Track and field excels on site at Bloomington
The Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Bloomington, Ill. this past Saturday to compete in the Illinois Wesleyan Titan Open. The women’s team performed well, finishing second out of 11 squads at the competition. The men performed well enough to earn fourth-place honors out of a slightly larger field of 14 teams. The second-place finish marked the first meet this season that the women’s team has not won. The men had placed third at their two previous competitions.
Junior Eliza Davis started out the meet with a strong finish in the women’s 5,000- meter run. Davis’ time of 19:16.00 was good enough to garner her fourth-place honors in the event. Sophomore Danielle Wadlington competed in the 55-meter hurdles next and was also able to pick up a fourth-place finish, an impressive feat given the size of the competing field. Later in the day, Wadlington ran a 27.01 in the finals of the 200-meter dash competition, which was good enough for second place overall.
The Bears also picked up a fifth-place finish in the 55-meter dash courtesy of senior Julie McDermitt. Senior Laura Ehret also helped propel the Bears to their second-place finish with a fifth-place time in the 400 meter dash. Ehret put up a time of 59.48 and was followed by fellow senior Michelle McCully, who finished 10th in the event. Near the end of the day, the women’s 4×400 meter relay received first-place points for a time of 3:57.51 in the finals.
On the men’s side, the Bears received an enormous contribution to their overall score from senior David Skiba, who finished first overall in the 55-meter hurdles. Sophomore Jeff Bayers also chipped in a second place finish in the 5,000-meter run.
The Bears picked up third-place points as junior Kevin Gale turned in a 4:26.99 time in the mile run. Fellow junior Joe Guinness was not far behind as he finished sixth overall. In the men’s shot put, senior Drew Martin threw for a distance of 14.95 meters and finished first overall.
Both of the Bears’ squads will be back in action next weekend as the men’s team will travel to Jacksonville, Ill. to compete in the Illinois College Blue Classic, while the women will be in Ames, Iowa to run in the Iowa State Classic.
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