{"id":2094,"date":"2019-03-27T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T03:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:44:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:44:06","slug":"track-field-wins-three-titles-at-bill-cornell-spring-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/2019\/03\/27\/track-field-wins-three-titles-at-bill-cornell-spring-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Track &amp; Field wins three titles at Bill Cornell Spring Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bradley men\u2019s track and field team opened their outdoor season this past Saturday at Southern Illinois\u2019 Bill Cornell Spring Classic. The Braves began this season with a strong start, with three individual titles taken home as well as 19 top-10 finishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"352\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RACE DAY! The Braves are back in action and open the outdoor season today at Southern Illinois! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROxmpvrbr7\">pic.twitter.com\/ROxmpvrbr7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BradleyXC-Track (@BradleyXCTrack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradleyXCTrack\/status\/1109457268691484673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/bradleybraves.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=10905\">Haran Dunderdale<\/a>, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/bradleybraves.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=10909\">Alec Hartman<\/a> and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/bradleybraves.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=10916\">Evan Mitchell<\/a> claimed the individual titles and now have some momentum to take off with in future meets. The BU men used this first outdoor meet as a warm-up, and they are eager to continue on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was nice to kind of get the opener out of the way,\u201d Dunderdale said. \u201cFor a lot of the team, this is to prepare for next week. A lot of people did off-events to prepare well for the upcoming week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunderdale came close to breaking his personal best by 0.16 seconds, running a time of 3:48.48 in the 1,500 meter, in which he had also claimed his individual crown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunderdale used this as a learning experience and is excited about what he can do this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize that until afterwards,\u201d Dunderdale said. \u201cIt was kind of cool, because we haven\u2019t focused on the 1,500 meters as much as we have in the past. So being so close to my PR, without focusing on it, means I\u2019m already there in that discipline without focusing on it. It\u2019s good signs for event time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell came out of SIU with his very first collegiate individual title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase clocking in a time of 9:50.15. With this being his first time running in the outdoor season at Bradley, it was impressive that he pulled off such a solid run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a big confident booster, it was fun,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThe time wasn\u2019t great, but it was a big confidence booster and something to build off of. It was something to keep trying at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This first meet showed how well he can keep up with those who are more experienced while also giving him experience of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m primarily just focusing on the steeple individually,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cI registered indoors and just haven\u2019t raced in a while, so it was really, really weird feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hartman did his job leading a group of five other Braves in the 800-meter run. Hartman had finished in first, while Scott Seymour, David Shadid, Ben Potrykus, Nick Porter and Simon Paige closely followed taking the third through seventh spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves showed that they were more than ready to get this outdoor season underway putting up such impressive numbers, and this was noticed by head coach Darren Gauson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was excited that the weather was good,\u201d Gauson said. \u201cNormally when we go to that meet, it\u2019s usually 38-40 degrees. This year, it was sunny and 60. That\u2019s what you want for your first outdoor meet. The performances and the weather feed off of each other. We were able to turn that good weather into some really good performances. We really dominated the 800.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only were the BU men eager for the season to start up, but also to bring their A-game everywhere they go. Gauson also mentioned one meet they are particularly excited about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNC State, we\u2019re taking a lot of our top athletes there,\u201d Gauson said. \u201cSo that\u2019ll be a big one. Any time we\u2019re going on the plane, we\u2019re trying to get a lot done. If we can go three-for-three in seasons, that would be a challenge. It\u2019s one we\u2019re fit and ready for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results:<a href=\"https:\/\/bradleybraves.com\/documents\/2019\/3\/23\/\/finalBillCornell.pdf\">https:\/\/bradleybraves.com\/documents\/2019\/3\/23\/\/finalBillCornell.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves&#8217; next meet will be in Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bradley men\u2019s track and field team opened their outdoor season this past Saturday at Southern Illinois\u2019 Bill Cornell Spring Classic. The Braves began this season with a strong start, with three individual titles taken home as well as 19 top-10 finishes. Senior Haran Dunderdale, sophomore Alec Hartman and freshman Evan Mitchell claimed the individual titles and now have some momentum to take off with in future meets. The BU men used this first outdoor meet as a warm-up, and they are eager to continue on. \u201cIt was nice to kind of get the opener out of the way,\u201d Dunderdale said. \u201cFor a lot of the team, this is to prepare for next week. A lot of people did off-events to prepare well for the upcoming week.\u201d Dunderdale came close to breaking his personal best by 0.16 seconds, running a time of 3:48.48 in the 1,500 meter, in which he had also claimed his individual crown. Dunderdale used this as a learning experience and is excited about what he can do this season. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize that until afterwards,\u201d Dunderdale said. \u201cIt was kind of cool, because we haven\u2019t focused on the 1,500 meters as much as we have in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/newslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}