Lynchburg, Va.----Three Wingate University indoor track and field student-athletes set new school records in the inaugural Brant Tolsma Invitational at the Liberty Indoor Track and Field Complex Friday (complete results). Forty-eight Bulldog student-athletes competed in the Liberty University-hosted, one-day event.
 
Sophomore Danielle Crawford broke her own school record in the women's shot put with her throw of 13.35 meters. Freshman Jakob Rettschlag and sophomore Meg Rapley set new WU standards in the mile run. Rettschlag posted a time of 4:12.46 in the men's event, while Rapley ran a 5:08.86 in the women's mile run.

What They Are Saying
 
Wingate senior sprinter Tamerah Sebree: "My teammates have helped push me through the hard days that come with training by staying motivated and positive. I have set lofty goals this season, such as breaking my personal records. These goals have helped push me to keep going and do well in my last season running for the Bulldogs."
 
Brant Tolsma Invitational Notes
 
WU Women's Track and Field
 
- The Bulldogs won four events Friday
 
- Crawford and Rapley won the shot put and the mile, respectively
 
- Lara Orrock won the 3000 meters with a time of 10:24.68, moving to number four on Wingate's career list
 
- Wingate's 4x400 meter relay team crossed the finish line with a gold medal time of 4:15.01
 
- Team members included Abby Heath, Catherine Bradsher, Jasmine Dunlap and Tori Robinson
 
- Tamerah Sebree finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.91
 
- Brooklyn Pierce took the bronze in the 800 meters (2:26.55), jumping to number seven on the WU lifetime charts
 
- Abby Jeske was third in the 3000 meters with her time of 10:58.80
 
- Mollie Scott ran a personal-record 5:18.36 in the mile, placing her number eight on the WU career list
 
WU Men's Track and Field
 
- The Bulldogs won three events Friday
 
- Rettschlag won the mile, with teammate Bastian Mrochen a close second (4:16.25, #3 on WU career list)
 
- Jacob Willis won the 3000 meters with his personal-record time of 8:26.41, leaping to number two on the Bulldog lifetime charts
 
- Tucker Mullis won the shot put with his personal-record mark of 15.43 meters, charting at number two on the Wingate career list
 
- Mullis was third in the weight throw with his mark of 15.10 meters
 
- Jan Bayona had a monster day, shaving 41 seconds off his 5000 meters personal record with his time of 15:00.24
 
- Bayona was second in the 5000 meters with teammate Dalton Miles finishing third (15:26.79)
 
- Bayona lands in the WU 5000 meters career top 10 (eighth) with Friday's herculean effort
 
- Tim Young leaped 6.77 meters in the long jump, vaulting to number eight on the WU career list
 
- Mark Burks ran a personal-record 50.55 time in the 400 meters to take the number three spot on the Bulldog lifetime list
 
- Tico Allen also posted a PR in the 400 meters (51.37) to claim the number seven slot on the WU career charts
 
- Gerhard Bezuidenhout recorded a 1:59.48 time in the 800 meters, moving to number eight on the Wingate career list
 
- Saul Valdez and Micah Kipchumba joined teammate Jacob Willis with personal-record times in the 3000 meters
 
- Valdez (8:38.04) and Kipchumba (8:42.06) jump to the number seven and number eight positions, respectively, on the WU 3000 meters' career top 10 list


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