WICHITA, Kan. – Southeastern opened the 2023 track and field season with a solid indoor showing at the season-opening Herm Wilson Invitational in Wichita, Kan.
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The Savage Storm had its best showing as a team in the 800-meter run with seven runners competing, while three of them posted top-10 finishes, led by Madison Rowe's school record smashing time of 2:27.45 which was good for a fifth-place finish.
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She was joined in the top 10 by Makensi Greenwood and
Kaitlyn Cedillo who clocked times of 2:28.98 and 2:29.45, respectively, which placed them sixth and eighth as well as also being marks well ahead of the previous school record.
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Arden Kesterson and Aliya Carrizales also surpassed the previous school record, with the duo posting times of 2:39.13 and 2:40.52, respectively.
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Alexis Longoria turned in a school-record mark of her own in the Mile run, finishing seventh in the event with a time of 5:38.72, passing the previous best by eight seconds.
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The Storm posted a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 meter relay as
Amore Armstrong, Rowe, Cedillo, and Greenwood combined to post a time of 4:13.69 which would rank as the third-best indoor relay time for SE.
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Armstrong was just shy of her own 60-meter record, turning in a time of 8.17 to finish 20
th, while Charisma Lacy Raye added a mark of 8.27 which was good for 27
th.
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Lacy-Raye would turn in a personal best run in the 200-meter as she clocked a 27.14 which was good for 15
th, while Armstrong was 19
th with a time of 27.32.
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Samantha Wallis was the team's lone thrower, putting up an 11.96-meter toss in the shot put which was good for a seventh-place finish.
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60 Meter
Amore Armstrong           8.17          20
th
Charisma Lacy-Raye       8.27          27
th
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200 Meter
Charisma Lacy-Raye       27.14        15
th
Amore Armstrong           27.32        19
th
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800 Meter
Madison Rowe                2:27.45    5
th
Makensi Greenwood      2:28.98    6
th
Kaitlyn Cedillo                  2:29.45    8
th
Arden Kesterson              2:39.13    20
th
Aliya Carrizales                2:40.52    23
rd
Rachel Wynn                    2:46.07    24
th
Savannah Sandoval         2:46.82    25
th
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1,000 Meter
Genevi Martinez              3:31.17    22
nd
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Mile
Alexis Longoria                5:38.72    7
th
Arden Kesterson              5:47.77    13
th
Rachel Wynn                    5:48.56    15
th
Savannah Sandoval         5:56.96    20
th
Aliya Carrizales                6:02.19    21
st
Sarah Coblentz                 6:13.27    25
th
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3,000 Meter
Alexis Longoria                11:33.25  10
th
Sarah Coblentz                 12:06.25  15
th
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4x400 Meter Relay
Armstrong, Rowe,
Cedillo, Greenwood        4:13.69    5
th
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Shot Put
Samantha Wallis             11.96m    7
th
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