COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers outdoor track and field team split the rainy weekend at a pair of meets in the Buckeye State. ODU sent most of the team to the Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational on Friday (April 4) while a few Panthers competed at the Cincinnati Oliver Nikoloff Invitational on Saturday (April 5).

Across the two meets, there was a school record broken and eight personal bests set.

Cincinnati Oliver Nikoloff Invitational
2^nd Place Finish

• Peyton Proffitt: 3.95 meters, resetting her own ODU record (2^nd best mark in the G-MAC this season)

Other Finishes

• Merrick Shorter: 3^rd best 1500-meter time in the program's history (4:00.76), 12^th place finish
• Eayuel Gebrtsadik: 4^th fastest in the 1500 meter record books with a 4:00.93 time in 14^th place

Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational
2nd Place Finishes

• Ismael Obas: Clocked in at 11.04 seconds in the 100 meter prelims to win his heat, ran an 11.05 finals time
• Men's 4x100 Relay (Chandler, Virtner Crews, Obas, Prewitt): 44.08 seconds in the field

5th Place Finishes

• Yagouba Barry: 23.76 seconds for the 200 meters, winning his heat
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: 1.80 meter mark in the high jump
• Women's 4x100 Relay (Ambos, Pemberton, Haring, Yancey): 51.58 seconds

6th Place Finish

• Felix Prewitt: 24.17 seconds in the 200 meters for an outdoor PR

Other Finishes

• Faith Yancey: Tied her 100 meter PR of 12.82 seconds in 9^th place during the prelims
• Joseph Chandler: 10^th place in the 100 meter prelims with an 11.42 second time
• Jamarion Hall: Outdoor PR in the 400 meters of 53.26 meters in 12^th place; set an outdoor personal best of 12.09 seconds in the 100 meter prelims (24^th place)
• Shyla Pemberton: 12^th place in the 100 meter prelims on a 13.25 second time
• Blake Murgatroyd: 13^th place in the 1500 meters for a PR of 4:16.09
• Felix Prewitt: Outdoor PR of 11.56 seconds in the 100 meter prelims for 14^th place
• Nikane Ambos: 13.60 seconds in the 100 meter prelims for a 15^th place finish
• G'nae Morrison: Season debut in the 100 meter prelims with a 13.66 second time in 16^th place
• Naomi Haring: 20^th in the 100 meter prelims on a 14.24 second mark
• Edward Devaney: Time of 4.33.82 in the 1500 meters in 21^st place; 21^st in the 800 meters with a 2:17.85 time
• Eva Dulle: 24^th place in the 1500 meters with a 5:12.81
• Anna Blackstone: PR of 5:30.88 in the 1500 meters in 28^th place
• Tyra McClain: 5:36.76 in the 1500 meters for 30^th place
• Aileen Castillo: PR of 5:38.85 in the 1500 meters, finishing 31^st place
• Gabrielle Reed: 5:41.28 in the 1500 meters, reaching a season-best time in 32^nd place
• Alyza Camp: 34^th place in the 1500 meters on a 5:54.31 time