Mahaffey Breaks Weight Throw Record

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Bethany College women's track and field team competed in their very first competition of the 2024-25 indoor season. The Bison saw a school record be broken early in the day with Alexis Mahaffey breaking the weight throw record in her first attempt. She later re-broke her own record to finish fourth place overall.

Mahaffey walked out into the circle and threw a 15.06m toss in her first attempt, which would have still broken the school record and still secured her fourth place. However, the senior bested herself and launched a 15.41 later in the day to improve on her own record. 

Mahaffey is no stranger to the record books. She currently holds two outdoor throwing records- the discus (38.81m) and hammer throw (45.97m). Mahaffey set both last spring.

Other Top 25 Performers

• Makenna Philson had a great day in the circle finishing 10th in the shot put. Philson launched the shot put 10.37m. The junior was close to another top 10 finish. Her 10.19m weight throw placed her 13th among the field.

• Quimora Medley was 22nd in the weight throw with a 7.54m toss.

• Amelia Ferguson placed 25th throwing 6.01m.

• In the one mile, two Bison finished back to back. 23. Nevaeh Premo (6:57.67) and 24. Mary Tracey (7:16.14) 

The Bison will have an extended period off before their next competition. They will wait over a month before traveling back to Youngstown State Friday, January 17th for a collegiate invitational.

This article was written by Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Colin Herb. If you believe that there are mistakes in information-- or have a separate thought relating to the event in the article-- please email cherb@bethanywv.edu for any corrections/comments.