ST. LOUIS - Beau Freeborn and Melissa Alger won individual titles for the Coe track teams at the Washington University Invitational Saturday in St. Louis.

Freeborn captured the 800 meter run in 1 minute, 56.03 seconds. Alger took the discus crown with a toss of 146 feet, 3 1/2 inches.

Chris Hawkins placed fourth in the long jump for the Kohawks at 21 feet, 8 inches. Jacob Hayes placed sixth in the discus (134-11 1/2), Robbie Peters was seventh in the discus (131-9), Austin Springsteen was seventh in the 1500 (4:05.61), Erik Franklin finished seventh in the 400 (51.05) and Franklin was eighth in the 200 (22.59). Coe finished fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:25.31).

Sammie Osterberger placed third in the 400 hurdles (1:07.12) and finished fifth in the 100 hurdles (15.53) for the Coe women's team. Amanda Skarban was fifth in the discus (118-7).

Both of Coe's track teams finished ninth in the team standings. There were 26 teams in the women's competition and 27 teams in the men's competition.