The third Friday Night Spikes meet, hosted by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, turned into another banner day for the No. 1 women’s and No. 21 men’s WashU track and field teams. Both the men’s and women’s squads delivered commanding performances, with the women’s team securing a dominant victory and the men’s team narrowly edging out tough competition.
The No. 1 women’s and men’s WashU track and field team notched seven top-three finishes against Division I and Division II competition at the 2025 Missouri Bob Teel Invitational on Jan. 25.
The WashU track and field teams kicked off the second half of their season with a strong performance at the John Craft Invitational, hosted by Eastern Illinois University on Jan. 18. Competing against a mix of Division I and II programs, the Bears showcased their depth and talent across track and field events.
Entering the meet with high expectations as the nation’s top-ranked team, the squad delivered. From May 23-25, the team tallied 71 points, beating the runners-up University of Wisconsin – La Crosse by a remarkable 23.5 points to earn their second ever national championship.
During the 2024 indoor track season, times set by Kelley, Sarussi, and graduate student Danielle Schultz made the WashU trio three of the 15 fastest runners in the 800 in all of Division III. Their success is emblematic of over a decade of dominance by the WashU track & field team’s women’s 400/800 meter training group.
Across both the Distance Carnival and WashU Invite, the women’s team notched 17 Top 10 performances in program history, and the men’s team notched four.
Student Life sat down with Lichtenberger to discuss his life outside of pole vaulting, his love for track and field, and his future goals.
The Washington University men’s track and field team competed at the 2024 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 8 and 9. The team, which won the meet in 2022, had three athletes compete and finished tied for 43rd place with Benedictine University and the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
Led by Kelley’s performance, the Washington University women’s track and field team was crowned national runners-up for the second year in a row.
WashU’s women’s track and field team won the UAA indoor track and field championship, their fifth consecutive conference title.
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