On the women’s side, senior Carson Fields followed with two new school records in the 100-meter and 200-meter races. Pitkin and Uhl added on with new records of their own in the 400-meter race running times of 47.61 and 47.75 that stood since 1927. Other individual accomplishments included graduate student Euan Makepeace, who in the 5,000-meter race, ran a time of 13:44:18, which currently ranks second nationally across all NCAA Division I schools. “I was really happy to do it in my first meet and hopefully I can extend that record even further the rest of the year.” “Well, honestly, it was funny because I knew the record was old, but I didn’t know it was 51 years old,” Watkins said. When told how long the record stood before he broke it, Watkins was taken aback. In his Bulldog debut, graduate senior Brendan Watkins, who transferred from Missouri Southern State University, crushed the school record in the long jump with a distance of 15.34 meters. What came next was a historic outing for the Bulldogs.
BUTLER UNIVERSITY TRACK AND FIELD PROFESSIONAL
The Raleigh Relays, a meet compiled of a 70-team field including some professional teams from Nike and ASICS, took place on March 25. The Bulldog men won the meet as a team finishing with a score of 56 points while the women came up short in third place. The 4×400-relay team of freshman Thomas Pitkin, freshman Issac Kane, junior Trey Harris and senior Jacob Uhl broke the six-year-old school record with a time of 3:16:53. One week later, the men made their debut at the Big East Triangular against DePaul and Marquette hosted by the Blue Demons. As a team, the women placed second out of three teams and just behind host Ball State. Freshman Jill Volgerran ran the sixth-fastest time in program history in her first appearance as a Bulldog, with a time of 58.88 in the 400-meter race. Junior Karmen Koch led the way, taking home wins on the field in shot put and long jump with marks of 11.46 meters and 5.34 meters. 18 at the Ball State Tune-Up in Muncie, Ind. The season began for the Bulldog women on Feb. After a 13-month gap in between seasons, the Bulldogs proved they were ready to get back onto the track and compete. Photo courtesy of Butler Athletics.ĮTHAN POLAK | SPORTS REPORTER | meets into the season, the Butler track and field team is off to a red-hot start, filled with broken records and standout performances. The Bulldogs finished second in the event. A group of runners compete at the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.
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