MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Wittenberg Tigers made the long trek south to get some much-needed work in against some of the competition around at the Rhodes Invitational. Highlighted by a school record and third-place finish by sophomore Mary Pfeifer (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) in the 10,000-meter run, the Tigers finished strong in a loaded field.
Other strong finishes were turned in by sophomore Darcy Dubuc (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven), who finished 13th in the 1500-meter run in a time of 4:54.19 and eighth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:25.36, freshman Whitney Goller (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton), who finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.92 and ninth in the long jump, and sophomore Jordan Stafford (Springfield, Ohio/Greenon), who crossed the finish line in the 400 meters in a time of 58.60, good for ninth place.
The top men's finishes were turned in by freshman Josh Colbert (Urbana, Ohio/Urbana) with a fifth-place finish in the long jump and freshman David Kolakowski (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River), who cleared 13-9.25 to finish eighth.