BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Hawks kicked off their 2022-23 campaign under first-year head coach Chris Aschemann at the Titan First Chance Open hosted by Illinois Weselyan University on Saturday, December 10^th.

The men placed 6^th with 31 points, while the women placed 7^th with 13 points.

Chadwick Stewart led the Hawks claiming first place in the 200 meter in 22.75 seconds. That time also currently sits in 3^rd in the GLVC. He also claimed 5^th in the 60 meter dash in 6.95 seconds, which is also 3^rd in the GLVC.

Thiea Shea claimed 6^th in the 300 meter race with a time of 36.92 seconds. Rounding out the top performers in the races was Finley Petty who ran the 3,000 meter race in 13:37.03 to place 6^th. That currently sits in the top 5 for the conference.

In the field events, Paden Lewis was near the top of the leaderboard once again. He placed 2^nd in the shot put and weight throw with throws of 15.93 meters and 17.29 meters, respectively. Jaret Boehm was also a top 5 finisher in the shot put at 13.50 meters.

The Hawks had two place in the top 5 in the long jump. Faith Haggard claimed 2^nd spot with a jump of 5.07 meters, while Taryn Sargent placed 4^th with a jump of 4.97 meters.