Meet Results

INDIANAPOLIS - Two conference champions and a school record closed out the 2023 Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships for the Truman State Bulldogs on Sunday.

Sophie Oxandale won the first individual women's GLVC championship since 2015 and first running event conference champ since 2011 when she broke the school record to claim first place in the 800-meter run. Oxandale ran 2:14.56, which broke the Bulldog indoor time of 2:14.75 held by Candle Hoskins since 2004. She becomes the first Truman woman to win an indoor conference championship in the 800 meter event since Mary Gray won the 880-yard race in 1983.

Oxandale had her feet in the second conference title for the Bulldogs as she ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay. Kendall Dasher, Raina Baker and Alayna Pipkin joined Oxandale on the medal stand with a time of 4:00.75. The last Truman 4x400 to win gold in the conference indoor meet came in 2003. 

Baker placed fifth in the finals of the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:0034 and held off Pipkin, who finished sixth at 1:00.67.

Addie Mathis placed fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:19.36.

Lexy Henrikson earned points with a fifth in the mile run (5:08.34). 

Natalie Telep set a PR and scored for the Bulldogs in the Shot Put (12.06m).

The Bulldog matched their highest finish in the indoor championships during the GLVC era with a fifth place showing scoring 48 points. They last placed fifth in their first GLVC meet in 2014.

Jacob Morris closed out his indoor meet with another PR, this time in the Shot Put as he finished fourth with a distance of 16.65 meters. Tyler Davis (14.87m) and Leithym Messer (13.15m) also set PRs in the event. 

Nathan Key picked up team points with a fifth in the 3000 meter run. Key ran 8:36.75. 

The two Bulldogs that competed in the Heptathlon both set PRs in the multi event. Hayden Long finished with 3,844 points while Jake Higgs ended with 3,812 points.

The men finished 10th in the conference meet with 22.5 points.

Next up will be the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. Selections will take place later next week with the meet happening March 10-11 in Virginia Beach, Va.