The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces Track team traveled to Robinson on Friday for the Sam R. Bennett Invitational.  The Lady Aces placed 8th in the 16 team field, which featured some of the top teams in south/ central Illinois.

Sarah McCorkle led the Lady Aces with a second place finish in the long jump (15’0”) and anchored the 3rd place 4X100 relay team and the 6th place 4x200 relay team. Additionally, she placed 7th in the 100 meter dash (13.40).

Eden Wankel also scored in every event she participated. She placed 3rd in the long jump (14’11.5”), 4th in the triple jump (31’10”), 5th in the high jump (4’10”) and a member of the 4x200 relay team.

Also scoring for the Lady Aces :
Ava Harrington - 8th in 100 meter hurdles (19.09)
4x100 meter relay (Selby Patberg, Elyse Swanson, Ava Harrington, Sarah McCorkle) - 3rd (53.0)
4x200 meter relay - (Elyse Swanson, Ava Harrington, Eden Wankel, Sarah McCorkle) - 6th (1:56.36)

The Lady Aces next meet is Wednesday at Carmi.