AKRON, Ohio / CHICAGO, Ill. -- North Park Track & Field competed on the campus of Akron and U-Chicago this past Friday and Saturday.

At Akron, Junior sprinter Riana Hayes qualified for the 60m finals and placed sixth with a time of 7.80 while earning ninth in the 200m with a mark of 25.39. Junior multis competitor Thea Ring was the runner up in the 400m dash with a time of 57.61, finishing as runner up in a pool of Division I athletes. Hayes was the top Division III finisher in the 60m, as well.

For the men, junior sprinter Jereme Ombogo was the top DIII athlete in the 200m finals, finishing just .15 seconds behind the event's winner, Akron's AJ Jordan, with a time of 21.62.  He was also a top-5 finisher in the 400m, finishing fifth of 21 with a mark of 48.97.

For the Windy City Rumble, Wesley McCloud earned a pair of points for the Vikings with a 1.78m bound in the high jump to place seventh. Kimoria Oliver nearly scored some points for the Vikings with a ninth-place finish in the long jump at 4.93m, a new personal record for her. Kordell Berry was also a near point-scorer in the shot put with a toss of 12.52m.

Personal Records

60 Meters:

• Mariana Costa - 8.20 
• Kimoria Oliver - 8.82 - Tied 

Long Jump

• Kimoria Oliver - 4.93 meters

200 Meters

• Kimoria Oliver - 28.77
• Jordan Brazil - 24.78
• Erick Kochanowski- 25.74

400 Meters

• Erick Kochanowski - 57.51

School Records

• Alex Salmaron set the school record in the 1200 Meters with a time of 3:53.24
• Melanie Sorisho set the school record in the 1200 Meters with a time of 4:52.95
• Thea Ring broke the school record in the 400 Meters with a time of 57.61. The previous record was set in 2001 by 

What's Next?

The Vikings have a two-day meet at Illinois Wesleyan's Keck Invite next Friday, Feb. 7.