Senior Ben Haas won his fourth Great Midwest Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week award after setting a new Hillsdale record in the hammer throw at the Hillsdale Outdoor Invitational meet. 

Haas won the hammer throw with a mark of 66.58 meters, beating the previous record of 66.39 meters set by Jason Stomps in 2010. 

Other Charger athletes competed at the VertKlasse Meeting at High Point University on Friday.

Junior Lucy Minning placed third in the 100-meter dash at High Point University with a personal best time of 11.96 and fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.4.

“Luckily over the weekend it was very warm at High Point but I was definitely feeling fatigued from the heat. I was happy with my race time, but there’s a lot more I can improve with my start,” Minning said.

Senior Josee Behling placed third in the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 55.94 seconds. Sophomore Zoe Burke placed eighth in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:16.17.

“The team generally enjoys outdoor more than indoor — the sun and fresh air make a huge difference in mindset after spending all winter indoors,” Burke said.

At the Hillsdale Outdoor Invitational, freshman Baelyn Zitzmann won the 100-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 15.53. Junior Anna Lamoreaux won the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of 12.57.

Lamoreaux also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.05. Zitzmann placed second with a time of 26.71.

Freshman Evelyn Overlease won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.57. 

“I love the outdoor season because we don’t have to run italicized anymore, like we do on the tight indoor curves. Although, now we have to deal with some treacherous weather,” Overlease said. 

Sophomore Nola Hipkins won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.51. Freshman Gianna Lodice placed second with a personal best time of 1:08.66. 

Sophomore Whitney Wilkinson won the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:30.69. Sophomore Eleanor Clark won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:35.46. Freshman Victoria Stonebraker placed second in the 5,000-meter run with a personal best time of 18:46.39.

“These past two weeks we’ve had many amazing PRs across all events, which is huge. We are waiting for good competition to run our 4×4 relay, which we’ll have at our biggest home meet, the Gina Relays on April 17,”  Burke said. “We’re looking for a big national provisional mark that meet, and we’re super optimistic about that goal.”

Senior Averi Parker won the hammer throw and discus with marks of 52.46 meters and 38.45 meters. Senior Marilyn Popplewell won the javelin throw with a mark of 33.63 meters.

Zitzmann won the high jump with a mark of 1.64 meters. Senior Grace Chen won the pole vault and triple jump with marks of 3.35 meters and 10.84 meters. Lodice won the long jump with a mark of 5.26 meters.
“I think the team is very excited for this season. We did very well indoors and have had a  lot of PRs which is great considering how early it is,” Minning said. 

The Chargers will compete next at the Calvin Knight Invitational at Calvin University April 12.