranked Harding Somen's Track Wins 12 Events at Rhodes 7-Way Meet - Harding University Athletics

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Harding women’s outdoor track and field team, ranked 16th nationally in NCAA Division II, won 12 of the 19 events Friday at the Rhodes 7-Way Meet.

The other teams in competition were Hendrix, Millsaps, Mississippi College, Rhodes, Tennessee-Martin and Trevecca Nazarene.

Harding won five individual running events. Sophomore Briana Johnson won the 100 (12.11), senior Kinga Szarzynska won the 400 (57.14), senior Celia Stramrood won the 800 (2:17.34), sophomore Nieves Megias won the 1,500 (4:49.11), and senior Anne-Noelle Clerima won the 400 hurdles (1:00.54). Clerima’s time was an NCAA provisional but was just off her season-best time of 1:00.11.

Johnson’s 100-meter time and Megias’ time in the 1,500 meters were the fastest times in those events by a Harding runner this season.

Harding won both of the relays. The team of Clerima, Jenna Akins, Krisman Eakin and Johnson won the 4×100 meters in a season-best 47.19 seconds. In the 4×400 relay, Lauren Shell, Eakin, Szarzynska and Clerima won in 3:54.10.

The Lady Bisons also won five field events. Junior Brylan Williams won the high jump (1.67m, 5-5.75), sophomore Mariah Miller won the triple jump (11.50m, 37-8.75), junior Cooper Monn won the shot put (13.17m, 43-2.50), senior Cara Mason won the hammer throw (50.58m, 165-11), and sophomore Anna Kay Clark won the javelin with an NCAA provisional mark of 43.23 meters or 141 feet, 10 inches.

Mason’s throw in the hammer was a season best by a Lady Bison.

Harding’s next action is at the Red Wolves Open, hosted by Arkansas State University on Saturday, April 23 in Jonesboro, Arkansas.