The Case Western Reserve University men's and women's track and field teams began their outdoor season with a trip to Lexington, Virginia, for the W&L Track Carnival, hosted by Washington and Lee University on Friday and Saturday.
The Spartans, represented by a smaller team because of the university's spring break, won four events at the meet and totaled 16 top five finishes.
Graduate student sprinter Juan Perez won the 100-meter dash in 11.03 seconds and placed second in the 200-meter dash in 22.31 seconds. In the longer race, graduate student sprinter Keith Cartwright placed fifth in 22.67 seconds.
The 4x400-meter relay of graduate student Pierce Boucher, first-year Nico Matt, sophomore Josh Bates, and senior Yusuf Shaaban placed first with a time of 3:22.71. Shaaban was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing just 0.03 seconds behind the winner in 55.16 seconds. Bates was third in the event in 55.54 seconds.
In the other hurdles event, graduate student Peculiar Nzegbuna finished the 110-meter hurdles in 15.45 seconds to place third.
In the field, junior Andrew Qi recorded a personal-best mark in the triple jump, bounding 13.13 meters to place second. Junior Joshua Berman tied for fifth in the pole vault after clearing 3.64 meters.
The CWRU women's track and field team earned all its top five finishes in the field.
Three Spartans placed in the top five in the hammer throw, led by junior Lauren Roskuszka who recorded a personal-best mark of 48.93 meters, the sixth-farthest throw in program history. Sophomore Michelle Lee finished fourth with a heave of 44.78 meters, and senior Adrienne Wachtman placed fifth by throwing 43.60 meters,
Wachtman added three runner-up finishes in the other throwing events, placing second in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 12.01 meters, second in the discus throw with a heave of 37.38 meters, and second in the javelin throw with a mark of 39.42 meters. Roskuszka placed fifth in the javelin with a throw of 36.49 meters.
Junior hurdler/jumper Sarah Ozeki won the triple jump for Case Western Reserve by bounding 10.91 meters.
The Spartans will travel to New Concord, Ohio, on March 22 and 23 for the Amy Adams Memorial Invitational, hosted by Muskingum University. Events are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday.
