Bolivar, MO. - The Southwest Baptist Men's Track & Field team finished the Bearcat Invite with a 1st place finish with 120.50 points in their lone home meet of the season, beating out four other GLVC schools.
 
Parker Love had the best day for all Bearcats earning two 1^st place finishes. He first hit a National qualifying mark in the 100-meter dash with a 10.39. Later he took 1^st in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.83. That would have been a school record, except he ran with a wind disparity not counting the time towards records or National marks.
 
In that same event other Bearcats showed up taking 3^rd (Makaylin Forbes), 4^th (Dalvin Adams), 5^th (Reid Harrison), 6^th (Jordan Noel), and 8^th (Chase Thomas-Plummer). Forbes also took a 3^rd place finish in the 400-meter clocking a time of 48.38.A couple of second place finishes came by Devon McMillin in the 800m (1.54.54), and the 4x100 team (41.85) comprised of Noel, Harrison, Thomas-Plummer, and Dalvin Adams.

When asked about the weekend this is what Head Coach Corey McElhaney had to say "I would say Blessed!! I want to give a shout out to the best janitors and grounds crew anyone could ask for. Great help from other teams on campus and to our administration and sports media team trying to make our team feel special at their only one home meet. I cannot say enough about my coaches and athletes. They work so hard and give God the glory! What else could a head coach ask for! We had some amazing marks and numerous personal bests but at the end of the day we could not do any of this without God and His grace!" 
 
The Bearcats will be back in action next Saturday at Pittsburg State.
 
Pole Vault:
 
Ellis Joslin - 3rd
 
Javelin:
 
Shadrach Thompson – 9th
 
Titus Thompson - 21st
 
Long Jump:
 
Atari Amus - 26th
 
Dalvin Adams - 29th
 
Discus:
 
Jayce Farrell - 5th
 
Tyler Hart - 15th
 
100m:
 
Reid Harrison - 6th
 
Dalvin Adams - 9th
 
Jordan Noel   - 11th
 
Atari Amus - 17th
 
Chase Thomas-Plummer - 23th
 
Timothy Kester - 34th
 
1500m:
 
Nolan Hansen - 6th
 
Devon McMillin - 7th
 
Jack Leeds - 9th
 
Kaleb Nail - 11th
 
Trevor Talley - 15th
 
Nathan Keck - 16th
 
Trea Melton - 17th
 
Luther Supancic - 18th
 
Joe Kremp - 22th
 
Ethan Hurtgen - 28th
 
 
800m:
 
Kaleb Nail - 7th
 
Luther Supancic - 9th
 
Braden Postlewait - 11^th
 
4x400m Relay:
 
SBU 'A' – Forbes, McMillin, Luther Supancic, Nolan Hansen