The track and field team is running toward the Atlantic 10 Conference championships. In their last meet before the A-10 championship, the team had a lot of success at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame University.

The team set a number of school and personal records at the meet.

“Our performances this weekend were what we were looking for as we move into our preparations for the A-10 championships,” Saint Louis University Track and Field Head Coach Jon Bell said to Saint Louis Athletics.

The women’s side had many school and personal records at Notre Dame. Margo Richardson and Hannah Kuenzel set school records.

Richardson set the school record in the mile with a time of 5:00.23.  Richardson sets this record after placing sixth in the mile two weeks ago.

While Kuenzel set a school record in the shot put with a toss for 43-4.5.

“When I threw the school record, I looked over at coach and shrugged my shoulders like ‘Yeah, that was pretty good,’ but I hadn’t even realized how far it went.  It was a great feeling to see them measure it and realize it was the furthest I had ever thrown,” Kuenzel said.

Ashley Roche, Mallory Dugger, Dana Siebenaller, Lauren Fyalka, Elise Medley and Jessica Hoefert all had personal records and bests on the women’s side.

Roche and Dugger scored personal bests in the 200-meter with a time of 26.22 and 26.48, respectively. Both also had personal records in the 400-meter. Dugger posted a time of 58.48, while Roche had a time 59.23.

Roche and Dugger previously set their personal best time at the 400 in the Indiana Relays meet two weeks earlier.

Siebenaller had a personal best in the 800 with a time of 2:16.11.

Fyalka and Medley had personal records in the 3,000-meter with times of 10:06.74 and 10:26.44, respectively. Hoefert had a personal record in the 5,000-meter with a time of 17:39.84.

Siebenaller and Hoefert both have times that rank in the top 10 in the A-10 for their respective events.

The men’s side also had several personal records.

Stewart Van Horne and Jose Mendez both set personal records in 800. Tommy Whittaker had a personal record in the 400-meter with a time of 52.54.

Van Horne previously set his personal best time in the 800-meter two weeks ago.

Michael Scolarici had a time of 8:33.32 in the 3,000 meters. Scolarici’s time in this event places him in the top 10 in the A-10.

Other outstanding performances from the men’s side included: Tim Zeller who ran the 3,000 meters with a time 8:40.41 and Andy Gomez who threw 43-11.75 in the weight throw.

After having meets for three straight weeks in a row, the team will get a week off from meets before traveling to the A-10 conference championship.

“We will now shift our focus to putting on the final touches to our training, as well as making sure we heal and recover from some minor injuries and sicknesses,” Bell said to Saint Louis Athletics.

The team is preparing for this A-10 Conference championship this week.

“Our team is doing very well this year and we are in a good position to perform well at conference,” Richardson said.

“Across the board, both men’s and women’s, we have many athletes in the top eight. We can be extremely competitive next weekend,” Kuenzel said.

The team will travel to the University of Rhode Island Feb. 16-17 to compete in the A-10 Conference championship.