by Athletic Communications
Northwestern continued their streak of breaking school records, with five events having a new record set for the best. Bell took over as the top runner in the 600 meters, Briley Yunker bested the 800 meter ranks, Garcia ran to the top of the 1 mile run, Camille Lear set the time to beat in the 3000 meter run and soaring to the best high jump is Selena McDonald.
In the 600 meters, Bell finished with a record setting time of 1:44.02.
Yunker improved her record in the 800 meter race by 1.46 seconds, turning in a time of 2:28.39.
Garcia used her new personal best time in the one mile run to take the top spot in the record books clocking a time of 5:52.77, which is 10.43 seconds better than her old time. Kayla Gourley, who now holds the second spot in the rankings, was hot on Garcia’s tracks ending with a time of 6:01.50.
Lear’s record setting time in the 3000 meter race was 11:45.67. She cut just under a minute off of her previous time of 11:55.65, which she ran last week in Manhattan.
In the high jump, McDonald leaped 1.52m, besting her record she set at Kansas State by 0.01m.
Northwestern had two teams competing in the 400 meter relay, the team of Bowen, Dickey, Pridgen-Spearman and Marshall turned in a time of 4:42.00 to take the sixth best finish in school history.