FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Earlham College track and field team competed in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Meet on Friday and Saturday.
The women's squad finished in sixth place with 37 points scored, narrowly beating out Bluffton and Transylvania with 34 and 30 points respectively.
The men's team scored 38 points to finish in ninth place. The Quakers trailed Anderson by just three points for eighth place.
Six Quakers earned all-conference honors in six different events on the day, including two event wins for EC.
Madison Huelskamp was named women's jumper of the meet after earning All-HCAC honors in both her jumping events. The junior won the long jump with a leap of 5.16 meters. Huelskamp also earned the honors in the triple jump on Friday with a mark of 10.31 meters.
Conner Kimball won the 800 meter run with a new school record of 1:53.63. The senior was fastest in the prelims on Friday, and won the event by over two seconds over the field.
Connor Del Carmen earned all-conference honors with two second-place finishes in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs. The sophomore ran a 31:55.19 in the 10k on Friday, and he recorded a 15:23.71 in the 5k on Saturday.
The women's 4x400 relay team of
Liv Kyrk, Huelskamp,
Lily Schamel, and
Elena Stirn got second place with a time of 4:19.3.
