Foresters Travel to Oshkosh for Final Tune-Up before Conference Meet

Photo by Steve Frommell, d3photography.com
Photo by Steve Frommell, d3photography.com

Lake Forest competed in the UW-Oshkosh Titan Challenge on Saturday and the school record book continued to receive updates.

Already the fastest runner in the program's short history in the 400, 800, mile, and 3000, junior Yaneli Guajardo improved on her mark in the 400 and established a new team record in the 200. Her time of 28.41 in the 200 was more than a second faster than the previous mark and her 1:02.58 in the 400 was a two-and-a-half second improvement. Fellow junior Audrey Paglia now ranks second in team annals in the 400 after posting a time of 1:05.14 on Saturday and she moved up to third in the 200 with a 30.21. Senior Lauren Giurini also updated the Foresters' history in those two events, taking over fourth place in the 400 (1:07.15) and fifth in the 200 (30.61).

Another update came in the women's mile, where junior Anna Mollnhuber's time of 5:39.49 ranks her fourth in team history.

A new school record was set in the indoor 400 on the men's side as well with sophomore Mathieu Norcross completing his two laps around the track in 54.91 seconds.

Freshman Tom Schiller was already second on Lake Forest's all-time list in the 200 but improved on his previous best time with a 24.10 on Saturday. Sophomore Yohan Stokes broke the tie he was in for third place in the same event with a 24.99.

Like Schiller in the 200, senior Philip Wilson ranks second in team annals in the mile but now with a faster time. He turned in the team's top finish at the meet, placing 11th with a time of 4:30.60. Sophomore Christian Reyes, who is fourth in program history in the same event, also posted a career-best time with a 4:41.41.

The next meet on Lake Forest's schedule is the 2020 Midwest Conference Indoor Championships, which will be held at Grinnell College next Friday and Saturday.