The men and women of the DePauw track and field team spent the weekend competing in their Indoor Invitational.
Scoring 71 points, the women placed fourth behind Bellarmine University with 120, Campbellsville University with 99 and Rhodes College with 74.5.
The men tied for 12th place, scoring 16 points. The Wabash men's team won the invitational with 133 and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology took second place with a score of 118.
DePauw had several standout performances. Senior Lee Harmon placed second in the high jump, clearing 1.55 meters. She attributes her success to her team and the effort everyone puts in.
"I put a lot of work into the off season, especially this year. Knowing it is your last year gives you an extra drive," Harmon said. "However, our team is really dedicated this year, even more so than we have been in the past. When you see a drive in others, it pushes you too."
Harmon also referenced the success of the new freshmen on the team, who did not disappoint this weekend. Freshman Taylor Brandstatter had a runner-up finish in the 600-meter run. Additionally freshman, Heather O'Brien placed third in the mile run.
On the men's side, junior Kyle Mackey continued his success with a second-place showing in the pole vault event.
As a senior and captain, Harmon has high hopes for her final season. She says their hard work will serve them well.
"Our team is really dedicated this year, even more so than we have been in the past," Harmon said. "When you see a drive in others, it pushes you too."
Men's and women's head coach Kori Stoffregen says the team is in a good place at this time.
"We are getting better every week; this week was much better than the first week," Stoffregen said.
Stoffregen says that both the men's and women's team are busy preparing for the upcoming conference meet.
"Conference is three weeks away and we are just trying to get in shape for that. We are trying to add a little bit of work each week," Stoffregen said. "Hopefully the athletes can handle the extra work and stay healthy. We will just take it one week at a time."
Overall, both Stoffregen and Harmon have high hopes for DePauw.
"We have a great team and the new members are extremely talented. If we stay with the set up we have right now, we will do very well come conference time," Harmon said.
"We are definitely in a good place," Stoffregen said. "If we can keep everybody healthy and doing their events, we'll have a good season."
The conference meet will take place at Wooster College, beginning on Friday, Feb. 23.