Men's Track and Field | 2/21/2020 11:22:00 PM

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – While the bulk of Coach Justin Simpson's West Liberty track and field athletes won't swing into action until Saturday, several Hilltoppers enjoyed record-setting days here Friday as the inaugural Mountain East Conference Indoor Championships kicked off its two-day run at Marshall University.
    On the men's side, Phil White became the first WLU 5,000 meter runner to go under 15 minutes indoors. His time of 14:54.62 scrubbed more than 15 seconds off the previous school standard but was only good for sixth place in an MEC final featuring multiple All-Region runners.
    Christian Oberdick also impressed in qualifying for Saturday's 60-meter hurdle final. Oberdick knocked more than two-tenths of a second off his year-old mark with a brisk 8.43 clocking and figures to be one of the top contenders on Saturday.
    Another name to watch on Saturday is Adam O'Donnell. An outdoors All-MEC honoree in the decathlon, O'Donnell won all four pentathlon events on Friday and appears to be running away from the field heading into Saturday's final three events.
    West Liberty's distance medley relay team posted the Black and Gold's best finish of the day, placing second behind Concord. Isaiah Robinson also hit the board with an eighth-place finish in the long jump.
    The women also saw a pair of school records go by the boards with Hailey Carreon breaking a 9-year-old record in qualifying for the 60 meter hurdles at 9.16 seconds while Meghan Hawthorne added more than 100 points to her own school standard in the pentathlon.
    West Liberty had a pair of scorers in the pole vault with Olivia Miller taking fifth place at 10 feet, 2 inches (3.10m) and Emily Lancaster coming in eighth at 8 feet, 10.25 inches (2.70m).
    Field events get things started on Saturday morning with the track finals set for the afternoon.
       1. Charleston 43, 2. UNC-Pembroke 32; 3. Glenville State 31; 4. Wheeling 29; 5. Frostburg State 26; 6. WEST LIBERTY, Concord 12; 8. Davis & Elkins 6; 9. W.Va. Wesleyan 3      5000: 6. Philip White 14:54.62* (15:09.02)
     Long Jump: 8. Isaiah Robinson 21-9 (6.63m)
     Distance Medley: 2. West Liberty 10:23.91
     60 Hurdles: Christian Oberdick 8.43* (Q)
*-school records      1. W.Va. Wesleyan 51; 2. UNC-Pembroke 50; 3. Glenville State 34; 4. Charleston 28; 5. Wheeling 24; 6. Davis & Elkins 18; 7. Concord 14; 8. WEST LIBERTY 10; 9. Frostburg State 5      60 Hurdles: Hailey Carreon 9.16* (Q)
     Pole Vault: 5. Olivia Miller 10-2 (3.10m); 8. Emily Lancaster 8-10.25 (2.70m)
     Pentathlon: Meghan Hawthorne 2,087*
*-school records