Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Wraps Up at Penn Relays, RedHawk Invitational
4/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field, Cross Country
PHILADELPHIA - Miami University track & field wrapped up the Penn Relays while also hosting the RedHawk Invitational Saturday.
To begin the day at Penn, Miami ran a 4xMile that saw solid splits for the `Hawks. Their eighth-place time of 16:40.25 was put together by Christopher Torpy, Jake Brumfield, Ryan Pitner, and Sean Torpy. Three of the RedHawks - Brumfield and both Torpy brothers - hit mile splits under 4:10.
The men then had Mitchell Towne, Peter Cooke, Jonathan Fee, and Sean Torpy run the 4x800m. Running in front of a crowd of nearly 30,000 people at the historic meet, the group put turned in a 7:37.52 to place 10th in a top-10 that was separated by just ten total seconds. "Someday we would like to come here to the Penn Relays and be in competition for a win, but it takes experience and it takes all four athletes showing up on the same day and in the same race and putting it all together," said Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Tom Chorny. "We are definitely getting better and that is showing every week. This was our last week of solid work before really tapering off to get ready for the conference meet."
At Penn, the Miami 4xMile team of Chris Torpy, Jake Brumfield, Ryan Pitner, and Sean Torpy turned in a 16:40.25 to place eighth!#RiseUpRedHawks
-- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 28, 2018
In Oxford, Miami saw a big PR from Aaron Muresan. The junior hurdler ran the 400H in a blazing 53.11 to mark the fourth straight week he has improved his career-best time. He ranks second in the MAC.
How about a WHOLE MONTH of PRs for Aaron Muresan (@aamuresan9)!? The junior just crossed in 53.11 to PR for the fourth straight week!#RiseUpRedHawks
-- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 28, 2018
Another PR on the track came from Gabrielle Hesslau in the 5000m. The redshirt senior transfer from Miami (Fla.), Hesslau crossed in 17:12.44 to win the event. She moves from 15th in the MAC to 12th, behind fellow RedHawk Elli Brady.
Gabrielle Hesslau records a PR in the 5000m thanks to a 17:12.44!#RiseUpRedHawks
-- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 28, 2018
Olivia Bechtel was yet another RedHawk that PR'd, with her's coming in the 200m. She turned in a 24.04 that made her fifth in the MAC. She finished first and was followed closely by Kalliopi Kountouri, who placed third with a 24.80. Miami set season-bests on both sides of the 4x100. The first came from the women, who tallied a 46.99. The men's team - led by Jeremiah Hunter, Udak Etuk, Aaron Muresan, and Jake Owens - won with a 41.60.
After helping the 4x1 team, Hunter came back an hour later and set a PR in the 100m. He finished with a 10.65 that won him the event. He also won the 200m with a 21.75. Ivan Dye, who placed third in the 200m, turned in a 21.95 that counted as a PR for him. Dye then won the 400m with a PR 48.63.
In the field, Miami picked up a win in the men's javelin. It was Carsen Cash who led the way with a 168-11. He is one of three other RedHawks currently in the top-10 in the Mid-American Conference. Aaryn Gray finished fourth in the women's javelin with a near-PR 134-2.
Despite the cold wind, Carsen Cash brings us our first win of the day with a 168-11 in the javelin.
He's one of 3️⃣ 'Hawks that currently rank in the top-10 in the MAC!#RiseUpRedHawks-- Miami Track & Field and XC (@MiamiOH_XCTF) April 28, 2018
At the throws pit, Nate Trawick set a personal best in the shot put in his first meet of the season since ending spring football, where he plays on the defensive line for the RedHawks. His mark of 52-8 places him eighth in the MAC.
The RedHawks will head to Indiana next weekend for the Billy Hayes Invitational.
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