RedHawks Excel in Cincinnati at the Oliver Nikoloff Invite

Hallie throws 10th-best discus in RedHawks history

RedHawks Excel in Cincinnati at the Oliver Nikoloff Invite

4/4/2026 6:16:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country

CINCINNATI, Ohio-- The RedHawks traveled to nearby Cincinnati this week to compete in the Oliver Nikoloff Invite at the University of Cincinnati. Maggie Dougherty threw the seventh-best all-time mark for a RedHawk in javelin. Kate Hallie's mark of 51.43m is the 10th-best in program history. Blake Presley threw the eighth-best mark of 57.38m in program history in hammer throw. Dominic Jackson ran the eighth-best time in program history in the 800 of 1:49.97.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Friday

Matthew Howard and Clark Helgason swept first and second place in javelin, throwing 57.28m and 56.58m. CJ Johnson Jr. threw 44.13m for fifth.
Dougherty won the women's javelin with a throw of 42.26m, which is the seventh-best mark in program history. Allie Melchiorre took fourth place with a throw of 37.10 and Hallie took 10th with a throw of 21.65m.
In men's hammer, Presley (57.38), Ben Riegel (57.02) and Gabe Asbury (55.29) took sixth, seventh, and eighth. Owen Billeter (49.52) and Reilly Worthington (48.91) took 13th and 14th. Presley's mark is the eighth-best for a RedHawk ever.
Hallie took fourth in hammer with a throw of 51.43m, which is the 10th-best mark in RedHawk history. Kristen Berwanger threw 40.79m and Sophia Ili threw 38.05m

Saturday

Worthington and Billeter took 11th and 12th in discus with throws of 43.72m and 42.93m. David Lorek posted a mark of 36.79m.
Quinn Kroneker took seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 4.38m.
In long jump, Kirk Knecht finished with a mark of 6.46m for 11th place.
Kylie Adams took fifth in long jump with a jump of 5.55m and Maya Reed took 15th with a jump of 5.12m.
Hallie threw 47.42m for second place in discus. Caroline Kagy threw 38.83m and Kristen Berwanger threw 38.67.
Riegel took second place in shot put with a throw of 17.28m. Worthington and Presley took fifth and sixth with throws of 16.35m and 15.97, respectively. Lorek took ninth with a throw of 15.23m.
Ella Garvin took fourth in high jump with a mark of 1.75m.
In women's shot put, Hallie (14.35) was third, Ili (13.07) was ninth, Ava Luczak (11.58) was 18th, Kagy (10.97) was 23rd and Sara Cupp (10.51) was 24th.
In pole vault, Emily Eterovich placed sixth with a mark of 3.86m. Mia Boule and Addison Crichley tied for fourth place with a mark of 3.71m.

The women's 4x100m team of Lauren Jessup-Aiken, Riley Betz, Maya Reed and Camryn Dunn placed fourth with a time of 47.17.
In the 1500m, Avery Emerson ran 4:29.71 and Monica Guijarro ran 4:33.26, taking third and fourth, respectively. Eve Traficanti took sixth, finishing in 4:35.38. Linda Conchetto ran a 4:48.66 and Grace Streek ran a 4:49.01 for 17th and 18th, respectively.
Tom Heal took second in the 1500, finishing in 3:47.85. Luke Mussard took fifth with a time of 3:50.37, Josh Razor took 11th with a time of 3:54.08, Ben Fahnestock took 12th with a time of 3:54.95 and Nick Dunn took 25th with a time of 4:02.71.
In the 100m dash, Betz finished in third with a time of 11.95, Dunn finished in fifth with 11.97, Jessup-Aiken finished in eighth with 12.07 and Katelyn Pratt finished in 21st with 12.81.
Matthew Shuler took third in the 100 with a time of 10.65 and Mitchell Wiemuth took 14th with a time of 11.17.
Keena Sanders placed seventh in the 400 with a time of 57.83, Olivia Cebalo placed 13th with a time of 59.87 and Sophia Scavuzzo placed 14th with a time of 1:00.51.
In the men's 400, Joey Valeski took fifth place with a run of 47.66 seconds and Schuler took 20th with a run of 50.32 seconds.
Broderick Brittle took fifth in the 110 hurdles with a run of 14.86 seconds, Jaxon Tober took 10th with a run of 15.58 seconds and Josh Mikulka took 12th with a run of 15.80 seconds.
In the 100 hurdles, Madison Berger (15.40), Ella Garvin (15.44) and Kylie Adams (16.66) took 11th, 12th, and 17th places, respectively.
Jackson took second in the 800m run with a time of 1:49.57 and Adrian Stechschulte took fifth with a time of 1:53.12. Jackson's time is the eighth-fastest all-time for a RedHawk.
In the women's 400 hurdles, Mae Reed took fifth, finishing in 1:05.23, Madison Berger was ninth, finishing in 1:05.47 and Sydney Harmon was 11th, finishing in 1:13.26.
On the men's side of the 400 hurdles, Tober ran a 56.63 and placed eighth, Mikulka ran a 56.66 and placed ninth and Brittle ran a 1:05.96 and placed 14th.
Jessup-Aiken and Dunn took 10th and 11th in the 200 running 25.06 and 25.08, respectively. Pratt finished the race in 26.64.
In the men's 200m, R'Monee Brown and Wiemuth took 16th and 17th with times of 23.02 and 23.08, respectively.
Ava Nuttall won the 5K with a time of 17:11.19.
In the men's 5K, Weston Naville finished 13th with a time of 15:08.81 and Taman Chokshi finished 23rd with a time of 15:31.19.
In the women's 4x400, the RedHawks finished third with a time of 3:56.85.
The RedHawk men placed fourth with a time of 3:20.94 in the 4x400 relay.