LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Irish captured another successful outdoor weekend with seven event titles at the Jim Freeman Louisville Invitational.
On the first day of competition the Fighting Irish throws squad competed. The javelin squad led the Irish with taking both the men’s and women’s titles. In the women’s competition Sarah David took first with a throw of 39.88 meters. On the men’s side, John Keenan took first with a toss of 66.86 meters. Lucas MacDonald took fourth in the competition with a mark of 49.63 meters.
Nolan Blachowski was the lone Irish in the men’s pole vault where he hit a mark of 4.90 meters. In the women’s pole vault Olivia Fabry represented the Irish with a mark of 3.45 meters.
The hammer throw was also featured on the day with Blake Kusky taking third with a throw of 58.88 meters. Teammates Matthew Teague and Michael Shoaf also threw for marks of 56.38 meters and 54.02 meters, respectively. Emma Albano took fifth in the women’s hammer throw with a throw of 54.68 meters.
On day two of the meet more of the Irish took to the track. Shae Douglas ran in the 100 meter dash for a time of 12.03. In the 100 meter hurdles, Alaina Brady and Caroline Lewis took fourth and sixth place respectively with times of 13.78 and 14.33.
The men’s 400 meter run featured four Irish, Joey Dobrydney, Luke Phillips, John Oleksak, and Matthew Cornelius. Dobrydney took third place with a time of 47.96. Teammates Phillips, Oleksak, and Cornelius took eighth, ninth, and tenth place with times of 49.51, 49.58, and 50.93. In the women’s race, Eve Balseiro led the Irish with a first place finish of 54.42. Remy Finn took second crossing the finish line at 59.19. Katherine Smith rounded out the Irish finishes crossing the finish line at 1:01.74.
The Irish dominated the women’s 1500 meter run as they took first through fifth place. Anna Sophia Keller led the women taking first place with a time of 4:19.98 followed by Siona Chisholm (4:20.91), Sophia Novak (4:21.49), Molly Grant (4:27.56), and Paige Grant (4:27.74). Teammates Caroline Lehman finished at 4:32.13, Aimee Hayde at 4:45.24, and Claire Coffey at 4:48.44.
There was much of the same story in the men’s 1500 meter race as Nick Miller took first place and led the Irish with a time of 3:46.16. Jackson Storey took second place crossing the finish line at 3:48.77, and Jake Renfree finished at 3:57.22.
Daelen Ackley led the Irish in the men’s 800 meter race with a time of 1:52.41. Julian Kingery followed with a time of 1:52.41. The women’s 800 meter race saw Catherine Coffey take a time of 2:17.87.
Michael Shoaf took first place in the men’s shot put with a throw of 18.88 meters. Teammates Zach Petko and Blake Kusky hit marks of 15.75 meters and 13.02 meters, respectively. In the women’s shot put Alesis Juntunen led the Irish with a throw of 14.07 meters. Emma Albano and Ava Butterbaugh threw for 13.10 meters and 12.81 meters.
Reese Sanders took the title in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 54.42. Teammate Remy Finn and Katherine Smith finished at 56.19 and 1:01.74, respectively.
Nick Mota headlined the men’s 3000 meter race with a time of 8:33.76.On the women’s side, Isalina Colsman crossed the finish line at 10:42.96 and Charlotte Bednar finished with a time of 10:54.15.
The discus throw featured multiple Irish in the men’s competition. Henry Boudreau led the Irish with a toss of 48.23 meters. Zach Petko threw for 47.29 meters, while Blake Kusky finished with a toss of 39.60 meters. In the women’s competition, Ava Butterbaugh hit a mark of 41.97 meters.
Sarah Flight led the Irish in the women’s high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters. Teammates Madison Schmidt and Arianna Martinez followed with marks of 1.65 meters each.
To finish off the weekend, the women’s 4×400 meter relay was dominated by the Irish with a first place time of 3:43.47. The squad capturing the event title was Molly Bennet, Remy Finn, Reese Sanders, and Eve Balseiro. A second Irish squad of Molly Grant, Catherine Coffey, Aimee Hayde, and Paige Grant captured fourth place with a time of 4:00.90.
The Irish will return to the track on April 21 for the Wake Forest Invitational.