Track and Field
Track and field earns pair of wins at Keck Invitational over weekend
The men’s and women’s track and field teams collected a pair of victories at the Keck Invitational, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University Saturday.
The women’s team collected 119 points, well ahead of second place St. Norbert College’s 59 and host Illinois Wesleyan University’s 56 points. Washington University was lead by star senior Daisy Ogede, who won both the 60-meter (7.78s) and 200-meter dashes (25.46s). Both times clock in as the fifth-best mark in Division III this indoor season.
Ogede collected her third win of the afternoon in the women’s 4×400 meter relay, winning the event at 3:55:19 alongside freshman Nicky Althoff, senior Ashley Knudson and senior Kelli Hancock.
The women’s team collected its fourth and final title of the afternoon, stuffing the stat sheet for the one-mile run. Senior Molly Kuhs won the event at 5:11.43, but five of the six top finishers represented the Bears. Sophomore Heidi Nassos also had a strong day, finishing runner up in both the pole vault (3.55 meter) and triple jump (11.06 meter). In total, the women’s team totaled 19 top-five finishes to finish first amongst its regional competitors.
The men’s team, meanwhile, tallied 106 points to finish in first with a comfortable 39-point margin. The men’s team finished with 18 top-five finishes including victories from junior Elvir Sarajlic and sophomore Peter Johnsrud winning a pair of events. Sarajlic won the 3000-meter run at 8:37:73, skirting in ahead of freshman Marco Quaroni, senior Dillon Williams and sophomore Paul d’Ambrosio, who finished in second, third and fourth respectively. Johnsrud, meanwhile, captured the 5000-meter run, clocking in at 15:08.49.
The Bears will travel to Indiana next weekend to compete in the Hoosier Hills Invite and Indianapolis Team Invitational.