SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The 2023 Meyo Invitational concluded for the Irish after an exciting day of performances. The Irish saw several personal best performances, including Carter Solomon’s big day in the infamous “Meyo Mile” and Siona Chisholm taking first place in the women’s 3000 meter race. The Notre Dame track and field team also officially dedicated the weight throw events to late throws coach Adam Beltran; the weight throw at the Meyo Invitational is now known as the Adam Beltran Weight Throw.
The Irish started out with impressive outings on the first day of the meet when Jadin O’Brien took first place in the women’s pentathlon. She finished with 4283 points and finished in first place in three of her events. She took first place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.44, the long jump with a mark of 5.79m, and the 800m race with a time of 2:14.06. Teammates Alaina Brady and Reese Sanders also competed in the pentathlon finishing in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
The women’s long jump saw Kendall Burgess take fifth place with a mark of 5.80m. Emma Albano took sixth place in the women’s shot put with a mark of 14.13m, and Ava Butterbaugh and Alesis Juntunen took tenth and eleventh place, respectively. Butterbaugh hit a mark of 13.19m and Juntunen hit 13.07m.
Nolan Blachowski represented the Irish in the men’s pole vault taking fifth place with a mark of 4.78m. Michael Shoaf led the Irish in the men’s shot put taking first place with a mark of 19.31m. Henry Boudreau also competed in the shot put with a toss of 15.79m
The women’s high jump had three Irish in the competition. Madison Schmidt took first place with a mark of 1.80m. She was followed by teammates Arianna Martinez and Sarah Flight. Martinez took third place with a mark of 1.66m and Flight hit a mark of 1.61m taking eighth.
Shae Douglas ran in the 200m race with a time of 24.69 and teammate Juliana Keenan finished at 27.72. Paul Baynes also ran in the men’s 200m with a time of 22.56. Douglas also ran in the women’s 60m dash where she finished in seventh place with a time of 7.57.
In the men’s 5000 meter race, Henry Chapman led the Irish taking third place with a time of 14:14.15. Robert Cozean also ran in the race with a time of 14:27.39 taking eleventh place. Isalina Colsman finished the women’s 3000 meters with a time of 10:25.61.
In the Adam Beltran women’s weight throw saw Emma Albano take thirteenth place with a 16.50m toss. In the Adam…