Tulsa Wraps up Action at the Windy City Invite, Gorilla Classic

Friday, February 9

Chicago, Ill.

Tulsa

Windy City Invite

Photo by: Campbell Rogerson

Tulsa Wraps up Action at the Windy City Invite, Gorilla Classic

2/10/2024 10:35:00 PM | Track and Field

CHICAGO, Ill. & PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Tulsa track team enjoyed two full days of competition Friday and Saturday at the Windy City Invite in Chicago and the Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg State's Robert W. Plaster Center.

Women
Seniors Chloe Hershenow and Katharina Pesendorfer earned 10^th and 12^th place finishes, respectively, in the 3,000-meter run invite. Hershenow's time of 9:36.41 and Pesendorfer's 9:52.81 mark are both season-bests for the senior duo.

Sophomore Sarah Hosey set a new personal best of 2:09.30 in the 800-meter run, good for ninth place.

All three of Tulsa's entries in the open 3,000-meter run set new career marks, including Robyn Kowalski (9:33.94), Tamara Reeves (9:38.32) and Alicen Ashley (9:38.75).

In Kansas, junior transfer Kamree Dye recorded a pair of personal bests, one in the 200-meter dash (25.92) and another in the 400-meters (58.35).

Men
In Chicago, senior Josh Sutton sprinted to a 6.79 finish in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash to place third of 23 athletes to move on to the final, where he tied his season-best mark of 6.75 to take fourth.

Junior Sean Korsmo ran the best mile of his career with a mark of 3:59.96, the sixth-fastest mile in program history and the just the seventh sub-four-minute time.

Tulsa had two reach under eight minutes in the 3,000-meter run. First, senior Malte Propp notched a 7:52.47 time for the program's fourth-fastest mark. Then, redshirt junior Chris McLeod crossed the finish line in 7:58.80. Both marks are new personal bests for the duo.

In Pittsburg, freshman Jayden Williams rushed to the finish line in 51.41 in the 400-meters for a new career high.

Iain Salter finished the 3,000-meters twelfth overall in 8:31.63, followed by redshirt sophomore Luke Lambert in his first indoor meet with an 8:37.58 time.

Windy City Invite Results --

Women
400m
25. Raniya Laneau – 58.37*

400m Mondo
9. Elizabeth Roca – 55.33

800m
5. Sarah Hosey – 2:09.30*
24. Billie Rouse – 2:18.17

Mile
11. Chloe Hershenow – 4:48.19
22. Katharina Pesendorfer – 4:56.36

3,000m
8. Robyn Kowalski – 9:33.94*
14. Tamara Reeves – 9:38.32*
16. Alicen Ashley – 9:38.75*

3,000m Invite
10. Chloe Hershenow: 9:36.41
12. Katharina Pesendorfer – 9:52.81

5,000m
11. Ailey Mitchell – 17:06.33

4x400m Relay
12. Laneau, Roca, Holtermann, Rouse – 3:50.06

Men
60m PRELIM
3. Josh Sutton – 6.79

60m FINAL
4. Josh Sutton – 6.75

200m
22. Zander Baker – 22.98
24. Jonathan Lee – 23.46*

200m Invite
6. Josh Sutton – 21.44

400m Higginbottom
9. Evan Sanni-Thomas – 48.01

Mile
10. Jaden Forester – 4:06.20*

Mile Invite
5. Sean Korsmo – 3:59.96*
11. Christian Baker – 4.11.30

3,000m
2. Malte Propp – 7:52.47*
6. Chris McLeod – 7:58.80*
16. Shay McEvoy – 8:10.35
19. Johnny Livingstone – 8:13.31
23. James Knockton – 8:14.88

4x400m Relay
13. Lee, Z. Baker, Sanni-Thomas, S. Korsmo – 3:25.53

Gorilla Classic Results --

Women
60m
25. Sajara Hill – 8.02
27. Mary Rocco-Phillips – 8.04

200m
30. Kamree Dye – 25.92*
45. Sajara Hill – 26.30
54. Rylie Hancock – 26.71*

400m
20. Kamree Dye – 58.35*

600y
15. Karlie Wooten – 1:32-28

800m
15. Anastasia Small – 2:16.88*
46. Christian Gregory – 2:24.43

3,000m
23. McKenna Terrell – 10:31.02

Men

400m
43. Jayden Williams – 51.41*
47. Dillon Stinson – 51.87

800m
63. Gian Pulido – 2:00.12

3,000m
12. Iain Salter – 8:31.63*
19. Luke Lambert – 8:37.58*

* Personal Best