BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels opened the 2025–2026 indoor track & field season with a strong showing at the Birmingham Indoor Icebreaker on Friday, highlighted by several personal bests, competitive early-season marks, and a large group of first-year athletes making their collegiate debuts.
Men's Highlights
- Zeno Goss led the way for the men with a ninth-place finish in the 1000m (2:33.67) and a 19th-place showing in the 400m (50.98).
- Charlie Monroe posted a major personal best in the triple jump, landing at 39-00.25.
- Sprinter Joshua Barfield recorded a PR of 9.16 in the 60m dash.
- First-years Philmon Laudat and Brandon Large made impressive collegiate debuts in the 200m, running 23.33 and 24.08, respectively.
- Kristian Jolly threw 24-01 in the shot put.
- The men's 4x400m relay with Laudat, Jack Dollar, Noah Harmon and Goss placed 13th.
Women's Highlights
- Hannah Rhodes opened her season with a seventh-place finish in the 3000m (10:52.76) and 13th in the 1000m (3:09.29).
- Kirsten Rose placed eighth in the 800m (2:24.41), while Mari-Rosa Colon followed closely in 15th (2:34.70).
- In the 60m dash, Keri Edwards and Amirah Ali clocked 8.34 and 8.76.
- Ali also took 15th in the triple jump with a mark of 10.76m.
- Kirsten Wright ran 26.93 in the 200m.
- Hailey Wright leapt 15-10.25 in the long jump.
- The women's 4x400m relay with Wright, Rose, Colon and Evan Thomas finished 15th.
Meet Notes
Up Next
The Stormy Petrels return to Birmingham in the new year for the Samford Invitational on January 17.
