The track and field team competed at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, hosted by North Central College May 14 in Naperville, Ill. WUSTL set three school records on the day, two of which came from the women.
Junior Hallie Hutchens placed second in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a school-record 14.47 seconds. The mark is only 4/100 shy of an automatic qualification to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Sophomore Katelin Gruber, freshman Natalie Badowski and sophomores Leah Sabin and Julie McDermitt teamed for a school-record run in the 400 relay. The squad recorded a time of 48.55, which also was good for an NCAA “B” cut.
On the men’s side, sophomore Greg Reindl shattered the school record in the 1,500-meter run. The Lakewood, Colo., native completed the race in 3:51.39, also an NCAA “B” cut.
Men’s tennis sophomore Ari Rosenthal advanced to the second round and senior Brian Alvo was knocked out in the first round of the 2004 Division III Singles Championships May 15 at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Rosenthal, who was making his first appearance in the NCAA singles bracket and his second overall, defeated Zach Rodd of Swarthmore College, 6-1, 6-1, in the first match of the day. He advanced to the second round, where he took on Brian Murphy of the University of Redlands.
Murphy took the first set, 7-5, and Rosenthal responded with a convincing 6-1 win in the second, setting up a third set for a spot in the quarterfinals. Murphy led 2-0 in the final set before Rosenthal had to retire due to heat exhaustion. The loss snapped Rosenthal’s winning streak at 17. He is 94-28 in his two seasons at WUSTL.
Alvo, who was making his third-straight trip to the NCAA singles championship, was ousted by No. 4 Matt Seeberger of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the opening round, 6-1, 6-1.