Track Teams Get Final Tune-Up Before BIG EAST Indoor Championships

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Creighton Track had five top-two finishes at the Nebraska Tune-Up on Friday in Lincoln, Neb. The meet was the final competition for the Bluejays before next week's BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships presented by JEEP.

Kaylee Tobaben led CU women with a pair of third-place finishes in both the 3,000 (10:16.23) and as part of Creighton's 4x400 relay team where she ran the opening leg before passing the baton to Katherine Soule, Molly Rogers and Cienna Mazotti for a finish in 4:23.07. That was one of two CU relay teams in the 4x400, as a different Bluejay quartet consisting of Natalee Gehred, Bella Gomez, Sophia Valentine and Saige Christen took second in a time of 4:13.33.

Creighton registered three of the top seven runners in the mile. Anika Nettekoven was runner-up in 4:55.70, just ahead of third-place Reyna Heisserer (4:57.01) and seventh-place Carly Manchester (5:02.47).

Alexis Huddin placed sixth with a time of 2:17.00 in the 800, Christen topped the Jays while taking 10th in the 400 (1:01.46) and Gehred ran a school-record 26.36 to earn a 12th place showing in the 200.

Matthew Lindgren was the lone Bluejay male to finish in the top-five in multiple events on Friday. He finished fifth in the 800 (1:54.88) and was part of a victorious 4x400 relay team (along with Kyle Nelson, Evan Kraus and Connor Nicholson) that crossed the finish line in 3:24.89.

Noah Jodon led four Bluejays in the mile, placing second in 4:12.69 and Logan Piper took ninth in the 400 with a time of 50.93. Freshman Andrew Sauer paced the Jays in the 3,000 with a time of 8:50.19.

In addition to the winning 4x400 relay squad, the Jays also were second in the event with a group of Logan Piper, Gabe Hamilton, Michael Bianco and Rhys Cushman (3:25.65).

Creighton is back on the track next Friday and Saturday at the BIG EAST Indoor Track Championships presented by JEEP at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track and Field Center in Chicago, Ill.

MEN				WOMEN
Mile	Noah Jodon	4:12.69	2nd	Mile	Anika Nettekoven	4:55.70	2
Mile	Eli Moore	4:16.69	6th	Mile	Reyna Heisserer	4:57.01	3
Mile	Tommy Murray	4:19.71	8th	Mile	Carly Manchester	5:02.47	7
Mile	Cole Haith	4:27.36	13th	Mile	Alexis Leone	5:40.06	18

400	Logan Piper	50.93	9th	400	Saige Christen	1:01.46	10th
				400	Sophia Valentine	1:02.28	12th
800	Matthew Lindgren	1:54.88	5th	400	Cienna Mazotti	1:05.15	14th
800	Kyle Nelson	1:54.96	8th
800	Oliver Annus	1:57.54	10th	800	Alexis Huddin	2:17.00	6th
800	Connor Nicholson	1:58.92	16th	800	Bella Gomez	2:19.65	7th
800	Michael Bianco	1:59.48	17th
800	Gus Lampe	2:00.06	18th	200	Natalee Gehred	26.36	12th
800	Jake Ziebarth	DNF	DNF
				3000	Kaylee Tobaben	10:16.23	3rd
3000	Andrew Sauer	8:50.19	9th	3000	Katherine Soule	10:25.18	7th
3000	Jonathan Lukas	8:55.64	12th	3000	Atlee Wallman	10:34.85	8th
3000	Lucas Bossinger	8:56.66	13th	3000	Taylor Rorick	10:36.12	9th
				3000	Molly Rogers	10:49.92	13th
4x400	Creighton B	3:24.89	1ST	3000	Scarlett Pearlman	11:00.92	15th
4x400	Creighton	3:25.65	2ND
				4x400	Creighton	4:13.33	2nd
				4x400	Creighton B	4:23.07	3rd

Track Teams Get Final Tune-Up Before BIG EAST Indoor Championships

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Oliver Annus

Michael Bianco

Lucas Bossinger

Saige Christen

Rhys Cushman

Natalee Gehred

Bella Gomez

Cole Haith

Reyna Heisserer

Alexis Huddin

Noah Jodon

Evan Kraus

Gus Lampe

Alexis Leone

Matthew Lindgren

Jonathan Lukas

Carly Manchester

Cienna Mazotti

Eli Moore

Tommy Murray

Kyle Nelson

Anika Nettekoven

Connor Nicholson

Scarlett Pearlman

Logan Piper

Molly Rogers

Taylor Rorick

Andrew Sauer

Katherine Soule

Kaylee Tobaben

Sophia Valentine

Atlee Wallman

Jake Ziebarth