Freshmen Shine During Final Day of Windy City Invitational

CHICAGO – Several freshman members of the Air Force track and field team impacted the Academy's all-time standings this afternoon (Feb. 10), as the Falcons wrapped up competition at Windy City Invitational in Chicago.

AIR FORCE TOP 10 MARKS

No. 3 – Liliane Aittama, Women's 800-Meter Run (2:09.20)

No. 3 - Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (3:46.36)

No. 5 – Camryn Bodine, Women's 800-Meter Run (2:11.03)

No. 10 – Anna Harden, Women's 3000-Meter Run (9:35.50)

The first-year trio of Liliane Aittama, Camryn Bodine and Rachel Fereday continued to rewrite the program's all-time standings in the 800-meter run. Aittama clocked an Air Force Freshman Class Record time of 2:09.20 to move into No. 3 on the program's all-time standings during a fourth-place finish in the 28-runner event, while Bodine moved up to No. 5 on the all-time list following a personal-best performance of 2:11.03. Fereday rounded out the record book rewrite, as she posted a time of 2:15.39 to improve her No. 17 time mark. Fellow freshman – and Illinois native – Anna Harden debuted at No. 10 on the Academy's all-time standings for 3000 meters after clocking a time of 9:35.50 in her event debut.

Aittama returned to the track less than an hour later to anchor classmates Kori Leverenz and Allison Fernstrom, as well as junior Taylor Rioux, to the third-fastest 4x400-meter relay in Academy history as the quartet finished ninth with a time of 3:46.36.

In addition to leading off the relay, Rioux posted a time of 24.68 – a mark just 0.11 off her own Academy Record – to finish ninth out of 24 runners in the 200-meter dash, while senior Rachel Crytser earned a 10th-place finish in the 3000-meter run after posting a time of 9:34.83.

A pair of first-year Falcons also helped the men's 4x400-meter relay debut on the program's all-time standings, as James Warmbrod IV and Jace Martin bookended juniors Darek Hackett and Cameron Breier to a fourth-place finish in the 14-team race and the No. 20 in Air Force history (3:14.50).

Sophomore Illinois native Jettason Rose picked up an event title in the 200-meter dash (21.61), while classmate Ben Scheller debuted at No. 25 on the program's all-time standings in the mile following a career-best time of 4:07.09. Junior Jason Renze also impacted the Academy's Top 25, as he used a personal-best 8:05.45 to finish 10th in the 3000-meter run and debut at No. 19 on the all-time list.

From the field, junior Jalan Rivers finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 6'8¼", while senior Philip Hundl earned a second top-10 finish following a season-best leap of 6'6¼" (10th). Senior Brandon Lindner finished fifth in the triple jump with a season-best distance of 47'11¾" and sophomore Texas Tanner rounded out the Falcons' list of top-10 finishers with a sixth-place throw of 59'7¾" in the shot put.

The Falcons close out the home portion of the indoor season next Friday (Feb. 16), when they host the Air Force Last Chance at the Cadet Field House Indoor Track.

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