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Track and Field 4/18/2025 10:22:00 PM

Ray and Smith Headline for Oilers at the Virginia Challenge

Charlottesville, Va.- The University of Findlay track and field team traveled a group of Oilers to compete in day one of the Virginia Challenge hosted by the University of Virginia on Friday, April 18.

Notable Finishes
Women

Sydney Swan (Jr.) finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:14.03.
Hailey Wilson (Sr.) took 30th in the 1500m run with a time of 4:40.95. Senior Bailey Chenevey finished 51st with a time of 4:50.69
Zanri Black (Fr.) took ninth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.32.
Kylie Ray (Sr.) won the invite section of the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.10 meeting the NCAA Provisional Standard. With this time Ray sets a new school record beating her previously set record of 58.11.
Leah Smith (So.) finished third in the 100m dash with a time of 11.48. With this time, Smith will break the previous school record of 11.61 set by Jordan Taylor. Jordan Taylor (Sr.) also competed in the finals taking fifth with a time of 11.57. Both Smith and Taylor met the NCAA Provisional Standard.
Brooke Coulter (Sr.) finished 22nd in the hammer throw with a mark of 48.97m. Coulter would also take 17th in the shot put with a mark of 13.57m.
Maci Ames (So.) took 12th in pole vault with a mark of 3.60m closely behind Tru Buddenberg (So.) tied for 13th with a mark of 3.60m and Erin Moran (Fr.) finished 15th with a mark of 3.45m.
Kassandra Stine (Sr.) tied for 12th in high hump with a mark of 1.64m.
Colleen Steinmetz (Fr.) finished fifth in the invite section of pole vault with a mark of 4.10m meeting the NCAA Provisional Standard.

Men

KJ Upshaw (Jr.) took 44th in the 100m dash with a time of 10.75. Senior Hassan Sesay would finish 48th with a time of 10.78 and senior Stephen Powell claimed 50th with a time of 10.80.
Benjamin Hall (Fr.) claimed 15th in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:19.86.
Jordan Foster (Sr.) finished 15th in the 1500m run with a time of 3:52.18. Jaxen Durfey (So.) took 31st with a time of 3:56.19.
Noah Fisher (Sr.) finished second in the 10k with a time of 30:14.49.
Zack Britton (Sr.) finished 34th in the 5k with a time of 14:52.90.
Collin Warner (Sr.) took 18th in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.96m.
Chris Campbell (Sr.) claimed 21st in long jump with a mark of 6.95m.
Eyan Wilson (So.) finished 15th in the shot put with a mark of 16.70m meeting the NCAA Provisional Standard. Hunter Tresnan-Rieghard (Sr.) took 21st with a mark of 16.01m

The Oilers will be back in action tomorrow April 19 as they wrap up the Virginia Challenge.

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Players Mentioned

Maci Ames: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Zack Britton: Senior; Distance

Tru Buddenberg: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Chris Campbell: Senior; Jumps

Bailey Chenevey: Senior; Distance

Brooke Coulter: Throws; Graduate Student; Throws

Jaxen Durfey: Sophomore; Distance

Noah Fisher: Graduate Student; Distance

Jordan Foster: Graduate Student; Distance

Stephen Powell: Graduate Student; Sprints

Kylie Ray: Graduate Student; Sprints/Hurdles

Hassan Sesay: Graduate Student; Sprints

Players Mentioned

Maci Ames
: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Zack Britton
: Senior; Distance

Tru Buddenberg
: Sophomore; Pole Vault

Chris Campbell
: Senior; Jumps

Bailey Chenevey
: Senior; Distance

Brooke Coulter
: Graduate Student; Throws
: Throws

Jaxen Durfey
: Sophomore; Distance

Noah Fisher
: Graduate Student; Distance

Jordan Foster
: Graduate Student; Distance

Stephen Powell
: Graduate Student; Sprints

Kylie Ray
: Graduate Student; Sprints/Hurdles

Hassan Sesay
: Graduate Student; Sprints