IPFW Wraps Up Weekend at Hillsdale

Saturday, April 26

Hillsdale, Mich.

All Day

Purdue Fort Wayne

Hillsdale Gina Relays

4/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

April 27, 2008

Hillsdale, MI-IPFW women's track an field competed at the 42nd annual Hillsdale "Gina" Relays over the weekend.  The meet was non-team scoring.

The team was led by Crystina Martinez's eighth place finish in the 5,000m.  Martinez crossed the finish line at 17:21.07.

IPFW senior Valerie Hardesty also had a great meet, placing ninth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (Invite).  Hardesty's time of 11:16.48 moves her up from sixth to third on the 2008 Summit League Top Ten Performances list for the 3,000m Steeplechase.  She comes in just behind teammates Crystina and Crystal Martinez whom hold the top two spots with times of 10:47.29 and 11:13.69 respectively.

The 'Dons will compete in their final regular season meet, the Stan Lyons Twilight Meet, on Saturday, May 3 in Indianapolis.

Event:	Name:	Place:	Time/Distance:
100m	Nikita Matthews	49^th	14.07

400m Run	Jill Edmonds	56^th	1:08.56

800m Run	Valerie Hardesty	17^th	2:24.43
800m Run	Annina Gruber	34^th	2:31.08

1,500m Run	Crystal Martinez	15^th	4:49.17
1,500m Run	Valerie Hardesty	18^th	4:49.56
1,500m Run	Crystina Martinez	26^th	4:52.44
1,500m Run	Beth Hoekstra	48^th	5:04.05

3,000m Steeplechase (INVITE)	Valerie Hardesty	9^th	11:16.48
3,000m Steeplechase (INVITE)	Annina Gruber	17^th	11:47.68
3,000m Steeplechase (OPEN)	Jessica Palevich	26^th	14:26.65

5,000m Run (INVITE)	Crystina Martinez	8^th	17:21.07
5,000m Run (INVITE)	Crystal Martinez	15^th	17:30.57

Triple Jump	Jill Edmonds	16^th	9.89m

Pole Vault	Brooke Newman	25^th	3.10m

Shot Put	Laura Williams	26^th	11.28m

Discus	Laura Williams	32^nd	30.22m
Discus	Sara Branam	40^th	19.08m

Hammer Throw	Sara Branam	35^th	38.80m

Javelin Throw	Laura Williams	33^rd	25.90m
Javelin Throw	Ashley Porter	15^th	11.60m