NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Freshman Michael Ward (Cardiff, South Wales/Llanishen) broke the school record in the mile and was one of nine Braves to post top-10 performances in school history Saturday to wrap up competition for the Bradley men's and women's track and field teams at the Meyo Invitational.
The Bradley men posted three of the top four mile times in school history, with Ward breaking senior Eric Delvo's (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) school record in the event. Ward was 20th overall in the mile with his time of 4:08.33 topping Delvo's record of 4:10.39 set last year.
Close behind Ward in the mile was sophomore Daniel Gagne (Wauwatosa, Wis./East) in 25th with the third-best time in school history (4:11.08) and freshman Haran Dunderdale (Grantham, England/Carres), whose time of 4:12.15 was 29th overall and ranks fourth among Bradley marks.
Senior Emily Delvo (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) highlighted the women's mile for the Braves with a career-best time of 4:55.70. Delvo's time was the best by a Brave since Mary Goldkamp set the school record in 2011 and ranks fourth overall in Bradley history.
Juniors Kristen Busch & Caitlin Busch (Waterloo, Ill./Freeburg) both ran in the 3,000 meters for the first time in 2015. Kristen took 21st in the field with a time of 9:47.38, while Caitlin followed in 27th with a career-best time of 9:51.56 for the fourth-best time at Bradley.
In the men's 3,000 meters, sophomore Mike Bianchina (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) took 30 seconds off his career-best time and won his heat at 8:31.45. He finished 25th overall and was one of three Bradley runners to post top-10 times in school history.
Bianchina's time was the fourth-best time at Bradley, while Steffen Uhrich (Wauwatosa, Wis./East) posted a time of 8:36.21 (seventh all-time at Bradley) to finish 30th and freshman Taylor Floyd Mews (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa West) crossed the line at 8:36.85 (eighth all-time at Bradley) to place 32nd.
Sophomore Thomas Razo (Lockport, Ill./Lockport) clocked a career-best time of 1:56.90 in the men's 800 meters, with his time good for ninth on Bradley's career-best list. In the women's 800 meters, senior Kyela Specht (Munster, Ind./Munster) was the top finisher for the Braves, taking 37th with a time of 2:13.61 in her first outing in the event in 2015.
The Bradley men's and women's track and field teams will be back in action next weekend at the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa, along with the Hoosier Hills in Bloomington, Ind.
