The Webster University men's and women's track and field teams had an opportunity to get the rust out, with the first action of the 2012 season at the Illinois College Snowbird Open indoor meet. A limited number of Gorloks for both squads participated in the event at Jacksonville, IL, on January 21, that was dominated by NAIA programs.
The women's highlight on the afternoon was the one mile run where the Gorloks took the 10th, 11th, and 13th places. Julie Greenough (SO, Lutie HS, MO) finished in 10th, one tenth of a second ahead of team mate Eroica Stackhouse (SO, Tipton HS, IN). Freshman Kassandra Ochoa (Glenbard East HS, IL) finished just over eight seconds later, two places behind in 13th.
For the men, freshman Jason Hickson (Hillsboro HS, MO) provided the day's highlight in the one mile run as well. Hickson finished 12th in a field on 18 runners. The full Webster results are listed below:
Women’s Distance Medley Team 15:07 3
rd Place
Women’s 60M Dash Jennifer Scanlon (FR, Parkway South HS) 9.75 21/22
Men’s 60M Dash Zach Zurfluh-Cunningham (FR, Windsor HS) 7.59 32/42
Women’s Mile Run Julie Greenough (SO, Lutie HS, MO) 6:24.7 10/19
Eroica Stackhouse (SO, Tipton HS,IN) 6:24.8 11/19
Kassandra Ochoa (FR, Glenbard East HS, IL) 6:33 13/19
Men’s Mile Run Jason Hickson (FR, Hillsboro HS, MO) 5:12.8 12/18
Women’s 400Y Dash Jordan Vehlewald (FR, Lafayette HS) 1:13.92 10/12
Jennifer Scanlon 1:16.21 11/12
Men’s 400Y Dash David Koppelman (JR, Owensville HS, MO) 57.36 11/15
Zach Zurfluh-Cunningham 58.10 13/15
The teams will run in the Principia College (IL) Indoor Relays on January 27, then travel back to Jacksonville, IL, to participate in the Illinois College Jim Green Invitational on February 4.
