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Romain Henry won a gold medal and set school records in a pair of events to lead the Washburn University men's track and field team in Saturday's Kansas Open at the Washburn Indoor Athletic Facility.
The Ichabod men set two school records while posting 20 top-10 finishes with 12 personal-bests and NCAA provisional marks in Saturday's meet while the WU women tallied 15 top-10 finishes, two NCAA provisionals and a school record.
Henry, a freshman from Aix En Provence, France, broke his own school record in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.12 seconds, recording an NCAA provisional mark with the fifth-fastest time in the nation this season en route to his second straight win in that event.
Henry placed second in the 400-meter dash, breaking the school record in the event by over a half second while turning in a time of 49.41.
Logan Stock finished second in the men's high jump with a jump of 6-foot-61/4 inch and was fourth in the 60 hurdles (8.51), while Nasjon Porter was second in the triple jump at 45-11/2, while Peyton Lane was fourth in the pole vaul at 15-10, earning an NCAA provisional mark. Former Washburn Rural state champ Zac Chandler was sixth in the pole vault at 14-101/4.
Junior Sierra Mortensen, a Maize South product, won the women's mile run in a time of 5:18.24, while Lily Johnson finished second in the 800 meters, breaking her own school record in a time of 2:19.46.
Junior Virgi Scardanzan, from Preganziol, Italy, was second in the women's pole vault, recording an NCAA provisional mark and a indoor personal-best at 12-113/4. That vault is tied for the second-best in the nation this season. Rachael Mayberry placed third in the pole vault at 12-4. Skyler Saunders finished second in the high jump, clearing 5-51/4.
Hayden product Darian Hillebert placed fifth in the 200 (26.35).
