MOUNT VERNON, Iowa—The Prairie Fire competed in Midwest Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday.

Friday
Brennan McGlauchlen took sixth place in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 157' 4". The toss was the best of his career and is now the new high-water mark for Knox.

Brian Cole finished eighth in the men's 10,000 meter run with a time of 34:00.25.

Saundra Gavazzi placed sixth in the women's javelin throw with a heave of 92' 3".

Val Varanese ran a 12.64 in the women's 100 meter dash preliminaries to qualify for the finals. She also qualified for the finals in the 200 meter dash with a time of 26.71, the seventh best performance in Knox history.

Saturday

Val Varanese placed second in the women's 100 meter dash with a new school record time of :12.46, beating her old time of :12.49. She also finished fifth in the 200 meter dash with a time of :25.98, also a new school record.

Frances Larsen turned in the tenth best performance in school history in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 13:12.85.

Jessica Fritts had the fourth best throw in the hammer throw in school history with a toss of 123' 3".

The men's 4x100 meter relay team of Shadrack Ofori-Boadi, Malik Hamilton, Martwain Holmes, and Njoh Malafa placed fourth and turned in the fourth performance in school history with a time of :43.41.

The women's team finished in 9^th place out of 10 teams with 16 points while the men's team finished 10^th with 12 points.