Track and field shines against teams in all divisions
Looks like the individual parts are just as good as the sum.
After stellar team performances at the University Athletic Association Championships, the Washington University track and field teams took part in individual competition at the SIU-Edwardsville Twilight in Edwardsville, Ill. this Saturday and, once again, excelled.
Senior Delaina Martin headlined the weekend for the Lady Bears. Martin’s throw of 48.72m in the hammer throw was a Wash. U. season-best and provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Championships. The senior had not surpassed 45m in the event until this weekend and her mark was good for a second-place finish.
Sophomore Liat Rome added to the Bears’ success on the field. She set a Wash. U. record in the discus with her throw of 40.78m. The mark was just one meter short of the provisional standard.
Fellow classmate Alli Alberts cleared 1.62m in the high jump to win the event. Her mark was a personal best and good for second-best in Wash. U. outdoor history. Junior Morgen Leonard-Fleckman continued her solid season in the pole vault, coming in second with a leap 11″ 7.75′.
On the track, the women’s 4x400m relay team finished second in the meet with a time of 3:58.82, a season-best mark. With a time of 10:44.24, freshman Colleen Davis notched a third place finish in the 3000m run.
The men were just as successful on the track as the women. Their 4×400 relay team also turned in a season-best performance with its time of 3:17.80. The time was just .80 seconds short of the provisional standard.
Sophomore Tanner Coghill continued his outstanding season by finishing second in the 400m hurdles with his time of 54.23. Senior Jon Lanterman scored for the Bears, finishing third in the 1500m run in a time of 16:08.62.
On the field, freshman Keith England turned in a solid performance in the javelin. His throw of 53.94m secured second-place in the event. Senior Cameron Williams cleared a season-best height of 1.93m to finish tied for fourth in the high jump.
Elsewhere, senior Beth Herndon and junior Jesse McDaniel both posted NCAA provisional qualifying times in the 10,000m run at the Gina Relays in Hillsdale, Mich. Herndon finished with a season-best 36:54.26 while McDaniel fell just three seconds short of the school record, running the event in 30:36.04.
The Red and Green head to Indianapolis, Ind. May 4 to compete in the Butler Twilight. The Bears spend the following two weekends in Naperville, Ill. for the Dr. Keeler Invitational and North Central Invitational. The Wash. U. track and field teams finish off the season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Oshkosh, Wis. May 24-26.
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