Track and Field Competes at Dave Rankin Invitational

Saturday, April 19

West Lafayette, Ind.

5:00 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

Dave Rankin Invitational

Track and Field Competes at Dave Rankin Invitational

4/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

April 20, 2008

West Lafayette, IN-The IPFW Women's Track and Field team competed at the second annual Dave Rankin Invitational hosted by Purdue Univeristy over the weekend.  The meet was non-team scoring.

IPFW was led by the trio of Crystina Martinez, Crystal Martinez, and Annina Gruber who finished 1-2-3 in the 3,000m steeplechase. Crystina, an NCAA Regional qualifier in the 3,000m steeplechase, was IPFW's lone individual champion with a time of 10:53.34. Crystal's time of 11:13.69 moves her to second, only to Crystina, on The Summit League's top ten performace list in the event.  Gruber rounded out the top three, crossing the finish line at 11:47.15.

IPFW will return to action on April 25, spending the weekend in Hillsdale, MI competing at the Hillsdale "Gina" Relays.

Event:	Name:	Place:	Time/Distance:
800m Run	Valerie Hardesty	10^th	2:26.04
800m Run	Beth Hoekstra	12^th	2:26.94
800m Run	Jessica Palevich	14^th	2:30.51
800m Run	Annina Gruber	16^th	2:33.42
800m Run	Jill Edmonds	17^th	2:35.45
800m Run	Allison Sweeney	20^th	2:40.08

1,500m Run	Valerie Hardesty	8^th	4:49.84

3,000m Steeplechase	Crystina Martinez	1^st	10:53.34
3,000m Steeplechase	Crystal Martinez	2^nd	11:13.69
3,000m Steeplechase	Annina Gruber	3^rd	11:47.15

4X400m Relay	IPFW Team	8^th	4:31.32

Pole Vault	Brooke Newman	5^th	3.20m

Shot Put	Laura Williams	8^th	10.73m

Discus	Laura Williams	13^th	28.04m

Hammer Throw	Sara Branam	9^th	38.83m

Javelin Throw	Laura Williams	5^th	26.19m
Javelin Throw	Ashley Porter	12^th	11.70m