MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ohio Dominican Panthers outdoor track and field traveled west to the Hoosier State for a weekend at the Ball State We Fly Challenge on Friday (April 11) and Saturday (April 12). One Panthers headed to the Tar Heel State for the Duke Invitational.

13 personal bests were set in the meet for the Panthers with five podium finishes and eight top ten marks.

1^st Place Finish

• Eayuel Gebrtsadik: 15:07.60 PR in the 5000 meters (2^nd fastest mark in program history)

2nd Place Finishes

• Men's 4x100 Relay (Chandler, Virtner Crews, Obas, Prewitt): 42.72 seconds
• Men's 4x400 Relay (Barry, Crews, Hall, Chandler): 3:39.61

3^rd Place Finishes

• Merrick Shorter: PR of 4:00.47 in the 1500 meters (3^rd fastest time in the record books)
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: 1.85 meters in the high jump

6^th Place Finish

• Women's 4x100 Relay (Ambos, Pemberton, Haring, Yancey): 50.65 seconds

8th Place Finish

• Ismael Obas: 11.13 seconds for the 100 meters, finishing third in his heat

Other Finishes

• Brandon Ammons: 9^th in the Discus throw with a best throw of 28.64 meters
• Blake Murgatroyd: 12^th fastest in the 1500 meters with a 4:18.34 mark
• Ismael Obas: 13^th place in the long jump at 5.94 meters; 22.72 seconds in the 200 meters, 17^th place
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: 14^th in the long jump (5.88 meters - PR); 17^th in the 100 meters with an 11.55 second PR time; 23^rd in the 200 meters with a 23.53 second PR mark
• Joseph Chandler: 15^th fastest in the 100 meter standings at 11.37 seconds; 21^st for the 200 meters at 23.14 seconds (PR)
• Felix Prewitt: Set a PR of 11.43 seconds in the 100 meters in 16^th place; 23.98 seconds in the 200 meters for 24^th place
• Edward Devaney: 16^th overall in the 1500 meters, 4:35.58
• Yagouba Barry: 18^th place in the 400 meters with a 52.33 second PR time; 22^nd place in the 200 meters with a 23.50 second PR time
• Jamarion Hall: 21^st place for the 400 meters at 54.13 seconds
• Shyla Pemberton: 1:02.61 time in the 400 meters for 25^th place
• Faith Yancey: PR of 12.61 seconds in the 100 meters, 25^th place; 35^th in the 200 meters with a 26.16 second time
• Nikane Ambos: 1:13.95 PR in the 400 meter hurdles for 25^th place
• Naomi Haring: 27^th in the 400 meters at 1:09.42; 28.78 seconds (PR) in the 200 meters for 55^th place
• G'nae Morrison: Nearly tied her season-low time in the 100 meters with an 13.67 second time, 38^th place
• Eva Dulle: 5:13.30 in the 1500 meters for 44^th place
• Gabrielle Reed: Season-best time of 5:29.26 for the 1500 meters in 48^th place
• Anna Blackstone: 5:31.93 in the 1500 meters, finishing 49^th place
• Aileen Castillo: Narrowly set a 1500 meter PR of 5:38.81 in 50^th place
• Tyra McClain: 5:43.69 for the 1500 meters in 51^st place
• Alyza Camp: 6:09.24 in the 1500 meters in 52^nd place
• Peyton Proffitt: No height at the Duke Invitational in the pole vault event

The Panthers will remain close to home with an appearance at the Otterbein Twilight this Friday (April 18).