SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Prep for the 2018 Southland Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship continued Saturday with the finale of Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational. The Cardinals had two Top 3 finishes, including Thai Williams' third consecutive second place finish in the 60-meter dash.
Joining Williams at the top was Jamie Crowe, who ran a time of 14:25.17 to finish third in the men's 5,000m.
BIG RED WELL REPRESENTED IN SECOND DAY OF MEYO INVITE
Williams began her journey to a second-place finish on Saturday with the pre-lims on Friday; she ran a 7.57 in the pre-lims, the third-fastest time of the day. In the semi-finals Saturday morning her time dropped a bit to 7.62, but it was still enough to advance to the finals, where she'd saved her best race for last. She ran a 7.56, 2/100ths of a second better than third place Kelsie Prear from Illinois State. Only Ohio State's Anavia Battle ran a better time in the final, a 7.46.
Also competing in the semi-finals on Saturday after a stellar performance in the pre-lims on Friday was
Dominique Taylor, who ran the 60-meter hurdles. Her time of 8.595 qualified her for the semi-finals, where she ran an 8.75, just missing the cut for the final round.
Katy Whiteoak and Katie Buckley both ran the 3,000m for the first time as collegiate runners, with Whiteoak logging a time of 10:06.09 and Buckley coming in at 10:31.82.
Georgia Tuckfield ran a 5:02.47 in the women's mile, her second-best performance in the event behind a 4:59.32 she ran at the 2016 Southland Indoor Championships.
On the men's side, Crowe came in third in the men's 5K on Friday, and O'Bonna represented the Cardinals with a fifth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 15.09m on his second attempt.
Saturday the Cards' men competed in the Meyo Mile, where Cormac Kelly ran a 4:08.68 in his first collegiate race in the event. He came in 11th. Matthew Arnold and Keith Fallon ran the Ryan Shay 3K on Saturday as well, with Arnold turning in an 8:19.71 in his first time running the event and Fallon racing an 8:31.47, his second-best performance in the event. Fallon's PR came at the 2017 Meyo when he ran an 8:25.85.
O'Bonna rounded out Saturday's competitors as the lone Cardinal competing in a field event. He came in 14th in the long jump with a 6.80m jump.
