Greenville, W. Va. – On Saturday, the Wheeling University Track & Field Multi-Event athletes finished up their run at the Brandi Bowen Invitational. Jalynn McClarren took home third place in the Women's Heptathlon to lead the way as the outdoor season got going on a strong note. All three multi-event athletes had strong showings and look to carry that momentum into the rest of outdoor season.

McClarren took home third in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 2782, 400 points behind the leader. She had three top two finishes over the course of the eight events, and ended with one win on the day. That win came in the Javelin, where she threw 26.69 meters to win that leg id the Heptathlon. That was four meters longer than the next closest Javelin throw and helped move her up to the top three in the event. Here other top two finishes came in the 100-Meter Hurdle and the Long Jump. The 100-Meter Hurdle was the first event of the Heptathlon and McClarren ran a 17.12 for second in the field. The Long Jump happened five events later, when McClarren also finished second with a distance of 3.90 meters.

The other Cardinal female athlete in the Heptathlon was junior Liz Salas, who finished fifth with 2374 points. After back-to-back fifth place finishes in the first two events, Salas came back and placed second in the Women's Shot Put. She finished second in the event with a distance of 9.21 meters, just .89 meters shy of the leader. Her other second place finish came in the final event of the Heptathlon, the 800-Meter run. She put up a strong time of 3:26.61 beating out West Virginia Wesleyan's Samantha Cash by four seconds. Salas finished fifth overall but put together some strong performances as she continues to grow through Outdoor season.

On the Men's side, there were six athletes competing in the Men's Decathlon. For the Cardinals, Julius Hobbs would represent the team in the first multi-event of his collegiate career. He finished fourth overall with 3459 points, and was just 200 points off of a second place finish. After day one, Hobbs sat in fifth place, but he had two big performances on the final day that propelled him to fourth. His first big event came in the Pole Vault when he had a height of 2.10 meters, leading all other decathlon participants. He then rounded out the decathlon with the 1500 Meter run and another first place finish. He ran the race in 5:16.84 and did enough to move him to fifth in the standings.

The Wheeling University Track & Field team now heads to outdoor season when they participate in the Bethany College Invite on March 26th.