Record-breaking weekend for Xavier track and field

The Xavier track team traveled south last weekend to compete in the Alabama Relays. The Musketeers set a team record and had many big races. This meet had a considerably bigger field. "It's a bigger meet and we kind of like to go to a couple of meets like this during the year," head coach Dan Flaute said. The women's 4x400-meter relay team shattered a school record with senior Brittani Peltz, junior Rachel Clark, sophomore Susannah Shelley, and freshman Samantha Birchfield turned in a time of 3 minutes 56.37. Peltz added to the school record by winning the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.97.

Clark placed third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:13.82.

Not to be outdone by the relay runners, freshman Audrey Ramos placed sixth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:47.04. After finishing third in the 5,000-meter run last week, Ramos is continuing to have a successful freshman season. "Last week was good because it was a smaller low key meet, and it was a good place for them to debut," Flaute said. "Now they're being thrown to the wolves where it's easier to compete at a higher level." The women's team took the top three spots in the women's 5,000-meter run with sophomore Ashley Vincent leading the way with a time of 16:52.28. She was closely followed by sophomore Clare Fischer with a time of 16:59.49 and senior Caylin Howell with a time of 17:03.02. On the men's side, Senior Nick Williams continued his successful streak in the 100-meter dash. Williams placed seventh with a time of 10.72 in a very strong field and nearly breaking the school record

that he already holds. Freshman Connor Bucholz added to the freshman success at the meet with a fifth place finish in the 1,500-meter run in 4:02.34. The men's team got a win at the meet from sophomore Tom Ohlman who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:09.99. Ohlman won the race by 16 seconds. Next week the team is competing in the Oliver Nikoloff Meet at the University of Cincinnati.