Jessica Nessan and Morgan Bradford each won individual events and Clarke's distance medley men's relay team took first place at the Cornell College Hilltop Open this past Saturday in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Nessan, a junior from Dubuque,  won the triple jump with a distance of 34-6 1/4 (10.52 meters) and finished second in the 55 meter hurdles, bettering her NAIA national championship qualifying time with a time of 8.67.

Bradford, a sophomore from Anderson, S.C., won the pole vault competition with a clearance of 11-3 (3.43 meters).

In  men's competition, Clarke's distance medley relay team took first place with a time of 11:05.58.

Sophomore Chris Nightingale, of Baytown, Texas, finished third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.20.

-CRUSADERS-