LOUISVILLE – University of Evansville senior Gwen Darrah (Cleveland, Ohio/Orange) broke her own UE women’s indoor weight throw record at the Bellarmine Open on Friday, highlighting the first meet for the Aces track & field program in 2026.
Sprints and Hurdles
Women
Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) posted the second-best indoor 60-meter dash time in program history, falling just short of her personal and program record with a time of 7.93 seconds. Freshman Mya Baker (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) made a strong collegiate debut, finishing just behind Johnson at 8.00. Johnson and Baker placed seventh and ninth, respectively, while Clara Kelty placed 17th with a time of 8.84.
Johnson matched her second-best time in program history in the 200-meter dash at 25.00, placing second. Kelty also completed in the event, finishing with a time of 30.10. Johnson secured another podium finish in the 400-meter dash, placing third with a time of 57.88, the third best mark in indoor program history. Kelty and Mallory Hagan (Henderson, Ky./Henderson County) finished the event 14th and 16th, with times of 1:08.13 and 1:12.05.
Freshmen Lissa Willis (Vincennes, Ind./Vincennes Rivet) and Hagan competed in the 60-meter hurdles, with Willis finishing eighth at 10.06 seconds and Hagan placing 12th at 11.26 seconds.
Men
In the 60-meter dash, Jose Ocampo (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico) posted a personal best time of 7.09 seconds to place 11th. Connor Shin (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North) finished at 7.19 seconds to place 20th, while Myles Terry (Evansville, Ind./Evansville North) finished 22nd at 7.22 seconds and Jude Nguyen (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington) set a personal best of 7.33 seconds to place 27th.
Terry was Evansville’s top finisher in the 200 meters, placing 13th with a time of 22.57 seconds. Ocampo notched another personal best at 22.70 seconds to finish in 16th, followed by freshman Josiah Hoehn in 17th with 22.92 seconds (Hazel Crest, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) and Shin in 18th with 22.94 seconds.
Terry again paced the Aces in the 400 meters with a time of 51.77 seconds to place 18th Shin set a person record of 52.08 to place 22nd.
Freshman Brody Riggs (Fort Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern) made a strong collegiate debut in the 60-meter hurdles, placing seventh with a time of 8.77 seconds. Fellow freshman Hoehn followed in eighth at 8.83 seconds, while another freshman, Tristin DeTalente (Evansville, Ind./Evansville North), placed 11th at 9.14 seconds. In the 4×400 relay, Evansville’s team of Hoehn, Riggs, Nowicki and Losma finished fourth with a time of 3:29.67.
Distance and Mid-Distance
Women
Veronica Wilgocki (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton HS) was the lone Evansville woman to compete in the mile, finishing 21st at 5:56.54. Avery Stephens notched a personal best in the 3000 meters, securing a podium finish at third overall with a time of 10:18.92. Kyleigh Wolf (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) enjoyed a strong collegiate track debut, placing seventh at 10:34.02. Fellow freshmen Amick McClelland (Quincy, Ill./Quincy) and Josie Lynch (Brazil, Ind./Northview) placed 12th and 21st with times of 10:57.87 and 11:21.46, while Kyndall Anthis (Patoka, Ind./Princeton Community) secured a personal best time of 11:28.52 to finish 22nd.
Men
Three Aces competed in the mile, with Jake Antibus (Switz City, Ind./White River Valley) leading the pack with a time of 4:36.27, good for 15th. Jakub Nowicki (Poznan, Poland) placed 25th at 4:58.65, followed by Alejandro Navarrete (Mogaroe, Ohio/Mogadore) in 26th with a personal best time of 5:01.38.
Tomasso Losma (Lombardia, Italy) placed 10th in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:41.88, leading a pack of six Aces. Freshman Nathan Campbell (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North) finished 13th at 8:50.56, followed by Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill./Carmi) in 14th at 8:54.82 and Woody Burrell (Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarbug) in 16th with a personal best time of 8:56.53. Oliver Wilgocki (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton) and Thomas Wamser (Greenville, S.C./J.L Mann) rounded out the Evansville finishers at 29th and 35th with times of 9:15.08 and 9:32.79.
Evansville took two of three podium spots in the 5000 meters, as Nathan Whitehead (Vincennes, Ind./South Knox) finished second with a time of 15:43.8, followed by freshman Nicholas Hirsch (Evansville, Ind./Memorial) in third at 15:59.78.
Jumps
Women
Lilyana Gargano (Hudson, Fla./Fivay) placed sixth in the high jump with a mark of 1.40 meters.
Men
Riggs also competed in the high jump for the men’s squad, placing seventh with a mark of 1.80 meters. In the long jump, Nguyen finished 22nd with a mark of 5.52 meters and Antwaun Powell (Ringgold, Ga./Heritage) finished 25th with 5.12 meters.
Throws
Women
Darrah crushed her previous weight throw record of 14.62 with a mark of 15.50 meters, placing third in the field. Emma Bertel (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community) finished 16th in the event at 12.01 meters. In the shotput, Jillian Miller (Boonville, Ind./Boonville) nabbed a personal best of 10.29 meters to place tenth, while Bertel placed 12th at 10.18 meters and Holland Morris (Florence, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) placed 26th with 7.25 meters.
Men
Freshman Drew Aaron (Mount Vernon, Ind./Mount Vernon) was the lone Ace to compete in shot put, finishing 17th with a mark of 11.87 meters. In the weight throw, Tyler Cherne (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) secured an eighth-place finish with 15.60 meters, followed by Beau Baldwin (Mount Vernon, Ind./Mt. Vernon) in 17th at 11.89 meters.
