The Central Methodist indoor track & field programs divided their teams and split the weekend at the Nebraska Graduate Classic in Lincoln, Neb. and the Dutch Athletics Classic in Pella, Iowa. 

Competing at Nebraska Graduate Classic, sophomore sprinter Dayana Montenegro posted a fourth place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.64 seconds, a new personal best and just short of the national qualifying standard. Montenegro also finished fifth in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:37.30, a new personal record and good enough to qualify for the national meet. 

Sophomore Kailey Johnson posted a third place finish in the 200-meter dash with a personal best time of 26:10. Senior Jada Gaines of Fayette, hit a new PR in the prelims of the 60-meter dash with 7.91. Jada would ultimately finish seventh in the event. 

At the Dutch Athletics Classic, Fayette native and freshman Josh Henderson posted a second place finish out of 18 athletes in the men's weight throw at 15.33 meters. He also placed third in the shot put at 13.90 meters. 

Junior Parker Yager finished second in the men's pole vault with a final mark of 4.10 meters. In the women’s pole vault freshmen Sadie Heisner and Carter Hawkins went 1-2 with vaults of 3.05 and 2.90 meters respectively. In addition to her second-place finish in the pole vault, Hawkins also finished second in 60-meter hurdles in 9.89, just .03 seconds from the top spot. 

CMU newcomer Aytonn Bar-Shimon took the 600-meter hurdles with a time of 1:24.64, while sophomore Jack Schiffhauer followed up in second in 1:28.80. 

The CMU women of junior Kaitlyn Weber, sophomore Sarah Johnson, and Heisner swept the triple jump, as Weber won the event with a leap of 10.70 meters. 

In the distance events, juniors Madeline Wieseman and Katherine Bangert finished first and second in the 1000-meter run with times of 3:17.50 and 3:20.12. Junior  Kaleb Bramman and sophomore Zy'Shonne Cowans a Glasgow product, posted second and third place finishes in the 1000-meter run on the men’s side, 

The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Bangert, Isabella Ross, Wieseman, and  Claire Sykes ran the distance in 4:36.15 placing third. 

Overall in the Dutch Athletic team standings, the women placed third out of six, tallying 98 points while the men placed fourth with 83 points. 

Central will next compete in the Northwest Open hosted by Northwest Missouri State University Saturday, Jan. 22 in Maryville, Mo.