Marquette University announces Track & Filed Concludes Weekend at Gibson Invitational

From April 15, 2023 post.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Marquette University men's and women's track team wrapped up its weekend of competition at Indiana State and the Gibson Invitational. 

The remainder of the big team was competing in a pair of meets in California. 

In the men's decathlon, Simon Werven was the top MU finisher with a score of 6539 to place fifth. It's the second-best score of Werven's career. In his first-ever decathlon, freshman Gus Kasun recorded the No. 7 score in program history with 6289 points to finish sixth. Fellow first-year Cole Donahe finished ninth with 5720 points.

In the women's high jump, Emma ludwig cleared the bar at a height of 1.60 meters/5 feet, 3 inches to place fifth overall. Freshman Natalia Jackowski cleared the same height on her second attempt to take seventh. 

Emma Kingsley cleared a lifetime best height of 3.45 meters/11 feet, 3.75 inches in the pole vault to take ninth. On the men's side, Adam Schommer cleared his best mark of the season with a height of 4.76 meters/15 feet, 7.25 inches to place sixth. With that mark, Schommer passes coach Zach Pawlowski on the all-time performance list at No. 6 all-time. 

In the hurdles, Sophomore Julia Beck knocked nearly eight-tenths of a second off her 100m hurdles PR with a time of 15.08 to take 13th. In the men's 400m hurdles, Jared Humphrey ran his best time since joining the Marquette squad with a time of 56.43. Humphrey placed ninth overall. 

Nathan Hirsch was the top MU runner placing 10th in the men's 800m with a personal best time of 1:57.31. 

UP NEXT:
The Golden Eagles return home next Saturday, Apr. 22 for the Marquette Invitational. The meet will be hosted at Wisconsin Lutheran and begins at 10 a.m. CT. 

Keep up with the Marquette men's and women's track and field programs through social media by following on Twitter (@MUTFXC) and Instagram (@MUTFXC) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MUTFXC). 

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