SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame track and field team was in action at three different meets this weekend. The Irish competed at the legendary Penn Relays, the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational hosted by the University of Louisville and the Extra Weekend Meet hosted by Grand Valley State University.
Penn Relays
Benjamin Pable made Notre Dame history at the Penn Relays as he set the program record in the hammer with a throw of 67.27m (220’8”). This is Pable’s best hammer throw of the season. This ranks 23rd in all of the NCAA Division I and puts him 10th on the 2026 NCAA Division I East Outdoor List.
His performance earned him a second-place finish in the Men’s Hammer Throw Championship at the Penn Relays. Obiora Okeke finished 7th in the same event with a personal best throw of 63.79m (209’3”). This performance ranks Okeke fifth all-time in program history in the hammer throw. This puts him 32nd on the 2026 NCAA Division I East Outdoor List for the hammer.
Okeke finished third in the Men’s Shot Put Championship with a mark of 18.86m (61’ 10 ½”). He finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 56.25m (184’6”).
Isabelle Esler finished seventh in the Women’s Javelin Throw Championship with a throw of 45.68m (149’ 10”)
Julia Reglewski finished ninth in the Women’s Shot Put with a throw of 14.06m (46’ 1 ½”).
Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational
Lauren Huber, Kate McGuinness and Ellis Weekley all competed in the heptathlon in Louisville, Kentucky, over the weekend.
Huber finished fifth overall with a score of 4394 points and McGuinness scored 3836 points and finished 11th.
Huber placed first in two events over the weekend. She finished first in the 800m with a personal best time of 2:09.26. She won the shot put with a throw of 12.81m (42’ 00.50”), which was her best throw of the season so far.
McGuinness’s best event was the shot put, where she finished seventh with a throw of 10.17m (33’ 04.50”).
Weekley’s best performance came in the 100m hurdles, where she finished fifth with a time of 14.33.
Jordyn Borsch and Remy Finn finished sixth and eighth in the women’s 400. Borsch placed sixth with a time of 54.98 while Finn posted a time of 55.16, finishing eighth.
Jack Ahart finished third in the 400m with a time of 46.75.
John Dearie ran a personal best time of 52.68, as he placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles.
Jackson McDowell finished fourth in the men’s High jump with a time of 2.03m (6’08.00”).
GVSU Extra Weekend Meet
Cole Stehly won the men’s 800m while running a personal best time of 1:50.35. Ethan Walther finished fourth in the 800m with his best time of the season of 1:51.95.
Elena Rybak also had her best performance of the year in the 800m, finishing third with a time of 2:09.20.
The Irish placed first and second in the women’s 1500m (open). Rosie Mucharsky finished first with a personal best time of 4:17.84. Nicki Southerland finished second with a time of 4:27.31.
Penn Relays
Women’s Results
College Women’s Shot Put College
9. Julia Reglewski-14.06m (46’ 1 ½”)
19. Ore Olusi- 13.35m (43-9’ ¾”)
College Women’s Hammer Throw Championship
15. Jillian Stafford- 52.55m (172’ 5”)
College Women’s Javelin Throw College
21. Sarah David- 36.57m (119’ 11”)
College Women’s Javelin Throw Championship
7. Isabelle Esler- 45.68m (149’ 10”)
Men’s Results
College Men’s Shot Put Championship
3. Obiora Okeke- 18.86m (61’ 10 ½”)
10. Zach Petko- 17.22m (56’ 6”)
College Men’s Discus Throw
14. Peyton Murray- 48.95m (160’7”)
24. Zach Petko-46.83m
College Men’s Discus Throw Championship
4. Obi Okeke- 56.25m (184’6”)
College Men’s Hammer Throw Championship
2. Benjamin Pable- 67.27m (220’8”)
7. Obiora Okeke- 63.79m (209’3”)
College Men’s Javelin Throw College
8. Chris White-59.23m (194’ 4”)
Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational
Women’s Results
Heptathlon
5. Lauren Huber- 4394
11. Kate McGuinness- 3836
Heptathlon 100M Hurdles
5. Ellis Weekley-14.33
8. Lauren Huber-14.72
10. Kate McGuinness-14.92
Heptathlon High Jump
5. Lauren Huber- 1.60m (5’ 03”)
10. Kate McGuinness- 1.48m (4’ 10.25”)
Heptathlon Shot Put
1. Lauren Huber-12.81m (42’ 00.50”)
7. Kate McGuinness-10.17m (33’ 04.50”)
11. Ellis Weekley-8.87m (29’ 01.25”)
Heptathlon 200m
5. Lauren Huber-25.12
8. Kate McGuinness-25.67
10. Ellis Weekley-25.75
Heptathlon Long Jump
7. Ellis Weekley-5.30m (17’ 04.75”)
9. Lauren Huber-5.28m (17’ 04.00”)
11. Kate McGuinness-5.16m (16’ 11.25”)
Heptathlon Javelin
6. Lauren Huber- 33.92m (111’ 03”)
10. Kate McGuinness- 26.72m (87’ 08”)
Heptathlon 800m
1. Lauren Huber- 2:09.26
Women’s 100m
42. Resse Johnson- 12.20
Women’s 200m
34. Reese Sanders- 24.61
49. Reese Johnson-24.86
Women’s 400m
6. Jordyn Borsch-54.98
8. Remy Finn-55.16
Women’s High Jump
8. Rudecia Bernard- 1.68m (5’ 06.00”)
Women’s Long Jump
15. Zahra Bichara- 5.73m (18’09.75”)
16. Ashley Fisher- 5.69m (18’08.00”)
Women Triple Jump
23. Gabriella Zeller 11.20m (36’ 09.00”)
Men’s Results
Men’s 200m
47. Evan Hudson- 22.43
Men’s 400m
3. Jack Ahart- 46.75
31. Evan Hudson- 49.41
Men’s 400m Hurdles
4. John Dearie- 52.68 (PB)
Men’s High Jump
4. Jackson McDowell- 2.03m (6’08.00”)
GVSU Extra Weekend Meet
Women’s Results
Women’s 800m (Invitational)
3. Elena Rybak-2:09.20
5. Kaleigh Gunsiorowski-2:11.70
Women’s 1500m (Open)
1. Roșie Mucharsky-4:17.84
2. Nicki Southerland- 4:27.31
Women’s 5000m (Open)
8. Bella Guillamondegui- 17:23.66
Men’s Results
Men’s 800m (Invitational)
1. Cole Stehly-1:50.25
4. Ethan Walther- 1:51.95