TicketsNASHVILLE, Tenn.— The University of Cincinnati track and field program broke one school record and recorded a season best 12 program all-time top 10 marks over the weekend at both the Music City Classic in Nashville, Tenn., and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass.
// David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Graduate student Tyler Wirth had a day to remember at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass., as he broke the Cincinnati mile school record for the second time this season, posting an impressive time of 3:57.20.
Wirth originally broke the record earlier this season with a time of 3:59.13 and shaved almost two seconds with his new record time. He placed 22nd out of 358 athletes entered in the competition.
The Hawley, Pa., native has now run a sub-four-minute mile three times his career and is the only Bearcat to ever achieve the feat.
// Music City Challenge
With the majority of the men's and women's teams competing in Nashville, graduate student Hannah Jackson and distance running sophomores Claire Curtsinger and Seth Elking led the way as Bearcats recorded 11 UC all-time top 10 marks over the course of the two-day meet.
Jackson got things rolling for the Bearcats as she recorded the second-best weight throw mark in program history with a throw of 19.59m / 64' 3.25", breaking a tie with Miriam Merrill for sole possession of the distinction.
She placed third overall in the open section and is the third Bearcat woman to ever record a mark over 64 feet.
Curtsinger had arguably the best meet of her young career, as she ran the third-fastest 5,000m in program history (17:05.03) late Friday night, then turned around and ran the fourth-fastest 3,000m (9:37.32) in school history on Saturday.
The dynamic duo of freshman Gianni Allwein and Elking, put on an incredible performance in the men's mile. Running in the same heat, the pair ran the second and third fastest mile times in program history as Allwein crossed the finish line at the 4.02.98 mark while Elking finished with a time of 4:03.40.
Elking would follow that performance up by running the eighth fastest 3,000m in school history on Saturday as he won his heat with a time of 8:10.53.
Also having success in the mile was sophomore Gwen Stare who ran the ninth fastest mile in school history with a time of 4:56.00. This marked the third time this season she had ran UC all-time top 10 time as she currently holds the seventh best 600m (1:35.49) and the sixth best 1,000m (2:53.96).
Junior Annika Kinley took home her second event victory of the season as she won the women's high jump invite section, clearing a season-best bar height of 1.82m / 5' 11.5".
Redshirt senior Jack Barchet turned in another impressive outing as he ran the fourth-fastest 600m in program history with a time of 1:20.37.
In the first event on day two, graduate student Carmela Henning continued the trend of recording a UC all-time top 10 times as she ran the ninth fastest 3,000m in the program history with a personal best of 9:51.79. Henning placed sixth overall out of 67 athletes.
Sophomore Brandon Johnson had his best meet of the season as he placed fourth overall in the 60m hurdles with a personal best time of 7.93. His personal record time is the eighth-best 60m hurdle mark in school history.
// Up Next
Cincinnati will head to Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 23-24 to compete at the 2024 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. This will be the Bearcats' first appearance at the meet, as the University joined the conference on July 1, 2023.
// David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Graduate student Tyler Wirth had a day to remember at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass., as he broke the Cincinnati mile school record for the second time this season, posting an impressive time of 3:57.20.
Wirth originally broke the record earlier this season with a time of 3:59.13 and shaved almost two seconds with his new record time. He placed 22nd out of 358 athletes entered in the competition.
The Hawley, Pa., native has now run a sub-four-minute mile three times his career and is the only Bearcat to ever achieve the feat.
// Music City Challenge
With the majority of the men's and women's teams competing in Nashville, graduate student Hannah Jackson and distance running sophomores Claire Curtsinger and Seth Elking led the way as Bearcats recorded 11 UC all-time top 10 marks over the course of the two-day meet.
Jackson got things rolling for the Bearcats as she recorded the second-best weight throw mark in program history with a throw of 19.59m / 64' 3.25", breaking a tie with Miriam Merrill for sole possession of the distinction.
She placed third overall in the open section and is the third Bearcat woman to ever record a mark over 64 feet.
Curtsinger had arguably the best meet of her young career, as she ran the third-fastest 5,000m in program history (17:05.03) late Friday night, then turned around and ran the fourth-fastest 3,000m (9:37.32) in school history on Saturday.
The dynamic duo of freshman Gianni Allwein and Elking, put on an incredible performance in the men's mile. Running in the same heat, the pair ran the second and third fastest mile times in program history as Allwein crossed the finish line at the 4.02.98 mark while Elking finished with a time of 4:03.40.
Elking would follow that performance up by running the eighth fastest 3,000m in school history on Saturday as he won his heat with a time of 8:10.53.
Also having success in the mile was sophomore Gwen Stare who ran the ninth fastest mile in school history with a time of 4:56.00. This marked the third time this season she had ran UC all-time top 10 time as she currently holds the seventh best 600m (1:35.49) and the sixth best 1,000m (2:53.96).
Junior Annika Kinley took home her second event victory of the season as she won the women's high jump invite section, clearing a season-best bar height of 1.82m / 5' 11.5".
Redshirt senior Jack Barchet turned in another impressive outing as he ran the fourth-fastest 600m in program history with a time of 1:20.37.
In the first event on day two, graduate student Carmela Henning continued the trend of recording a UC all-time top 10 times as she ran the ninth fastest 3,000m in the program history with a personal best of 9:51.79. Henning placed sixth overall out of 67 athletes.
Sophomore Brandon Johnson had his best meet of the season as he placed fourth overall in the 60m hurdles with a personal best time of 7.93. His personal record time is the eighth-best 60m hurdle mark in school history.
// Up Next
Cincinnati will head to Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 23-24 to compete at the 2024 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. This will be the Bearcats' first appearance at the meet, as the University joined the conference on July 1, 2023.