Coming back from break, this past Saturday, Jan. 10, the Bees raced at their home indoor track in the Battle in the Hive.

Some outstanding performances included National B Standards from Chris Miserendino and Dylan Grandon in the 1k, running times of 2:29.86 and 2:30.25.

The men's 4x800 relay hit the B standard with a time of 7:51.83 (Elijah House, Kevin Chaney, Dylan Grandon, Chris Miserendino). Highlighting a runner in the relay, Chaney ran a personal record (PR) in his 4x800 leg (2:01) after getting a PR in the 1k (2:41.77).

Lastly, Joe Reinhart hit B standard in the weight throw with a mark of 17.48m.

Other performances to highlight on the men's side include Robert Lee placing second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.19 seconds and Leavell Windfield Jr. placed fourth with a PR of 7.25. Zachary Brown placed fourth in the 200m dash (23.73) and PRd in the 400m, placing first with a 51.82. Ian Eller placed fourth in the mile with an eight-second PR of 4:33. Windfield won the long jump with a mark of 6.53m. John Ingram also PRd in the triple jump with a mark of 10.75m.

On the women's side, Lucy Oehler placed fourth in the 200m dash (28.23) and placed second in the 400m (66.67).

There were 4 PRs in the women's 1k from first-place Kaylee Mowen, third-place Danielle Moore, fourth-place Maurina Fahrenkrug and fifth-place Carlie Woolm (times of 3:08, 3:09, 3:17.1, 3:17.9, respectively).

Continuing in the distance events, Allison Hein PRd in the mile along with Lauren Johnson and Adeline Smith all finishing right after each other (5:41.2, 5:41.8, 5:44).

C.J. Starke debuted in the high jump with a mark of 1.36 meters. Erin Miner PRd in the triple jump with a mark of 9.52 meters to place first. Also, Kayla Hess PRd in both the shot put and weight throw (9.99m and 9.33m).

With the personal bests rolling in along with some national qualifiers so early in the indoor season, the progress will continue next weekend at 11 a.m. back at St. Ambrose for the Bumble Rumble!