Bethany Competes at SPIRE Institute

Geneva, Ohio - The Bethany College men's and women's indoor track and field team competed in the SPIRE Midwest Open against numerous Division I, Division II and Division III programs from throughout the region.

Men
The men were led by a top 20 finish in the 4 x 400 Relay. The Bison received a top 50 finish from Byron Mayers on the track. Charles Blango and Matt Dunn finished in the top 20 in field competition.

Women
The women placed three top 50 performances in the 400m, led by Grace Chambers. Patience Frazier placed 21st in the weight throw competition.

Top Performers

Men-
• B. Mayers, J. Williams, L. Rogers, D. Tome- 4 x 400 Relay – 20th – 3:44.08
• Charles Blango – Shot Put – 34th – 37'10" (11.53m)  and Weight Throw – 10th – 42'4" (12.90m)
• Matt Dunn – Weight Throw – 20th – 38'2.75" (11.65m)
• Byron Mayers – 200m – 41st – 23.30 seconds
• Jabari Williams – 400m – 52nd – 54.86 seconds
• Hunter Klein – 400m – 54th – 55.34 seconds
• Lucas Rogers – 800m – 61st- 2:10.32
• Andrew Weiss – 3000m – 81st – 9:47.18

Women-
• Patience Frazier – Weight Throw – 21st – 39'3.75" (11.98m)
• Kelly Hofmann – 200m – 84th – 28.62 seconds  and 400m – 40th – 1:04.50
• Grace Chambers – 400m – 33rd – 1:03.42  and 200m- 85th – 28.66 seconds
• Amanda Gower – 400m – 48th – 1:05.68

UPNEXT
Bethany travels to Mount Union on Saturday, Feb. 2 to compete in the Jim Wuske Invitational.