Memphis: 2 school records highlight great weekend

3/16  At Rhodes College. Everyone enjoyed the 76-degree temperatures, though the winds were brisk at times. Mike, Nate and Jerome all entered the HJ competition at 5-8 and didn't have a miss among them until 6-2 when Mike had one. All went on to clear 6-4 and the opportunity to set a school record at 6-6. Jerome made it on his first attempt. Mike and Nate both had some very close attempts. Jerome had a couple close attempts at 6-8. Jerome finished 2nd, Mike 8th and Nate 9th. Record breaking continued later in the afternoon as Joe shave nearly a second off the 400H, running virtually alone out in lane 7. His 56.56 was good for 7th place (splits: 6.7 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.6 6.0). Joe also had an excellent 110H race in a crosswind, running 15.82 (#2 all time). Andrew posted 18.87 in the 110H and 60.85 in the 400H (#8 all time). Logan was close behind with 61.50, then Mike 62.37 (7.1 4.5 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.4), and Nate ran 79.82. In women's competition, Alex got a PR 4-6.25 in HJ (#6 all time). In 110H, Nathalie ran 18.57 (#6 all time), Kasey 19.41 (#8 all time) and Briel 20.86 (#10 all time). In 400H, Kasey ran 1:23.86 (#5 all time) with splits of 8.4 5.9 5.9 6.4 6.7 7.3 8.3 8.5 8.3 10.0. Food at Corky's in Memphis was great, and everyone did well there. Athlete of meet: Jerome -- who put 8 inches on his previous PR and broke the conference record.

Top three high jumpers in MSOE history: Mike 6-4.75, Nate 6-4.75, Jerome 6-6.

400H crew: Logan, Andrew, Mike, Joe, Nate and Kasey.