ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers indoor track and field team made one of their four trips to Ashland this season while competing at the Ashland Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 25) afternoon.

While competing against some of their conference foes at the Niss Athletic Center, the Panthers had one school record fall, notched six performances worthy of the top ten in the record books and 15 personal records.

2^nd Place Finishes

• Peyton Proffitt: 3.70 meters (12 feet, 1 ½ inches) for her second best mark of the second – 2^nd highest mark in program history
• Merrick Shorter: School record 15:13.63 in the 5000 meters, breaking the record by over seven seconds

4th Place Finishes

• Virtner Crews III: 6.89 seconds in the 60 meter finals (tying a PR and 3^rd fastest time in program history), improving from 6.95 seconds in the prelims
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: PR of 1.94 meters in the high jump (8^th best mark in program history)

Other Finishes

• Naomi Haring: 11^th place in the 300 meters with the 3^rd best time in program history (47.14 seconds) & PR for the 200 meters (29.93 seconds) in 48^th place
• Isaac Eugene: 200 meter PR of 22.39 seconds in 11^th place & 13^th place in the 400 meters with a PR of 50.23 seconds
• Eayuel Gebrtsadik: 14^th place for the mile with a 4:25.55 time (8^th fastest time in the program record books) & PR of 1:59.08 for the 800 meters in 16^th place
• Owen Wilhelm: 14^th place in the high jump with a 1.79 meter mark (season-best)
• Women's 4x400 Relay (Ambos, Dulle, Shyla Pemberton, Reed): 15^th place with a time of 4:43.45
• Men's 4x400 Relay (Yagouba Barry, Gebrtsadik, Shorter): 15^th place with a time of 3:39.41
• Faith Yancey: 16^th in the 60 meter prelims with a 8.14 second time & 16^th for the 200 meter dash with a PR of 26.57
• Eva Dulle: 17^th place in the mile with a PR of 5:42.10 & another PR for the 800 meters of 2:36.00, finishing 33^rd place
• Ismael Obas: Season-best 7.10 seconds prelims for 18^th place & 37^thplace in 200 meters with a 23.35 second time
• Virtner Crews III: 21^st place in the 200 meters with a 22.73 second PR
• Edward Devaney: PR of  4:52.88 in 28^th place for the mile run
• Aileen Castillo: 29th place in the mile with a 6:22.17 time (2^nd best time of the season)
• Joseph Chandler: 30th in the 60 meters, running a 7.26 second time in prelims & 200 meter PR of 23.88 seconds (44^th place)
• Blake Murgatroyd: 36th place in the 3000 meters with a PR of 9:22.33
• Felix Prewitt: 37^th place in the 60 meters with a 7.36 second prelims time & 24.71 seconds for the 200 meters (season-debut)
• Anna Blackstone: 38^th place, ran a 12:18.04 in the 3000 meters
• Jamarion Hall: 800 meter PR of 2:09.44 in 39^th placec
• Nikane Ambos: 41^st in the 60 meter prelims at 8.61 seconds
• Gabrielle Reed: 2:45.70 in the 800 meters (41^st place)
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: 24^th place in the 60 meter hurdles with a 9.32 second prelim time & PR in the 200 meters with 24.18 seconds, 49^th place

This Friday (Jan. 31), the Panthers will compete in the Cedarville Yellow Jacket Invitational.