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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Toby Penner

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Whitewater, Kan.
  • Highschool Berean Academy

Biography

Career and Season Results
All-Conference
Indoor
2023 Distance Medley Relay (3rd; 9:52.05)
Academic Honors
Academic All-Conference - 2023
2x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2022, Spring '23
2022-23: Indoor – Competed in six meets, placing top three in four races…Won the 800 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge with a meet record time of 1:54.96…Ran a season-best 50.22 in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier…Earned all-conference recognition for his performance in the third-place distance medley relay at the AAC Indoor Championships, which clocked the fourth-fastest time in program history (9:52.05)…Placed 16th in the 800 meters at the conference meet with a time of 1:57.67. Outdoor – Competed in eight meets, finishing top three in four races…Ran a personal-best 51.28 in the 400-meter hurdles final at the AAC Outdoor Championships, scoring five points towards the men’s team title and moving up to sixth all-time in Shocker history…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 400-meter hurdles where he placed 31st with a time of 52.30.

2021-22 (at Tabor College): Placed second in the 600 meters and fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the KCAC Indoor Championships…Earned a ninth-place finish in the 600 meters at the NAIA Indoor Championships…Won the 400-meter hurdles and placed third in the 110-meter hurdles at the KCAC Outdoor Championships…Finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the NAIA Outdoor Championships.
 
2020-21 (at Tabor College): Finished second in the 800 meters and third in the 600 meters at the KCAC Indoor Championships…Placed 11th in the 800 meters at the NAIA Indoor Championships…Won the 400-meter hurdles and finished third in the 110-meter hurdles at the KCAC Outdoor Championships…Placed 10th in the 400-meter hurdles at the NAIA Outdoor Championships.
 
2019-20 (at Tabor College): Placed second in the 800 meters and ninth in the 60-meter hurdles at the KCAC Indoor Championships.
 
2018-19 (at Tabor College): Finished third in both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles at the KCAC Outdoor Championships…Placed 11th in the 400-meter hurdles at the NAIA Outdoor Championships.
High School: Four-year letter winner…HS personal bests – 110-meter hurdles – 14.9, 300-meter hurdles – 39.56
 
Personal: Son of Enid and Bruce Penner…Has a sister, Julie Stewart, and two brothers, Lonnie and Ethan…Julie played basketball and competed in track and field at Sterling College…Lonnie played basketball and soccer at Manhattan Christian College.