TOPEKA, Kans. —   For their third meet of the season, Southern Nazarene's track and field teams headed North to Kansas to compete in the Washburn Open that featured multiple track and field programs over a two-day period. 

Both the men and women featured very promising times with a few top-20 and top-50 finishes. 

The women had multiple noteworthy finishes with Madalyn Harper leading the women, placing 9th in the mile with a time of 5:15.57. Sabbatha Taylor was not too far from her, finishing within the top-20 at 17th with a time of 5:26.33. 

Harper also had a top-20 finish in the 800 meter race, finishing 18th with a time of 2:24.12. 

Carissa Burns was a few finishes shy of breaking into the top-20 of the 60 meter event, finishing 26th with a time of 7.97. 

Another 26th placement was Lauren Davidson in the 600 yard run, running in a time of 1:43.73.

In the 60 meter hurdle prelims, Harlie Leap finished 33rd with a time of 10.96.  

The women's relay teams had a great showing with the first team (Tizio, Harper, Knox, Burns) finishing 17th with a time of 4:27.32. The second (Brumage, Leap, Davidson, Jones) finished 22nd with a time of 4:34.72. 

The men were led by by the first 4x400 relay team (Lynch, Blackshire, Petties, Allen) who notched a 12th place finish with a time of 3:25.63.  The second team (Washington, Thomas, Williams, Kletke) finished 29th with a time of 3:32.16. 

Matthew Kletle finished just inside the top-50 in the 60 meter hurdle prelims at 41st with a time of 11.16. 

Scott Lynch also had a top-50 finish in the 400 meter run as he finished 42nd with a time of 50.66. 

In the men's 60 meter run, Calee Williams finished 52nd at 7.18. 

William Ramirez led in the mile with a 45th place finish in a time of 4:41.00. 

Southern Nazarene looks to improve off of this meet as they head to Lubbock on February 17th for the Matador Qualifier.