JACKSONVILLE, Ill. - For the second straight week, the Webster University men's track and field team continued to set new school records here Saturday as the Gorloks finished fifth out of 15 teams that competed at the Jim Green Invitational held at King Fieldhouse on the Illinois College campus.
 
Last weekend, the Gorloks also set a new school record in the 300 meter dash at the Principia Relays hosted by Principia College. 
 
At the Jim Green Invitational, Webster scored 63 points to place fifth among a field consisting of NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA schools. Missouri Baptist took home the team title as they scored 108.5 points to outdistance runner-up Illinois-Springfield (95 points) and Illinois College, who scored 79 points to place third. Fellow St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member, Principia, placed sixth with 53 points.
 
The Gorloks, who sent 19 competitors to Saturday's meet, won two of the 12 events they competed in and had seven Top 5 finishes in six other events. In addition, the Gorloks scored in a total of eight events. 
 
Highlighting the performances was senior Caleb Clemons (Florissant, Mo./McCluer North) who took home first place honors in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.08 seconds. The time is the second fastest 60-meter time this season by a Gorlok as sophomore Jacob Ridenhour (Jerseyville, Ill./Jerseyville) ran a time of 7.01 at last weekend's Principia Relays. Senior Brandyn Robinson (St. Louis, Mo./North County) ran a time of 7.29 in the preliminaries to qualify for the finals, but he did not run in the finals. Clemons ran the second fastest time in the prelims with a 7.12. 
 
In addition to Clemons' first place finish in the 60-meter dash, Webster's other event win came in the 4-x-200 meter relay as the Gorloks posted a school time of 1:32.67 in the event. The 1:32.67 time bettered the old school mark of 1:33.14 set at last year's Principia Relays. The members of Saturday's winning relay team were sophomore Carson Gross (Arnold, Mo./Fox), senior Jordan Kaden (Rolla, Mo./Rolla), Ridenhour and Robinson. 
 
Ridenhour also excelled individually in two events on Saturday as he placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.37, which is the third fastest time on the school's all-time chart and he placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.98, which is the No. 2 time all-time in Webster history. 
 
Along with Ridenhour's performance in the 400-meter dash, Kaden placed fifth with a time of 53.07 and freshman Elijah Perez (Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville) was 10th with a time of 23.77. In the 200-meter dash, Robinson was seventh with a time of 23.60 and Perez was 11th with a time of 23.77.
 
Other top five finishes came from graduate student Mason Stevens (Oakdale, Calif./Dixon) in the pole vault with a vault of 12-5.50 (3.80 meters), junior Kyle Goessler (Imperial, Mo./Seckman), who was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 20-6.25 (6.25 meters), senior Coale Dolbert (Farmer City, Ill./Blue Ridge) took fifth in the high jump with a leap of 6-2.75 (1.90 meter) and freshman Colton Vaughn (Hillsboro, Mo./Hillsboro), who was fifth in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:45.96. 
 
Freshman Edward Tinnemeyer (St. Louis, Mo./Jakarta Intercultural) placed seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 40-6.75 (12.36 meters), which is the third best leap in school history. Tinnemeyer was also ninth in the long jump (19-6.75).
 
Senior Dimitrije Mitic (Belgrade, Serbia/Sceondary School Serbia Montenegu) placed seventh in the shot put with the second best toss in school history as he recorded a throw of 37-2.50 (11.34 meters) on Saturday. 
 
Sophomore Joe Souvannarath (Imperial, Mo./St. John Vianney) just missed scoring in two events as he was ninth in the 60-meter hurdle qualifying with a time of 9.40 and was 13th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.42.
 
The Gorloks will return to action next Saturday, Feb. 9 as they travel to Platteville, Wis., to compete at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational.