Track Set for Two Meets on Friday

Friday, April 12

Stevenson, MD

1:00 p.m.

George Washington University

Stevenson Invitational

GW Track Runners at Fred Hardy Invitational

4/11/2024 3:49:00 PM | Men's Track/Cross Country, Women's Track/Cross Country

WASHINGTON – The George Washington men's and women's track team is set for two events on Friday that include the UVA Grand Prix hosted by the University of Virginia and the Stevenson Invitational hosted by Stevenson University. The UVA Grand Prix has a scheduled start time of 5:00 p.m. on Friday, while the Stevenson Invitational will kick-off at 1:00 p.m.

Last weekend at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational, the GW women stole the show by setting three program records across the two-day event. First-year Kamryn Holness broke her own program record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:11.04, while also setting the GW benchmark in the 100m hurdles with a 16.25. Holness now holds two program records in just two collegiate meets. Along with Holness, grad student Rachel Horowitz continued her standout year with a program record in the 400m dash. Horowitz recorded a 57.76, breaking the old mark of 59.85 set by Brittany Wilkinson set in 2020-21. Horowitz now owns seven individual program records across the indoor and outdoor seasons, while also being part of GW's indoor 4x400m relay team that owns the school-best time of 3:58.16.

On top of the three program records, GW also set four PRs during the event. Horowitz got in on the action with a personal best time of 25.65 in the 200m dash, while Una Boylan raced to a 1,500m time of 4:40.66 for 12^th overall. In the same event, GW teammate Sarah Mitchell put together a phenomenal performance, finishing in second place with a 4:30.29. On the men's side, Michael Bohlke dominated the 5K race, finishing first overall out of 62 runners with a time of 14:26.85. The mark sets a new PR for Bohlke, who finished as one of GW's three top-five finishers in the event. Kevin Conlon recorded a time of 14:35.88 for third, while Austin Brotemarkle notched a mark of 14:38.24 for fifth. GW's final PR came in the 10K when Lucas Brown set a time of 31:02.46 for fourth overall. Brown broke his previous best time of 31:49.01 by nearly 50 seconds.
Headlining GW's other top ten finishers were Ryan Fowkes, who placed seventh in the 800m race with a time of 1:52.78, and Olivia Syftestad, who raced to a fifth-place finish in the 5K with a mark of 17:41.77. Jacob Heredia tallied a seventh-place finish in the 1,500m race with a 3:52.79 as well for the Revolutionaries.

Friday, GW will send four runners to the UVA Grand Prix, while the rest of the team competes at the Stevenson Invitational. Fowkes, Heredia, Bohlke and Patrick Castellano will all represent the Buff & Blue in the 1,500m which is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. At Stevenson, GW will compete in 11 events with 25 student-athletes seeing action. On the men's side, GW will compete in the 400m, the 800m and the 1,500m. The GW women will take part in the 4x100m relay, the 100m, the 100m hurdles, the 200m, the 400m, the 400m hurdles, the 800m and the 1,500m. Live results from both events will be available on GWsports.com.