NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- After more than a month away from competition following the Christmas break and New Year break, the North Park University men's and women's track & field teams competed at the Cardinal Opener this past weekend. Clark Fremouw earned a second-place finish with a 12.77 meter mark in the shot put while Patrycja Miazek climbed to fourth all-time in the 3,000 meter race with a time of 10:49.51.

Coach Bisrat Kidane's Review  

"Very proud of this young group of athletes this past weekend," said Coach Kidane. "It's been a very, very short week for us having a meet coming straight out of the winter break. The good news is we got everybody through this meet healthy for the most part and we get to look forward to traveling this week up to Ripon College." 

Top Performers  

• Clark Fremouw finished 2^nd in the shot put with a mark of 12.77 meters.   
• Patrycja Miazek finished 5^th in the 3000-meter race with a time of 10:49.51 
• Aeneas Lanier finished 6^th in the long jump with a mark of 5.80 meters. 
• Michael Kleiner finished 7th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.40  

Top 10 NPU Performance List  

• Patrycja Miazek is now 4th all-time in NPU history in the 3000-meter race.  

Personal Records  

• Michael Kleiner – 60-meter – 7.37 
• Rachel Rozen – 200 meter – 29.52 
• Lucy Plunkett – Mile – 7:26.17 
• Ellie Parker – 3000 meter – 13:26.26 
• Erin O'Hara – High Jump – 1.31 meters