Washburn University went to Nebraska for the 2018 Nebraska Graduate Classic Jan 12 and 13. There were multiple events at the Nebraska Graduate Classic Track and Field meet and coming off from winter break, Washburn came out and wanted to make a statement.

In the men’s unseeded pole vault meet, Jack Noble finished in eighth place to put Washburn on the leaderboard with the score of 4.31, which tied for seventh place with Luke Woodall from University of Missouri-Kansas City. Caleb Bradley finished in 11^th place with the score of 4.0 and then Austin Telecky finished in 14th place with the score of 4.01.

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For men’s unseeded high jump finals, Washburn had three men in the top 15 with Jacob Newlin tied for fourth place with Denim Rodgers from Garden City Community College with a score of 1.89, Michael Pearl finishing in 10th place with a score of 1.89 and Tom Haug finishing in 13th place with a score of 1.84.

“I feel like I did okay. It’s hard to come back from break and expect to do well right away due to limitation of things you can practice,” Newlin said.

For the women’s 3000 meter run, Washburn had two Ichabods in the top 10. Sierra Mortensen finished in second place with a time of 10:09.52 and Kaylee Snell finished in eighth place with a time of 10:36.06.

For the women’s pole vault, Washburn’s Rachael Mayberry finished in third place with a score of 3.65.

In the women’s 60-meter hurdle, Washburn had three Ichabods in the top 28, but none advanced to the next round. Morgan Howard finished in 21st place with a time of 10.01. Tyjai Adams finished in 14th place with a time of 9.46, and Madalynn Norris finished in ninth place with a time of 9.32.

Washburn men’s 4×400 meter relay ended the 2018 Nebraska Graduate Classic placing 12^th. The four Ichabods in the relay were Skyler Henry, who ran a time of 54.031, Logan Stock, who ran 53.560, Cedric Smith, who ran 53.740, and Chris Martin, who ran 56.586.

The Ichabods did pretty good overall in the 2018 Graduate Classic, especially just coming back from winter break. Kimberlin Snepp said there she met some personal goals at the meet.

“I felt like they did really well at the 2018 Graduate Classic and there were some new personal records set,” Snepp said.

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Up next the Ichabods travel to Lawrence, Kansas for the Jayhawk Classic Thursday, January 25th through Friday, January 26th. Washburn will look to compete against top tier schools at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion in Lawrence.