The Oberlin women’s and men’s indoor track teams traveled to the Greater Cleveland Invitational at Baldwin-Wallace this past Friday. The women’s team finished in second place with 84 points while the men’s team came in fifth with 59 points total.

Senior Shannon Houlihan and junior Teresa Collins led the Yeowomen to their runner up finish. Houlihan placed first in the 55m hurdles in 9.03 seconds and in the triple jump with 10.71m, while Collins set a school record running the 300m dash in 42.60 seconds for her own first place finish. Collins also took second in the triple jump with a jump of 10.41m.

They were also part of the women’s 4x200m relay with juniors Magdalen Dale and Leslie Bosworth, finishing second with a time of 1:50.45.

In the women’s 55m dash, first-year Danielle Brooks tied for second with Hiram College by running 7.73. Junior Katherine MacDonald then took third in the women’s 500m dash with 1:33.04.

Sophomore Tamara White outran her competition for first in the 1000m run with a time of 3:20.74, while first-year Sarah Newman followed up in fifth with 3:24.63.

With a time of 5:07.24, sophomore Carmen Welton placed fourth in the women’s 1500m run.

The women’s 4x400m relay team, consisting of Bosworth, Welton, Dale and Collins, took third with 4:19.43.

“Both the men’s and women’s teams have grown in number, which is something Oberlin really needed, especially the men’s team,” Bosworth said.

“There are a lot of new faces and they fit right into team dynamics.Everyone seems really dedicated and hard working in practice and in meets... There is a common understanding that a large part of track is supporting teammates, an idea I see the captains pushing a lot.”

In the men’s events, junior Bret Petersen and sophomore Shean Perry set the pace for the Yeomen by both taking second place in their events.

Petersen ran the 400m dash in 52.26 and the 300m dash in 37.11. Also placing in the top 14 in the 300m dash were senior Will Miller, junior Travis Oman and first-years Quentin Jones, Micah Petersen and Jon Woods.

With a jump of 4.11m, Perry tied a school record set by David Layne in 1975.

In the 55m dash, first-year Edo Bedzra came in second with a time of 6.71 seconds while fellow first-year Isaac Cooley placed sixth with 6.95 seconds.

First-years Ben Stanley and John Shaw, senior Brad Coryell and sophomore Adam Morse placed in the top 14 of the men’s 500m run.

Coming in at third was the men’s 4x200 ‘A’ relay team, consisting of Woods, Colley, Miller and Petersen, ran in 1:38.00.

“A lot of us have just been at this little plateau we had where you get hurt, but at the last meet I think a lot of people got passed that,” Oman, who also placed seventh in the 500m dash, said.

He feels a difference in his performance now compared to earlier this season.

“I’m really looking forward to the meet this Friday. We’re awesome.”

The indoor track teams will again be hosting an invitational this Friday at 6 p.m. in Phillips.