Emily Radke and Leonard Wells both notched top-five finishes at the Wabash Indoor Invitational on Saturday in Crawfordsville.

Radke finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 38-11 while Wells was fifth in the shot put with a distance of 46-2.

Other AU men’s finishers were Colton Sewell in the shot put (13th, 37-7) and weight throw (13th, 28-4), Max Kittle in the 60 meters (13th, 8.89), Steven Wingler in the shot put (17th, 32-7), DeTarance Harvey in the weight throw (12th, 32-9), shot put (18th, 21-8) and Brad McNeil in the 60 meters (16th, 9.13) and 200 meters (17th, 24.07).

Other AU women’s finishers were Amanda Spear in the weight throw (13th, 39-3).

AU travels to the Indiana Wesleyan Indoor Invitational on Saturday at noon.

For the first time in 13 years, the Anderson University track surface at Macholtz Stadium will be replaced.

The project has already started and is expected to be completed by June 20. The last time the track was resurfaced was in 1998 and it will be replaced with 1/2 inch Black SPEED-FLEX L 500 rubber.

SPEED-FLEX is a carboxylated styrene butadiene (SBR) latex running track surface consisting of multiple layers of rubber particles broadcast over a pervious or impervious base. Each layer of rubber shall be bound with a latex bunder. The result is an economical, seamless, self-sealing all-weather surface.

Macholtz Stadium has been the home to Anderson University football and track and field events since 1978 and has undergone several resurfaces over the 33 years of its existence in hosting intercollegiate events. It was also where the Indianapolis Colts held several practices during their tenure on campus from 1984-98 and 2010.

The Anderson University men’s and women’s track and field team competed at the Manchester Invitational on Saturday in North Manchester. The AU women finished fifth in the 11-team meet with the Raven men placing seventh.

Candace DeLong, Alex Friske and Amanda Spear led the AU women by winning the 5,000 meters (19:11.53), 100 hurdles (16.20) and javelin (29.75 m), respectively. Friske was also third in the high jump (1.55 m) and Spear 10th in the discus (23.99 m).

Other top 10 finishers were Emily Radke in the shot put (2nd, 11.75 m), discus (4th, 36.10 m) and hammer (7th, 34.83 m), Lauren Hudson in the 100 hurdles (10th, 19.17) and Rachel Egold in the 800 meters (10th, 2:32.65).

Leonard Wells led the Raven men with a victory in the discus (47.59 m). He also finished third in the shot put (14.94 m) and seventh in the hammer (34.97 m).

Other top 10 finishers were Tony Johnson in the 100 meters (2nd, 11.61) and 200 meters (23.20), Chaven Davidson in the 400 meters (5th, 1:02.39), Eric Mitchel in the javelin (5th, 36.90 m), Matt St. Amour in the 800 meters (6th, 2:04.40), Adam Dubuque in the 400 meters (7th, 53.42), Jordan Huth in the discus (7th, 39.15 m) and Kirk Saunders in the 1,500 meters (10th, 4:12.58).

AU hosts the Pre-Conference Invitational on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

The Anderson University men’s and women’s track and field teams both competed in the 17-team Little State meet on Friday and Saturday in Marion.

The AU men finished 11th while the Raven women were 12th in the meet.

Kirk Saunders led the Raven men with a second place finish in the 10,000 meters in 31:34.98. His time was a personal best by 27 seconds and moved him into eighth place on the school top 10 list. His splits were 16:00/15:34 for the 10K race.

Other top 10 finishers were Tony Johnson in the 100 meters (5th, 10.99) and Leonard Wells in the discus (5th, 153-6), hammer (8th, 146-6) and shot put (9th, 47-1 1/2).

Matt St. Amour also notched a personal best time in the 1,500 meters (4:10.61) and broke the two-minute mark in the 800 meters for the first time (1:59.55).

Chaven Davidson had a personal best in the 400 meters (1:00.93) and Marc St. Amour a personal best time in the 1,500 meters (4:13.26).

Candace DeLong led the Raven women with a first-place finish in the 3,000 steeplechase in a time of 11:27.90. Her time was a personal best by 28 seconds over last year at this same meet.

Other top 10 women finishers were Alex Friske in the 100 hurdles (5th, 14.98) and Emily Radke in the shot put (7th, 38-3 3/4).

Friske ran two personal best times in the 100 hurdles and her time of 14.98 ranks fourth in school history. She ran a 15.30 in the preliminaries on Friday. Radke threw her personal best in the hammer by 4.8 meters.

For complete results go to: Meet Results

AU runs at the Manchester Invitational on Saturday.

The Anderson University men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the non-scoring Washington University Mini Meet on Friday in cold and snowy conditions in St. Louis, Mo.

Tony Johnson and Leonard Wells led the AU men with a pair of victories. Johnson won the 100 meters (11.11) and 200 meters (23.18) while Wells was victorious in the shot put (46-10 1/4) and discus (147-4). Wells also finished fifth in the hammer throw (127-1).

Top five men’s finishers for the Ravens were Matt Gaff in the high jump (4th, 5-8 3/4), Matt St. Amour in the 800 meters (5th, 2:01.86), the 400 relay team (3rd, 44.84) and the 1,600 relay team (4th, 3:33.81).

Emily Radke led the Raven women with a pair of victories as she won the shot put (36-2 1/4) and the discus (110-11). Radke also finished sixth in the hammer throw.

Also winning events were Alex Friske and Candace DeLong. Friske won the 100 hurdles in a time of 16.30 while DeLong was victorious in the 3,000 steeplechase in 11.22.75. DeLong’s time in the steeplechase was a new school record by more than 30 seconds.

AU hosts the Raven Outdoor Invitational on Saturday at Macholtz Stadium at 11 a.m.

For complete results go to: Meet Results