The Case Western Reserve University track and field team saw two more records fall on Saturday, as the women's 4x100-meter relay team set a program high-water mark in the event for the second-consecutive week, and first-year Gianna Phipps broke a 41-year old program-record mark in the 100-meter dash, at the Spark Adams Invitational, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University, in Berea, Ohio.

As a team, the CWRU men tied for fourth out of 17 teams with 68 points, while host Baldwin Wallace won the title with 129.5 points. On the women's side, the Spartans placed ninth out of 18 teams, with Akron placing first overall with 111.5 points.

School Records

• 4x100-meter relay

  • First-year Elizabeth Crossan, first-year Esther Umezurike-Chukwu, senior Grace Misiunas, first-year Gianna Phipps

  • 48.26 seconds

  • Previous record: 48.27 seconds set by the same four last week.

• 100-meter dash

  • Phipps

  • 12.10 (prelims)

  • Previous record: 12.40 seconds set by Kisha Carman in 1985

Event Winners

• Sophomore Charlie Stipanovich

  • 400m dash, 48.42

Top Five Finishes

• Senior Michelle Lee

  • Discus, fifth, 38.41m

• Senior Connor Evans

  • Discus, fifth, 43.78m

• Graduate student Jack Blais

  • Long jump, third, 7.00m

• Junior Matthew Benuzeh, sophomore Pierre-Andre Geoffrion, senior Troy Olson, first-year Anthony Sidoti

  • 4x100m relay, fourth, 42.39

• Crossan, Umezurike-Chukwu, Misiunas, Phipps

  • 4x100m relay, second, 48.26

• Sophomore Brendan Bradish

  • 1,500m run, fifth, 3:59.03

• Misiunas

  • 100m hurdles, fourth, 15.13 seconds

• Stipanovich

  • 400m dash, first, 48.42

• Senior Arianna Holbrook

  • 800m run, second, 2:15.79

• First-year Jay Woodhouse

  • 800m run, fifth, 1:56.94

• First-year Anna Callo

  • Pole vault, fifth, 3.52m

• Senior Anthony DeCarlo

  • Pole Vault, second, 4.57m

• Sophomore Artin Fazeli

  • Pole Vault, fifth, 4.42m

Spartan Notes

• After setting the school record in the event in the preliminaries, Phipps went onto place sixth in the final of the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.31 seconds. Her preliminary time of 12.10 seconds was the second-fastest by a UAA runner this season.

• Blais' 7.00m in the long jump is the top mark in the UAA this year.

• Senior Bryce Hodge placed third in the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles with a mark of 15.43 seconds, but did not compete in the finals.

• Callo's pole vault height of 3.53 meters is the fourth-best in the UAA this season.

• Stipanovich recorded the second-fastest 400-meter dash time (48.42) in the UAA this season.

Up Next

The Spartans will now turn their attention to the 2026 University Athletic Association Championship next Saturday and Sunday. CWRU will host the meet at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.