"The meet was highlighted by the girls DMR shattering the school record," said head coach Aaron Davis, "and Mollie Dahl improving her national qualifying mark."

Bethany's women's distance medley of freshmen Janeeka Montgomery and Ashley Liddell, sophomore Courtney Gallardo, and junior Kate Dibbern placed third.

Dahl, a sophomore, took fifth in the women's shot put. Also in the women's shot put, senior Gilda Alvarez, junior Jackie Rogers, and sophomore Hannah Hemberger finished ninth, tenth, and 11^th respectively. Sophomore Catherine Spicer finished 14^th, freshman Heidi Brown was 21^st, and junior Josie Schamp took 23^rd.

"The woman throwers looked very good top to bottom," Davis said. "Gilda threw a personal best as did a couple of the younger athletes. I attribute this to Coach Simms, who in her first year has already made an impact to the program."

Freshman Richard Stephens finished 14^th in the men's shot put. Rogers placed seventh in the women's weight throw, followed by Dahl at 16^th, Hemberger at 17^th, Spicer at 19^th, Brown at 22^nd, and Schamp at 24^th.

The men's distance medley team, which was senior Hugo Escobar, junior Nick O'Loughlin, sophomore Josh Snider, and freshman Ty Bieker, finished fifth.

Freshman Sara Newell placed seventh in the women's high jump, followed by freshman Taryn Kippes at 11^th. Junior Jesse Muntz finished 11^th in the men's high jump. In the women's pole vault, freshman Jordan Lillie took sixth. Muntz placed sixth in the men's pole vault. Sophomores Shane Valdez and Courtney Gallardo finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the women's long jump, followed by Newell at 14^th. Muntz finished ninth in the men's long jump as Kippes placed fifth in the women's triple jump.

In the women's 200m dash, freshman Miranda Encinias finished tenth as sophomore Courtney Chandler was 13^th, Valdez was 16^th, and Lillie, sophomore Molly McElgunn, and Newell were 18^th, 19^th, and 20^th respectively.

Freshman Milton Collins placed sixth in the men's 200m dash. Junior John Zamora and sophomore DeWayne Autry finished 11^th and 12^th, respectively. Sophomore Tomas Ortiz took 19^th.

Junior Morgan Salter placed 17^th in the women's 3000m run.

Montgomery finished 20^th in the women's one mile run, followed by Dibbern at 23^rd and Salter at 29^th.

"Also Nick O'Loughlin and Courtney Gallardo took third place in the 400m," said Davis.

Junior Kaci Kepler finished ninth in the women's 400m dash. Senior Hugo Escobar placed 12^th in the men's 800m run.

The Swedes' women's 4x400m relay team of Gallardo, Liddell, Encinias, and Montgomery finished fifth.

The Swedes travel to the Texas Tech Invite in Lubbock, Tex. on Saturday, February 6.