RESULTS

NORMAL, Ill. - Junior Jason Crisman and sophomore Chelsea Lynes both recorded two second-place finishes and the Western Illinois track and field program had four athletes break into the record books Saturday (Jan. 22) when the Fighting Leathernecks competed in the Illinois State Invite inside the Horton Field House on the campus of Illinois State University.

Crisman broke into the top 10 of both shot put and weight throw on Saturday. He finished second in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 55-06.25 feet (sixth best all-time) and second in the weight throw after a throw of 58-00.50 feet, good for seventh all-time and a personal-best. Senior Jessica Ortega placed third in the women's shot put (39-11.50) and fourth in the weight throw with the tenth best mark in school history, 52-04.50 feet.

Lynes recorded a second-place finish in the women's 1-mile run (5:12.00), and junior Amy Byers (3:05.92) and Lynes (3:06.32) placed first and second, respectively, in the women's 1000-meter run.

In the men's high jump, sophomore Jamario Taylor and freshman Michael Crabtree finished first and second, and both collected marks that place in the school's top 10. Taylor's personal-best mark of 6-10.75 feet ranks fourth all-time, and Crabtree is now tied for ninth all-time after he reached a personal-best of 6-08.75. Sophomore Davin Dollison placed first in the men's long jump (21-06.00) and second in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 46-00.75.

Senior Nikki Klier placed third in the women's 200-meter dash (26.30s) and sixth out of ten competitors in the 600-meter run (1:40.35). Sophomore Matt Leal finished sixth out of nine competitors in the men's 600-meter run (1:25.81).

Freshman Michael Castel was the men's best finisher in the one-mile run with a fifth place finish (4:36.30) out of ten competitors, and sophomore Patrick Thomas recorded a second-place finish in the men's 200-meter dash with a personal-best mark of 23.51 seconds.

For the second consecutive event, the men's 4 x 400 meter relay squad of Leal, junior Michael Hemming, senior Garrett DeGross, and junior David Glenn collected a second place finish, this time with a mark of 3:34.68.

Western Illinois is back in action next Saturday (Jan. 29) when the Fighting Leathernecks travel to Champaign, Ill. to compete in the Illinois Intercollegiate on the campus of the University of Illinois.