Bearcats return to indoor action
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Northwest track team competed over the weekend for the first time since mid-December at the 2015 Holiday Inn Invitational, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Junior Nolan Zimmer won the 5,00-meter run by more than seven seconds to lead the Bearcats, who recorded 13 top-10 finishes at the two-day event.
Sophomore Wick Cunningham finished second in the 3,000-meter run while freshman Kevin Schultz and sophomore Bryce Sheard tied for fourth in the high jump.
Junior Eli Smith finished ninth in the 400-meter dash and sophomore Tim Grundmayer came in 10th in the 800-meter run.
On the women’s side, senior Alexis Boyd finished fourth in the 400-meter dash and the 4×400-meter relay team of junior Gretchen Kroese, junior Audrey Bolinger, sophomore Haley Manning and Boyd came in seventh.
Senior Kendra Martiny and freshman Brittany Mitchell tied for eighth in pole vault and junior Brooklyn Ellis finished ninth in the mile.
Senior Fiona Moloney placed eighth in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put to round out the top-10 finishers.
The Bearcats are back in action in the Dutch Athletics Classic Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 24 in Pella, Iowa.
